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Nourishing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm Pills

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Nourishing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm Pills,For insomnia due to excessive phlegm, accompanied by delirium and mental confusion.

Formulas Name : Nourishing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm Pills

Chinese Name : 养心化痰丸

Drug Formulation

Dragon’s Teeth (calcined, ground to a very fine powder) 1 liang, Ophiopogon tuber 1 liang, White Mustard Seed 1 liang (roasted), Cinnabar (water-floated, boiled three times in pig’s heart blood), Schisandra berries 5 qian (select those with two seeds), Pinellia tuber and Bile Star 1 liang, Polygala root (roasted) 2 liang, Oyster shell (calcined) 1 liang,Jujube Seed (roasted) 8 qian, Tangerine Peel 1 liang, Poria Sclerotium 1 liang, sea powder.

Source

From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix thoroughly with one bowl of light bamboo sap and one cup of ginger juice. Shape into pills the size of mung beans using steamed buns.

Benefits

For insomnia due to excessive phlegm, accompanied by delirium and mental confusion.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose, taken with water boiled 100 times just before bedtime; a decoction of lamp wick and bamboo leaves may also be used.

Nourishing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm Pills,From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.,For insomnia due to excessive phlegm, accompanied by delirium and mental confusion.

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