Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Dark depletion of heart yin, deficient fire rising upward, swelling of the outer canthus, pale red veins, accompanied by palpitations, insomnia, red tongue, and a fine, rapid pulse.
Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction
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Formulas Name : Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction
Chinese Name : 补心四物汤
Drug Formulation
12g of wine-processed raw Rehmannia, 9g of Ophiopogon, 9g of Angelica sinensis, 6g of wine-processed white peony root, 6g of roasted jujube seeds, 3g of Polygala, and 3g of licorice.
Source
From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.
Benefits
Dark depletion of heart yin, deficient fire rising upward, swelling of the outer canthus, pale red veins, accompanied by palpitations, insomnia, red tongue, and a fine, rapid pulse.
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Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction,Dark depletion of heart yin, deficient fire rising upward, swelling of the outer canthus, pale red veins, accompanied by palpitations, insomnia, red tongue, and a fine, rapid pulse.