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Amber Pills for Calming the Mind and Soothing the Heart

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Amber Pills for Calming the Mind and Soothing the Heart,For women afflicted by wind-pathogen invading the heart, manifesting as incoherent speech and a dazed state of mind, which progresses to mania or madness with unpredictable episodes.

Formulas Name : Amber Pills for Calming the Mind and Soothing the Heart

Chinese Name : 安神镇心琥珀丸

Drug Formulation

Amber 1 liang (finely ground), Pearl 1 liang (finely ground, washed with water), Ox Bile 0.5 liang (finely ground), Tianzhuhuang 1 liang (finely ground), Iron Powder 1 liang, Bright Sand 0.3 fen (finely ground, washed with water), Gold Foil 50 pieces (finely ground), Silver Foil 50 pieces (finely ground),Dragon’s Tooth 1 liang (finely ground to a powder), talcum powder half a liang (ground in), musk 1 fen (finely ground), rhinoceros horn shavings 3 fen, dew-collected bee hive half a liang (lightly roasted), Gentiana root half a liang, Sichuan Cimicifuga root half a liang, Asparagus root 3 fen (core removed, roasted), Uncaria vine 3 fen, Poria cocos 3 fen,Acorus rhizome 3 fen, Polygala root 3 fen (core removed), Ophiopogon tuber 3 fen (core removed, baked), Ginseng 3 fen (root tip removed), Poria cortex 3 fen, Scutellaria root 0.5 liang, Cicada shell 0.5 liang (lightly roasted), Dried scorpion 0.5 liang (lightly roasted), Licorice root 0.5 liang (roasted until slightly reddish, coarsely chopped).

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 69).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix thoroughly with the ground medicine, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using refined honey.

Benefits

For women afflicted by wind-pathogen invading the heart, manifesting as incoherent speech and a dazed state of mind, which progresses to mania or madness with unpredictable episodes.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose, washed down with bamboo leaf decoction.

Amber Pills for Calming the Mind and Soothing the Heart,*Shenghui* (Volume 69).,For women afflicted by wind-pathogen invading the heart, manifesting as incoherent speech and a dazed state of mind, which progresses to mania or madness with unpredictable episodes.

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