Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Samin (三因)
Settle the Heart Elixir
Jinsim-dan
한글 진심단 · Pinyin Zhen Xin Dan
等分, equal parts, with no weight given; 40 g each is entered as a nominal figure so the proportions hold. The two mineral preparations are first cooked with pine-knot and polygala shoots, which are then discarded — 只取砂齒 — so neither is an ingredient of the pill. The vehicle of ophiopogon, mung bean, rush pith and honey is likewise not an ingredient.
Composition 構成
- Jusa朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)40 g
Chief 君steeped in wine with pine-knot
- Yongchi龍齒 용치 · Fossilized Tooth40 g
Chief 君boiled in vinegar with polygala shoots
Total 80 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
- Settles the heart and quiets the spirit
- Weighs down and anchors what has floated up
- Stops fright palpitation from heart vacuity
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Heart vacuity with fright palpitation
- Startling easily with a large stirring pulse
- Sleeplessness from an unsettled spirit
Biomedical correlates
- Anxiety with palpitations
- Startle reaction
- Insomnia of anxious type
Source text 原文
Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑
治心虛驚悸. 辰砂<span class='sochu'>用黃松節酒浸</span>ㆍ龍齒<span class='sochu'>用遠志苗同醋煮</span>. 右只取砂齒等分爲末, 猪心血和丸芡實大. 每一丸, 以麥門冬ㆍ菉豆ㆍ燈心ㆍ白蜜水煎, 豆熟爲度, 去滓, 臨臥調嚥下. 《三因》
Translation
Treats heart vacuity with fright palpitation. Cinnabar <span class='sochu'>steeped in wine with yellow pine-knot</span> and fossilised tooth <span class='sochu'>boiled in vinegar together with polygala shoots</span>. Take only the cinnabar and the tooth in equal parts and powder them; mix with pig's heart blood and make pills the size of a water-chestnut. For each pill, decoct ophiopogon, mung bean, rush pith and white honey in water until the beans are done, strain, and swallow it stirred in at bedtime. — Samin 三因 (Donguibogam · Sin)