Tuan Shen Taiyi Pill,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.,For heat stagnation in the Heart Meridian, characterized by mental confusion, restless sleep, irritability, forgetfulness, scanty and reddish urine, a bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.
Tuan Shen Taiyi Pill
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Formulas Name : Tuan Shen Taiyi Pill
Chinese Name : 团参太一丹
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of ginseng (with the root head removed), half a liang of jujube seeds (roasted), half a liang of gardenia seeds (lightly roasted), half a liang of donkey-hide gelatin (roasted with clam powder), 1 liang of Tiannanxing (processed with ox bile), 1 liang of licorice (roasted), 1 fen of Xuanjing Stone (ground separately),Musk (ground separately) 1 fen, Borneol (ground separately) 1 fen, Cinnabar (ground separately) 3 qian, Gold leaf 1 piece.
Source
From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills, making 10 pills per liang, and coat them with gold leaf.
Benefits
For heat stagnation in the Heart Meridian, characterized by mental confusion, restless sleep, irritability, forgetfulness, scanty and reddish urine, a bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill after meals and before bedtime, chewing it with Schizonepeta tea.
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Tuan Shen Taiyi Pill,For heat stagnation in the Heart Meridian, characterized by mental confusion, restless sleep, irritability, forgetfulness, scanty and reddish urine, a bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.