Baizi Yangxin Wan (simplified Chinese: 柏子养心丸; traditional Chinese: 柏子養心丸) is a brown to dark brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish qi and blood and induce sedation". It is used in cases where there is "deficiency of cold syndrome of the heart marked by cardiac palpitation, vulnerability to fright, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep and forgetfulness". A honey solution is used as the binding agent.
Chinese classic herbal formula
Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
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Semen Platycladi | 柏子仁 | 25 |
Radix Codonopsis | 党参 | 25 |
Radix Astragali Preparata | 炙黄芪 | 100 |
Rhizoma Chuanxiong | 川芎 | 100 |
Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 100 |
Poria | 茯苓 | 200 |
Radix Polygalae (processed) | 远志(制) | 25 |
Semen Ziziphi Spinosae | 酸枣仁 | 25 |
Cortex Cinnamomi | 桂皮 | 25 |
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae (steamed) | 五味子(蒸) | 25 |
Massa Pinelliae Fermentata | 半夏曲 | 100 |
Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata | 炙甘草 | 10 |
Cinnabaris | 硃砂 | 30 |
See also
References
- State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
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