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FUNCTIONS
GROUP : Calm Spirit 
1. Tonifies Heart Qi, Nourishes Heart Blood, calms the Shen and tranquilizes the mind.
INDICATIONS: Heat Qi and Blood deficiency: palpitations, dream-disturbed sleep, fearfulness, forgetfulness, sallow complexion, fatigue, poor appetite, low fever, discomfort of chest, spontaneous sweating, sighing, shortness of breath. T-pale with thin white coating P- theady or thready and weak .
APPLICATIONS: Neurasthenia, insomnia, anxiety neurosis, drpession.
INGREDIENTS
- Astragalus propinquus-  黃耆 Huáng qí- Astragalus
- Cinnamomum cassia- 肉桂 Ròu guì- Bastard Cinnamon
- Poria cocos- 茯苓 Fú líng- Hoelen wood fungus
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis- 甘草 Gān cǎo- Chinese Licorice
- Platycladus orientalis- 柏子仁 Bǎi zǐ rén- Biota seed
- Ligusticum chuanxiong- 川芎 Chuān xiōng- Szechuan Lovage Root, Cnidium
- Polygala tenuifolia-  遠志 Yuǎn zhì- Siberian Milkwort
- Panax ginseng-  人參   Rén shēn  Asiatic Ginseng  
- Pinellia ternata- 半夏 Bàn xià- Pinellia
- Ziziphus spinosa- 酸枣仁 Suān zǎo rén- Spiny date seed
- Angelica polymorpha- 当归 Dāng guī- Angelica
- Schisandra chinensis- 五味子  Wǔ wèi zi- Magnolia vine fruit
CONTRAINDIATIONS: Yin Deficiency, Excessive and Heat Syndromes.