Amber Pill: Traditional Chinese Medicine for Calming the Mind and Stabilizing the Spirit

February 13, 2024

  [Amber Pill]

  

  1. Prescription from "National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions" (Jilin Prescription): Amber Pill

  

  1. Prescription

  

  Amber 3 qian 4 fen, Longya 3 qian 4 fen, Yuanzhi 2 qian 7 fen, Jiepu 2 qian 7 fen, Zao Ren 2 qian, Danggui 2 qian 7 fen, Fushen 2 qian 4 fen, Chenxiang 2 qian 7 fen, Xiangfu 2 qian 7 fen, Cundong 2 qian 7 fen, Tiandong 2 qian 7 fen, Bairen 2 qian 7 fen, Shengdi 2 qian, Zhusha 2 qian.

  

  2. Preparation

  

  Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with honey to make pills, each pill weighing 2 qian 7 fen 7 li.

  

  3. Functions and Indications

  

  Calms the mind and stabilizes the spirit, generates fluids and relieves thirst. Used for deficiency of qi and blood, palpitations and restlessness, restless sleep at night, and absent-mindedness.

  

  4. Usage and Dosage of Amber Pill

  

  Take 1 pill each time, swallow with water.

  
        

 

  2. Prescription from "Yoyou New Book" Volume Ten, Citing Zhang Huan's Prescription

  

  1. Prescription Name

  

  Amber Pill

  

  2. Composition

  

  Amber 1 liang, Nanxing (prepared with ox gallbladder in the twelfth lunar month) 1 liang, Tianma 1 liang, Zhusha (finely ground, soaked in water) 1 liang, White Silkworm 1/2 liang, White Fuzi 1/2 liang, Xiangbai Zhi 1/2 liang (finely ground), Longnao (ground) 1 qian.

  

  3. Efficacy

  

  Calms the mind and dispels evil spirits.

  

  4. Indications

  

  All types of infantile convulsions.

  

  5. Usage and Dosage of Amber Pill

  

  Take 1 pill each time, dissolve in ginseng and mint soup.

  

  6. Preparation Method

  

  Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with honey to make pills, each weighing as large as a chicken head.

  
         

 

  [Niu Huang Tie Fen Dan]

  

  1. Prescription

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