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Heart-Calming Gentian Pills,For wind-heat with heart deficiency causing palpitations, or anxiety, fear, and bewilderment—as if being chased—or fear and restlessness during sleep, accompanied by delusions and agitation.

Formulas Name : Heart-Calming Gentian Pills

Chinese Name : 定心龙胆丸

Drug Formulation

Gentiana (stems removed) 1 liang, Poria (wood removed) 1 liang, White Weiye (roasted) 1 liang, Gardenia seeds 1 liang, Ophiopogon (core removed, roasted) 1.5 liang, Scrophularia 1 liang 1 fen, Antelope Horn (chopped) 1 liang 1 fen, Licorice (roasted) 3 fen, Ginseng 1 liang, Cinnabar (ground separately) 3 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind all the herbs, except those to be ground separately, into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For wind-heat with heart deficiency causing palpitations, or anxiety, fear, and bewilderment—as if being chased—or fear and restlessness during sleep, accompanied by delusions and agitation.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, increasing to 30 pills if necessary; take with a decoction of jujubes after meals, three times a day.

Heart-Calming Gentian Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.,For wind-heat with heart deficiency causing palpitations, or anxiety, fear, and bewilderment—as if being chased—or fear and restlessness during sleep, accompanied by delusions and agitation.

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