Formulas · Calm the Spirit 安神 · Injae Jikji (仁齋直指方)

Quiet the Will Pill

Yeongji-won

한글 영지원 · Pinyin Ning Zhi Yuan

寧志元

Composition 構成

Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

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

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

20 g
Deputy 臣
Baekjain Bai Zi Ren
柏子仁 백자인 · Arborvitae Seed

20 g
Deputy 臣
Hobak Hu Po
琥珀 호박 · Amber

20 g
Deputy 臣
Danggwi Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

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

20 g
Deputy 臣

stir-fried
Wonji Yuan Zhi
遠志 원지 · Polygala

20 g
Deputy 臣

steeped in wine half a day, the flesh taken
Yuhyang Ru Xiang
乳香 유향 · Frankincense

10 g
Assistant 佐
Jusa Zhu Sha
朱砂 주사 · Cinnabar (toxic)

10 g
Assistant 佐
Seokchangpo Shi Chang Pu
石菖蒲 석창포 · Acorus

10 g
Assistant 佐

Total 190 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

Supplements the heart blood
Quiets the spirit and settles the will
Stops startling easily

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Heart blood vacuity with frequent fright
Palpitation with poor sleep
Timorousness with a weak constitution

Biomedical correlates

Anxiety with anaemia
Palpitations of nervous origin
Insomnia

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治心血虛多驚. 人參ㆍ白茯苓ㆍ茯神ㆍ栢子仁ㆍ琥珀ㆍ當歸ㆍ酸棗仁(炒)ㆍ遠志(酒浸半日取肉) 各五錢, 乳香ㆍ朱砂ㆍ石菖蒲各二錢半. 右爲末, 蜜丸梧子大, 棗湯下三十丸. 《直指》

Translation

Treats heart blood vacuity with frequent fright. Ginseng, white poria, poria spirit, arborvitae seed, amber, angelica, spiny jujube seed (stir-fried) and polygala (steeped in wine half a day, the flesh taken), 5 don each; frankincense, cinnabar and acorus, 2 don 5 fun each. Powder them, make honey pills the size of a firmiana seed, and take thirty with jujube decoction. — Jikji 直指 (Donguibogam · Sin)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Eight blood-and-spirit medicinals at full dose with three aromatics at half — the proportions say the formula is a blood supplement first and a sedative second, which matches 治心血虛多驚. **Leave the cinnabar out.** Without it the remainder is close to 歸脾湯 in intent and can be used as such. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.