Heart-Calming Angelica Decoction

Heart-Calming Angelica Decoction,For stroke-induced pathogenic factors, palpitations due to deficiency, mental confusion, sadness, or restless sleep.

Formulas Name : Heart-Calming Angelica Decoction

Chinese Name : 镇心当归汤

Drug Formulation

Angelica sinensis (sliced, roasted) 2 liang, antelope horn (chopped) 2 liang, dragon’s tooth (crushed) 3 liang, Poria cocos (wood removed) 4 liang, ginseng 1 liang, Saposhnikovia divaricata (branches removed) 2 liang, Ligusticum chuanxiong 2 liang, apricot kernels (blanched to remove skin, tips, and double kernels; stir-fried) 2 liang, Pinellia ternata (washed in boiling water 7 times to remove slime) 4 liang,Fresh Ginger (pounded with Pinellia, then stir-fried until dry) 4 liang, Platycodon (stir-fried) 2 liang, Gypsum (crushed) 3 liang, Stephania (chopped) 2 liang, Cinnamon (with coarse bark removed) 1.5 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a coarse powder.

Benefits

For stroke-induced pathogenic factors, palpitations due to deficiency, mental confusion, sadness, or restless sleep.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 qian per dose; decoct 3 zhan of water until reduced to 2 zhan; strain out the residue; add 1 he of bamboo sap and decoct for two more boils; divide into three doses, to be taken daily on an empty stomach, at noon, and before bedtime.

Heart-Calming Angelica Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.,For stroke-induced pathogenic factors, palpitations due to deficiency, mental confusion, sadness, or restless sleep.

More Herbs Formulas

Wind-Suppressing Wine

Wind-Suppressing Wine,From *De Xiao*, Volume 13.,Effective for White Tiger Arthralgia, various forms of rheumatism affecting the limbs, severe wind-induced knee deformity, all wind-related disorders, limb contractures preventing sitting or standing, and generalized swelling at all joint sites, accompanied by nighttime pain and wailing—where other medications have proven ineffective.

Hair-Removing Pills

Hair-Removing Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 9.,For chronic lung pain and prolonged coughing; dreaming of deceased relatives; or dreaming of eating and drinking; loss of vital essence and blood; frequent anger and little sleep; inability to eat; and gradual wasting away; as well as bone-consuming consumptive disease and infection by “ghostly qi.”

Zhibao Jianspi Pills

Zhibao Jianspi Pills,*New Book on Child Care*, Volume 10.,For food stagnation.

Tianwang Buxin Dan

Tianwang Buxin Dan,*Guang Biji*, Volume 2.,Weakness; excessive worry; deficiency of heart blood; mental confusion and forgetfulness.

Paste for Clearing the Nutritive Level and Reducing Swelling

Paste for Clearing the Nutritive Level and Reducing Swelling,*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Trauma Science*.,For the early stages of fractures and soft tissue injuries, or for sores and ulcers accompanied by heat and pain.

Wind-Epilepsy Decoction

Wind-Epilepsy Decoction,*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 377.,For pediatric wind epilepsy caused by the combined influence of phlegm and heat affecting the heart, where wind and epilepsy intermingle, resulting in sudden confusion and loss of consciousness, foaming at the mouth, inability to speak, and the body arching with eyes staring straight ahead.

Ginger and Green Onion Compress

Ginger and Green Onion Compress,*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 2.,At the onset of typhoid fever, food stagnation is inevitable. If, upon palpation of the patient’s chest and abdomen, there is a slight sensation of distension, oppression, or pain, this indicates the disease. If food and drink remain stagnant over time, it can develop into “chest constriction” … Read more

Family Secret Zhi Ke Huang Lian Decoction

Family Secret Zhi Ke Huang Lian Decoction,*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.,Diarrhea due to internal heat. Fever and thirst; dry lips and teeth; dark, scanty, and painful urination; abdominal pain followed immediately by diarrhea, which stops as soon as it begins; pain and diarrhea recur shortly thereafter; a burning sensation in the anus; stools … Read more

Ju Feng Dan

Ju Feng Dan,From *Ben Shi*, Volume 1.,For all types of wind-related disorders; common cold, headache, nasal congestion, stiff neck, and muscle spasms.

Shengjin Dihuang Decoction

Shengjin Dihuang Decoction,From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.,For smallpox with internal heat due to excess, accompanied by hard stools and thirst.

Licorice, Dried Ginger, and Ginseng Decoction

Licorice, Dried Ginger, and Ginseng Decoction,From *Pulse Causes and Treatment*, Volume 3.,Lung Atrophy.

Tongbi Pills

Tongbi Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,For stroke, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness of the limbs, slurred speech, and all wind-related disorders.

Erliu Pills

Erliu Pills,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,Deficiency of both qi and blood, complicated by food stagnation, phlegm-fire, and chest pain.

Raw Reed Root and Five-Flavor Decoction

Raw Reed Root and Five-Flavor Decoction,From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 6.,Accumulated heat in the stomach causes vomiting and inability to retain food.

Gardenia and Five Ingredients Decoction

Gardenia and Five Ingredients Decoction,From *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 19, citing *The Formulas for Extensive Relief*.,For cold-induced fever during pregnancy, presenting with headache and high fever.

Chicken Blood Powder

Chicken Blood Powder,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.,Yin-type abscesses and boils.

Peach Kernel and Safflower Decoction for Dispelling Stasis

Peach Kernel and Safflower Decoction for Dispelling Stasis,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.,Postpartum fever, intermittent lochia discharge accompanied by turbid, leukorrhea-like secretions; sudden lower abdominal pain that cannot tolerate pressure; frequent urination and constipation; pale tongue with a fine, thin coating; string-like and full pulse.

Incense Box Formula

Incense Box Formula,From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.,

Peony and Spleen-Strengthening Decoction

Peony and Spleen-Strengthening Decoction,From *Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 2.,For dysentery accompanied by chest constriction, deficiency-dryness of the viscera, intense thirst with a desire to drink, and a fine, rapid pulse.

Qingdai Decoction for Eliminating Spots

Qingdai Decoction for Eliminating Spots,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.,When heat transmits to the interior, resulting in interior excess and exterior deficiency, blood heat fails to disperse; the heat then takes advantage of the deficiency to emerge through the skin as macules. In mild cases, they resemble a rash; in more severe cases, they appear like … Read more

Chicken Breast Pills

Chicken Breast Pills,From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 2.,For pectoral deformity and kyphosis in children.

Decoction for Dispelling Delusions

Decoction for Dispelling Delusions,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.,For patients with heart heat, scattered mental state, prone to sudden joy or laughter, delirium and rambling speech, and hallucinations.

Meridian-Unblocking and Stone-Expelling Formula

Meridian-Unblocking and Stone-Expelling Formula,From *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*, citing Liu Bingfan’s empirical formula.,Urinary tract stones.

Recipe for Braised Pork Liver

Recipe for Braised Pork Liver,From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.,Postpartum dysentery with red and white stools, lower back pain, abdominal pain, and poor appetite.

Decoction for Penetrating the Meridians and Relieving Spasms

Decoction for Penetrating the Meridians and Relieving Spasms,From *Essentials of Infectious Ulcers*, Volume 2.,For epidemic wind syndrome, wind-heat-induced muscle spasms and bone pain.