Pills for Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing the Mind

Pills for Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing the Mind,Dry throat, palpitations, anxiety, and forgetfulness.

Formulas Name : Pills for Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing the Mind

Chinese Name : 安神定志丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang 5 qian of ginseng, 1 liang of white Poria (peeled), 1 liang of white Poria core (core removed), 1 liang of Polygala (core removed), 1 liang of Atractylodes (roasted), 1 liang of Acorus (hairs removed; avoid contact with iron), 1 liang of jujube seeds (shelled, roasted), 1 liang of Ophiopogon (core removed),1 qian of ox bile (ground separately), 2 qian and 5 fen of cinnabar (water-floated, ground separately, used as a coating).

Source

*Yi Bian*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Simmer 4 liang of longan flesh into a paste, mix with 3–4 liang of refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed, and coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

Dry throat, palpitations, anxiety, and forgetfulness.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills each time, washed down with clear rice water, three times daily, at any time.

Pills for Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing the Mind,*Yi Bian*, Volume 1.,Dry throat, palpitations, anxiety, and forgetfulness.

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