Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Gogeum Uigam (古今醫鑑)

Quiet the Spirit and Supplement the Heart Decoction

Ansinbosim-tang

한글 안신보심탕 · Pinyin An Shen Bu Xin Tang

安神補心湯

Cut and decocted in water. Note on modern practice: new or severe palpitations require cardiac evaluation before being treated as anxiety.

Composition 構成

Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

8 g
Chief 君
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

4.8 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4.8 g
Assistant 佐
Baekjakyak Bai Shao
白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony

4 g
Assistant 佐
Baekchul Bai Zhu
白朮 백출 · White Atractylodes

4 g
Assistant 佐
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Sanjoin Suan Zao Ren
酸棗仁 산조인 · Sour Jujube Seed

3.2 g
Assistant 佐 dry-fried
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

2.8 g
Assistant 佐
Hyeonsam Xuan Shen
玄參 현삼 · Scrophularia

2 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

1.2 g
Envoy 使

Total 47.6 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

Quiets the spirit that startles and throbs
Refills the Heart Blood while cooling the heat that keeps it restless

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fearful throbbing and fright palpitations (怔忡驚悸)
Restless heart with anxious startling
Heart Blood insufficiency with heat above

Biomedical correlates

Anxiety with palpitations
Panic-type episodes
Restlessness and startle response with poor sleep

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治怔忡驚悸. 當歸ㆍ生地黃ㆍ茯神ㆍ黃芩各一錢二分, 麥門冬二錢, 白芍藥ㆍ白朮各一錢, 遠志ㆍ酸棗仁(炒) 各八分, 川芎七分, 玄參五分, 甘草三分. 右剉, 水煎服. 《醫鑑》

Translation

Treats fearful throbbing and fright palpitations. Korean angelica, raw rehmannia, hostwood poria, and scutellaria, 1.2 don each; ophiopogon 2 don; white peony and white atractylodes, 1 don each; polygala and dry-fried sour jujube seed, 8 fun each; cnidium 7 fun; scrophularia 5 fun; licorice 3 fun. Cut the above, decoct in water and take. — Uigam 醫鑑 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Ophiopogon at double the rest, and no minerals at all — this is the gentle end of the spirit-quieting cabinet, for the patient whose heart races because it is dry and thin rather than because something is weighing on it. Hostwood poria, polygala, and sour jujube seed do the settling; scutellaria and scrophularia take down the heat that an empty Heart generates. The chapter's standing prescription for anxious palpitations in someone already worn out. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.