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Amber Spirit-Quieting Decoction

琥珀安神汤 〔琥珀安神湯〕 hǔ pò ān shén tāng

Source: Empirical formula

Ingredients

Actions: Quiets the spirit with heavy settlers; cools the blood and disperses stasis.

Indications: Injury from knocks and falls of the head with loss of consciousness; bleeding from the nose or mouth; headache and dizziness.

Method: Grind the amber and cinnabar finely; take infused in a decoction of the other agents.

Dosage: Divide one lot into three doses to be taken in one day.

Rationale: Hǔ pò is the sovereign agent since it quiets the heart and spirit, cools the blood, and disperses stasis. Zhū shā and Lóng gǔ are heavy settling spirit-quieting agents. Sāng yè and Jú huā course wind and clear heat.

Similar: 朱砂安神丸

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