Heart-Nourishing Pill

Heart-Nourishing Pill,Excessive mental strain leading to deficiency of heart blood.

Formulas Name : Heart-Nourishing Pill

Chinese Name : 补心丹

Drug Formulation

Raw Rehmannia (washed with wine) 4 liang, Sour Jujube Seeds (roasted, shelled) 1 liang, Cypress Seeds (roasted, ground, oil removed) 1 liang, Angelica Root (washed with wine) 1 liang, Schisandra Berries (roasted, ground) 1 liang, Ophiopogon Tuber (roasted, core removed) 1 liang, Asparagus Root (roasted, core removed) 1 liang,Platycodon root 5 qian, Polygala root (roasted) 5 qian, Poria sclerotium (wood removed) 5 qian, Salvia root (roasted) 5 qian, Scrophularia root (roasted) 5 qian, Ginseng 5 qian, Coptis root (raw) 3 qian.

Source

From *Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 4.

Processing

Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a marble, and coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

Excessive mental strain leading to deficiency of heart blood.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in Lampwick Decoction before bedtime.

Heart-Nourishing Pill,From *Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 4.,Excessive mental strain leading to deficiency of heart blood.

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