Su Xin Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 4.，There is a person suffering from a form of mental stupor who spends the entire day shut indoors, muttering to himself, often in an incomprehensible manner. He sews his own clothes tightly shut with needle and thread. When given food and drink, he sometimes eats and sometimes does not; he has been known to subsist on wood for several days without complaining of hunger, and shows a particular fondness for eating charcoal.
Su Xin Decoction
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Formulas Name : Su Xin Decoction
Chinese Name : 苏心汤
Drug Formulation
White Peony Root 3 liang, Chinese Angelica Root 3 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Poria 1 liang, Pinellia 3 qian, Fried Gardenia 3 qian, Bupleurum 3 qian, Aconite 3 fen, Raw Jujube Seed 5 qian, Evodia 5 fen, Coptis 5 fen.
Source
*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 4.
Benefits
There is a person suffering from a form of mental stupor who spends the entire day shut indoors, muttering to himself, often in an incomprehensible manner. He sews his own clothes tightly shut with needle and thread. When given food and drink, he sometimes eats and sometimes does not; he has been known to subsist on wood for several days without complaining of hunger, and shows a particular fondness for eating charcoal.
Instructions for Use
Boil 10 bowls of water down to 1 bowl and administer it to the patient. Allow the patient to awaken naturally; upon waking, the illness will be as if it had never existed.
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Su Xin Decoction,There is a person suffering from a form of mental stupor who spends the entire day shut indoors, muttering to himself, often in an incomprehensible manner. He sews his own clothes tightly shut with needle and thread. When given food and drink, he sometimes eats and sometimes does not; he has been known to subsist on wood for several days without complaining of hunger, and shows a particular fondness for eating charcoal.