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| Health Benefits |
| For: anxiety, palpitations, abnormally fearful, insomnia, frequent waking, difficulty falling back to sleep, shortness of breath, easily startled |
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| Constituents: |
| Products |
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Powder |
Granules |
Powder |
Pills |
| Category: Calm Shen ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Sedate Spirit Source: Yi Xue Xin Wu |
| Actions: Calm Shen and fright • Boost Qi |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: Greasy coat Pulse: Weak, slippery, wiry Other: |
| Patterns: Fright or shock induced Heart Qi Deficiency and Gallbladder Qi Deficiency |
| Indications: Insomnia or frequent waking, often early in the morning. Unable to fall back to sleep, Easily frightened or startled. Easily unsettled by seeming trivial events,Anxiety,Palpitations, Shortness of breath. [Song] |
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| Description |
| Name Variations: An Shen Ding Zhi Wan, 安神定志丸, Calm the Shen and Settle the Emotions Pill, |
| Herb List: Fu Ling(K) • Fu Shen(K) • Yuan Zhi(K) • Ren Shen(K) • Zhu Sha(K/A) • Shi Chang Pu(M) • Long Chi(M) • Honey(G/E) |
| Commentary: Yuan Zhi and Ren Shen can calm shen. Long Chi is the teeth of Long Gu. Patent: Seven Forest Salvia & Amber formula for bi-polar, schizophrenia, and PTSD |
| Related Formulas: Ding Zhi Wan + Suan Zao Ren + Ye Jiao Teng, Long Chi, Mu Li, Zhu Sha |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
| Fu Ling • Poria Mushroom • 茯苓 ♠ |
Drain Dampness
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Tonify blood • Nourish Yin • Tonify essence • Nourish blood Dao Di: Yun Nan |
Diuretic • Antibacterial • Anti-inflammatory • Anti-allergic • Hypoglycemic • Antacid • Sedative • Immunity booster |
| Fu shen • Poria with Pine Root • 茯神 ♠ |
Calm Shen
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Calms Shen • Quiet heart • Treat irritability • Promote urinationFu Shen is Ful Ling's inner most part. |
antibiotic • diuretic • sedative |
| Yuan Zhi • Siberian Milk-Wort Root • 元 志 ♠ |
Calm Shen
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Calms Shen • Calms heart • Reduce swelling and abscesses • Clear phlegm from heart and lung Honey fried (zhi yuan zhi) is more effective for insomnia and can be used as a single herb. |
Diuretic • antibiotic • Expectorant • CNS suppressant • Sedative • Uterine stimulant |
| Ren Shen • Ginseng • 人参 ♠ |
Tonify Qi
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Tonify yuan qi • Tonify lung qi • Tonify heart qi • Calms Shen • Stop thirst • Helps impotence • Treats qi collapse • Tonify Spleen • Generate fluid • Stop thirst • Strengthen anti-pathogenic qi • Can go to all 5 zang organs • Unlike Huang Qi, Ren Shen is adaptogenic and may be used by people with autoimmune disorders. |
adaptogen • anti-aging • anticoagulant • antiplatelet • antioxidant • antiplatelet • immunity booster • anti-inflammatory • antidepressant • hepatoprotective • stimulant |
| Zhu Sha • Cinnabar • 硃砂 ♠ ♣ |
Calm Shen
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Anchors and calms Shen • Clear heat • Resolve toxicity • Illegal in the United States |
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| Shi Chang Pu • Acorus • 石菖蒲 ♥ |
Open Orifices + Aromatic
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Clear turbid phlegm • Open orifices • Helps sore throat • Harmonize Middle Jiao • Calm Shen • |
Memory enhancer • CNS suppressant • Antiseizure • Anticonvulsant |
| Long Chi • Teeth of Long Gu • 龙骨 ♥ |
Calm Shen
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Calm spirit • Reduce anxiety • Relief insomnia • Calm liver • Prevent fluid discharge • Anchor yang • |
Antiepileptic • Anticonvulsant • Hypotensive • Sedative • Astringent • Antiseizure • Hemostatic |
| Honey ♦ |
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| Directions: |
| Caution |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Fu Ling: Foods: Vinegar, pickled food
Fu shen: None noted
Yuan Zhi: Drying • caution with heat or hot phlegm, gastritis, or peptic ulcers • Pregnancy
Ren Shen: Blood thinner medication • Diabetes medication • Blood pressure medication • Caffeine • Yin deficiency • Stagnant fire • Hypertension • Bleeding disorders • Pain in chest • Excess heat
Zhu Sha: Pregnancy • Long term use • Can cause mercury poisoning if used inappropriately
Shi Chang Pu:
Long Gu: Damp heat • Externally contracted excess • Bradycardia • Extrasystoles • Fire induced nocturnal discharge • Fish |
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