Great Heart-Nourishing Pill,*San Yin*, Volume 9.,For mania caused by excessive worry and overthinking, leading to mental restlessness and the loss of control over the soul and spirit. When Yang deficiency results in external leakage, symptoms include spontaneous sweating, vomiting, and frequent diarrhea; when the various Yin energies fail to generate, symptoms include repetitive speech, palpitations, and dizziness. It also treats restlessness and insomnia following a serious illness, as well as emaciation and exhaustion.
Great Heart-Nourishing Pill
Formulas Name : Great Heart-Nourishing Pill
Chinese Name : 大补心丹
Drug Formulation
Astragalus (honey-fried) 1 liang, Poria (with spirit) 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Sour Jujube Seeds (roasted) 1 liang, Prepared Rehmannia 1 liang, Polygala (core removed, roasted) half a liang, Schisandra berries half a liang, Cypress Seeds half a liang (ground separately).
Source
*San Yin*, Volume 9.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed, and coat them with cinnabar.
Benefits
For mania caused by excessive worry and overthinking, leading to mental restlessness and the loss of control over the soul and spirit. When Yang deficiency results in external leakage, symptoms include spontaneous sweating, vomiting, and frequent diarrhea; when the various Yin energies fail to generate, symptoms include repetitive speech, palpitations, and dizziness. It also treats restlessness and insomnia following a serious illness, as well as emaciation and exhaustion.
Instructions for Use
Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with rice water or warm wine as desired; for unceasing night sweats, take with barley bran decoction; for restless dreams and seminal emission, take with ginseng and dragon bone decoction; for sudden, severe chest pain, take with frankincense decoction; for muscle heat and restlessness due to deficiency, take with Ophiopogon decoction; for hemoptysis, take with ginseng and Selaginella decoction; for bloody stools, take with Angelica and Sanguisorba decoction;for hematuria, take with Red Poria Decoction; for stroke with aphasia, take with Peppermint and Calamus Decoction; for wind-epilepsy with drooling, take with Fangfeng Decoction.
Great Heart-Nourishing Pill,For mania caused by excessive worry and overthinking, leading to mental restlessness and the loss of control over the soul and spirit. When Yang deficiency results in external leakage, symptoms include spontaneous sweating, vomiting, and frequent diarrhea; when the various Yin energies fail to generate, symptoms include repetitive speech, palpitations, and dizziness. It also treats restlessness and insomnia following a serious illness, as well as emaciation and exhaustion.