Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Mangye (回春)

Boost the Qi and Quiet the Spirit Decoction

Ikgiansin-tang

한글 익기안신탕 · Pinyin Yi Qi An Shen Tang

益氣安神湯

Cut and made into one packet with 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decocted in water and taken.

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Chief 君
Boksin Fu Shen
茯神 복신 · Poria with hostwood

4 g
Chief 君
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Maekmundong Mai Men Dong
麥門冬 맥문동 · Liriope

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

3.2 g
Deputy 臣 dry-fried
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

3.2 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggi Huang Qi
黃芪 황기 · Astragalus

3.2 g
Deputy 臣 honey-fried
Namseong Tian Nan Xing
天南星 천남성 · Arisaema

3.2 g
Assistant 佐 ox-bile processed (牛膽南星)
Jukyeop Zhu Ye
竹葉 죽엽 · Bamboo Leaf

3.2 g
Assistant 佐
Socho Xiao Cao
小草 소초 · Polygala Sprout

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

1.6 g
Assistant 佐
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

6 g
Envoy 使 3 slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

4 g
Envoy 使 2 pieces

Total 46.8 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

Supplies a Heart emptied by the seven affects and six excesses
Quiets the dreaming and the startled unrest of the night

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

The seven affects and six excesses acting on one another so that the Heart is vacuous (七情六淫相感而心虛)
Much dreaming at night with sleep unquiet (夜多夢寐睡臥不寧)
Abstraction with fright palpitations (恍惚驚悸)

Biomedical correlates

Insomnia with vivid dreaming and anxiety
Stress-related sleep disturbance
Sleep disruption with palpitations

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治七情六淫相感, 而心虛, 夜多夢寐, 睡臥不寧, 恍惚驚悸. 當歸ㆍ茯神各一錢, 生地黃ㆍ麥門冬ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ遠志ㆍ人參ㆍ黃芪(蜜炒)ㆍ牛膽南星ㆍ竹葉各八分, 小草ㆍ黃連各四分. 右剉, 作一貼, 薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《回春》

Translation

Treats the seven affects and six excesses acting upon one another so that the Heart is vacuous, with much dreaming at night, sleep unquiet, abstraction, and fright palpitations. Korean angelica and hostwood poria, 1 don each; raw rehmannia, ophiopogon, dry-fried sour jujube seed, polygala, ginseng, honey-fried astragalus, ox-bile-processed arisaema, and bamboo leaf, 8 fun each; small polygala and coptis, 4 fun each. Cut the above, make one packet, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 jujubes, decoct in water and take. — Hoechun 回春 (Donguibogam · Mong)

Clinical commentary 臨床

The chapter's formula for the dreaming that follows a hard season — its indication names the seven affects and six excesses *acting on one another*, which is as close as the classical vocabulary comes to saying that stress and illness compound each other. Angelica and hostwood poria lead, the Blood builders follow, and small measures of bile-processed arisaema and coptis take down the phlegm and fire that a strained Heart generates. Bamboo leaves float on top for the restlessness. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.