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Taiyi Pill for Sleep-Related Startles

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Taiyi Pill for Sleep-Related Startles,Night crying with green stools.

Formulas Name : Taiyi Pill for Sleep-Related Startles

Chinese Name : 睡惊太乙丹

Drug Formulation

Platycodon root 1 liang (roasted), Agastache leaves half a liang, Cowpea (roasted) half a liang, Angelica dahurica 3 qian, Ligusticum chuanxiong 3 qian.

Source

From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a water lily seed, and coat with cinnabar and musk.

Benefits

Night crying with green stools.

Instructions for Use

Take half a pill each time, ground with peppermint tea; if the stool color is normal, take it with jujube tea; if crying at night, take it ground with a decoction of lampwick and Uncaria.

Taiyi Pill for Sleep-Related Startles,From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 7.,Night crying with green stools.

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