Pill for Calming the Mind

Pill for Calming the Mind,Indicated for vomiting, retching, and convulsions caused by fright; phlegm and saliva obstruction; contracted hands and feet; and a squint.

Formulas Name : Pill for Calming the Mind

Chinese Name : 不惊丹

Drug Formulation

Trifoliate orange peel (pulp removed, stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow) 1 liang; light soybean paste (baked dry) half a liang; Poria cocos (peel, woody root, and core removed) half a liang; Pinellia ternata half a liang; scorpion tails 50 (poisonous tips removed); purified wild fennel 2 qian and a half (first placed in a mortar and ground extremely fine until pulpy).

Source

From *The Book of Caring for Infants*, Volume 2.

Processing

Except for Wu Yi, roast the remaining five ingredients into a fine powder; then mix them thoroughly with the Wu Yi in a mortar using a pestle. Form into pills using a paste of glutinous rice flour boiled in vinegar.

Benefits

Indicated for vomiting, retching, and convulsions caused by fright; phlegm and saliva obstruction; contracted hands and feet; and a squint.

Instructions for Use

For infants under one year of age, take 30 to 50 pills per dose, each the size of a millet grain, and swallow with breast milk; for children over three years of age, take 50 to 60 pills per dose, each the size of a hemp seed, and swallow with warm, clear rice broth; wait one hour before feeding breast milk or solid food.

Pill for Calming the Mind,From *The Book of Caring for Infants*, Volume 2.,Indicated for vomiting, retching, and convulsions caused by fright; phlegm and saliva obstruction; contracted hands and feet; and a squint.

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