Cools liver heat, calms shen. Use for insomnia due to heat or congestion in liver, with agitation to the heart and mind. Symptoms include anxiety, mental exhaustion, red or irritated eyes, restless dreaming, and poor memory. Function: Calm the spirit; clear heart heat; tranquilize; strengthen liver Application: Use to relieve insomnia due to deficient heart yin and empty heat, which has disturbed the spirit. Also use to relieve symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, over thinking, excess dreaming, and poor memory all due to deficient heart yin), neurasthenia, panic attacks, depression. (Note: the following disorders must be accompanied with the (Fudeficient heart yin signs mentioned above.)
Anmien Pien
Polygaia (Yuan-Zhi) root 60 mg Polyponus (Fu-Ling) Sclerotium 100 mg Jujube (Suan-Zao-Ren) seeds 50 mg Chinese Yam (Shan-Yao) Rhizome 100 mg Codonopsis (Dang-Shen) Root 100 mg Rehmannia (Rehmannia Glutinos Libosch. ex Fis. & May.) (Shu-Di-Huang) Root 60 mg Dong-Quai (Dang-Gui) Root 100 mg Tangerine (Chen-Pi) Peel 50 mg Atractylodes (Bai-Zhu) Rizome 60 mg Mature Schisandra (Wu-Wei-Zi) Fruit 100 mg Mature Oriental Arborvitae (Bai-Zi-Ren) Seed 60 mg Chinese Licorice (Gan-Zao) Root 100 mg Scophularia (Scrphularia ning-poensis Hemsl.) (Xuan-Shen) Root 100 mg Dwarf-Lilyturf Root (Mai-Dong) Tuber 100 mg Balloon Flower (Jie-Geng) Root 60 mg