Cinnabar Calming Spirit Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For men and women who, following a serious illness, have suffered damage to their nutritive and defensive qi; or who, after excessive sweating, vomiting, or purgation, or after excessive blood loss, have depleted their vital essence and qi and are unable to return to normal—manifesting as mental confusion, insomnia, a complete loss of appetite, emaciation, lethargy, fatigue, a strong desire to lie down, and weakness, as well as aching pain in the limbs.
Cinnabar Calming Spirit Pills
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Formulas Name : Cinnabar Calming Spirit Pills
Chinese Name : 灵砂宁神丸
Drug Formulation
Chen Sha 2 liang (free of impurities; place in a silk bag and suspend it inside a silver or stone vessel; add 3 liang of red pepper powder to the vessel; mix the red pepper powder with well water and fill the vessel to about 7–8 parts full; place a pot over a double boiler, with the vessel containing cinnabar inside, and simmer over a double boiler until small bubbles form on the surface.Continue for three days and nights; remove the cinnabar, grind it, and wash it with water), Ginseng (with the root tip removed) 3 liang, White Atractylodes 3 liang, Poria (with the woody core removed) 3 liang, Deer Antler (scorched to remove hair, coated with butter and roasted until yellow) 3 liang, Astragalus (honey-roasted) 3 liang, Acorus tatarinowii 2 liang.
Source
From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; then add cinnabar and grind until evenly mixed. Mix with jujube pulp until thoroughly blended and well-kneaded, then form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For men and women who, following a serious illness, have suffered damage to their nutritive and defensive qi; or who, after excessive sweating, vomiting, or purgation, or after excessive blood loss, have depleted their vital essence and qi and are unable to return to normal—manifesting as mental confusion, insomnia, a complete loss of appetite, emaciation, lethargy, fatigue, a strong desire to lie down, and weakness, as well as aching pain in the limbs.
Instructions for Use
Take 20–30 pills per dose on an empty stomach or before meals, washed down with warm wine or rice water.
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Cinnabar Calming Spirit Pills,For men and women who, following a serious illness, have suffered damage to their nutritive and defensive qi; or who, after excessive sweating, vomiting, or purgation, or after excessive blood loss, have depleted their vital essence and qi and are unable to return to normal—manifesting as mental confusion, insomnia, a complete loss of appetite, emaciation, lethargy, fatigue, a strong desire to lie down, and weakness, as well as aching pain in the limbs.