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Five Stones Calming the Heart Pills,For men and women with wind-deficiency and insufficient heart qi, where wind-pathogens invade the internal organs, causing startled awakenings, fright, and palpitations.

Formulas Name : Five Stones Calming the Heart Pills

Chinese Name : 五石镇心丸

Drug Formulation

Purple Quartz (ground) 1 liang, White Atractylodes 1 liang, Poria 4 fen, Sea Clam 4 fen, Acorus 4 fen, White Quartz 4 fen, Apricot Kernel (skin and tip removed, both kernels roasted) 4 fen, Sulfur (ground) 4 fen, Polygala (core removed) 4 fen, Asarum 4 fen, Ox Bile 4 fen, Iron Ore (ground) 4 fen, Selaginella 4 fen,Donkey-hide gelatin (roasted) 4 fen, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 5 fen, Cistanche 5 fen, Stalactite (ground) 5 fen, Silver scales (ground) 5 fen, Soybean sprouts 5 fen, Angelica root 5 fen, Dried ginger 5 fen, Jujubes 50 pieces, Ginseng 7 fen, Saposhnikovia root 7 fen, Dioscorea root 7 fen, Licorice root (roasted) 7 fen,Alisma 6 fen, White Smilax 2 fen, Xianhu 2 fen, Gypsum (ground) 3 fen, Dried Rehmannia 3 fen, Peony 3 fen, Platycodon 3 fen, Biota Seed 3 fen, Cinnamon Bark 3 fen, Aconite (roasted) 3 fen, Qin Jiao 6 fen, Pinellia 8 fen (washed), Rhubarb 5 fen (steamed with 3 dou of rice), Astragalus 6 fen.

Source

Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.

Processing

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, then mix with jujube paste and honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For men and women with wind-deficiency and insufficient heart qi, where wind-pathogens invade the internal organs, causing startled awakenings, fright, and palpitations.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose; if no effect is felt, increase the dose.

Note

Avoid seaweed, Chinese cabbage, pork, mutton, malt syrup, raw green onions, peaches, plums, mutton blood, wild fennel, and vinegar-based foods.

Five Stones Calming the Heart Pills,Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.,For men and women with wind-deficiency and insufficient heart qi, where wind-pathogens invade the internal organs, causing startled awakenings, fright, and palpitations.

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