Mysterious Formula for Calming the Spirit Pills 【Source】Volume 1 of Baoying Cuoyao. 【Alternate Names】Pills for Calming the Spirit (in Douzhen Chuanxinlu, Volume 17). 【Composition】Ginseng, Pinellia (soaked in boiling water), sour jujube seed (roasted), Poria with spirit, each 3 grams; Angelica (washed with wine), tangerine peel, red peony root (roasted), each 2.1 grams; Schisandra berries, 5 grains (crushed); Licorice (roasted), 0.9 grams 【Usage】Grind all herbs into powder, mix with ginger juice to form pills the size of a chestnut. Take 1 pill each time, swallowed with ginger tea. 【Function】Nourishes blood and calms the spirit. 【Indications】Insufficient heart blood causing sudden startle or palpitations during sleep, or symptoms triggered by fright. |