Prescriptions for Tranquilizing the Mind with Weighty Sedatives
Feng Yin Tang
Name
The Prescription of Feng Yin Tang
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Da Huang 56 g,Gan Jiang 56 g,Long Gu 56 g,Gui Zhi 42 g,Gan Cao 28 g,Mu Li 28 g,Han Shui Shi 84 g,Hua Shi 84 g,Chi Shi Zhi 84 g,Bai Shi Zhi 84 g,Zi Shi Ying 84 g,Shi Gao 84 g.Explanation
Shi Gao: Being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to clear away the lung-heat and preventing the other drugs warm in nature from producing heat.
Da Huang: Purging heat.
Gan Jiang and Gan Cao: Replenishing qi, warm the spleen and stomach.
Long Gu and Mu Li: Relieving convulsion and inducing tranquilization.
Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.
Zi Shi Ying: Inducing tranquilization, relieving palpitation, warming the uterus and directing the qi downward.
Han Shui Shi: Clearing heat and reducing pathogenic fire, resolving swelling.
Bai Shi Zhi and Chi Shi Zhi: Astringing the intestines to stop bleeding.
Hua Shi: Inducing diuresis and clearing heat and summer-heat.
The Effect of Feng Yin Tang
Effect
Clear heat and extinguish wind, relieve convulsion and induce tranquilization.
Indications
Epilepsy and paralysis.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. 6~9 g of the powder is decocted in water for oral dose to be taken.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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