Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Manbyeong Hoechun (萬病回春)

Calm the Spirit Pill

Ansin-hwan

한글 안신환 · Pinyin An Shen Wan

安神丸

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

40 g
Chief 君
Baekbongnyeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

40 g
Deputy 臣
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

40 g
Deputy 臣

炒, parched
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

40 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

40 g
Deputy 臣

酒炒, parched in wine
Hwangnyeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

40 g
Assistant 佐

酒炒, parched in wine
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

40 g
Assistant 佐

去白, white pith removed
Cheonnamseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

40 g
Assistant 佐

薑製, ginger-processed
Jusa Zhu Sha
朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)

20 g
Assistant 佐

toxic
Cheonchukhwang Tian Zhu Huang
天竺黃 천축황 · Bamboo Silica

20 g
Assistant 佐
Unghwang Xiong Huang
雄黃 웅황 · Realgar

8 g
Envoy 使

toxic
Hobak Hu Po
琥珀 호박 · Amber

8 g
Envoy 使
Jinju Zhen Zhu
眞珠 진주 · Pearl

8 g
Envoy 使
Uhwang Niu Huang
牛黃 우황 · Cattle Gallstone

8 g
Envoy 使

Total 392 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Weighs down the Heart and quiets the spirit
Supplements the Qi and Blood while clearing the phlegm fire above them

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Phlegm fire patterns with epilepsy and fright mania
Fright palpitations in a depleted patient
Mania and withdrawal with a dry red tongue

Biomedical correlates

Historically used for seizure disorders and psychotic agitation
Recorded for historical reference only

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治癲癎ㆍ驚狂ㆍ痰火諸證, 能鎭心安神. 人參ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ當歸ㆍ生地黃(酒炒)ㆍ黃連(酒炒)ㆍ陳皮(去白)ㆍ南星(薑製) 各一兩, 朱砂(水飛, 爲衣)ㆍ天竺黃各五錢, 雄黃ㆍ琥珀ㆍ眞珠ㆍ牛黃各二錢. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 朱砂爲衣, 米飮下五十丸. 忌動風辛熱之物. 《回春》

Translation

Treats mania and withdrawal, fright mania, and all the phlegm fire patterns; it is able to weigh down the Heart and quiet the spirit. Ginseng, white poria, parched sour jujube seed, Korean angelica, wine-parched raw rehmannia, wine-parched coptis, aged tangerine peel with the white pith removed, and ginger-processed arisaema, 1 nyang each; water-levigated cinnabar, for the coating, and bamboo sugar, 5 don each; realgar, amber, pearl and ox bezoar, 2 don each. Powder them all, make honey pills the size of paulownia seeds, coat them with cinnabar, and take fifty pills down in rice water. Wind-stirring, acrid and hot foods are to be avoided. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

**This must not be prepared.** Cinnabar is mercuric sulphide and realgar is arsenic sulphide; both are used here in quantity, and the cinnabar is also the coating, so every pill carries it on the outside. Set those aside and what remains is a coherent prescription and the most balanced in the chapter: ginseng, poria, angelica and rehmannia build the Qi and Blood, sour jujube seed quiets, coptis cools, tangerine peel and arisaema move the phlegm. 忌動風辛熱之物 — avoid wind-stirring, acrid and hot foods — is the dietary instruction, and 動風之物 covers the foods a Korean practitioner still warns a seizure patient off. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.