Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
(Heavenly Emperor Tonifying the Heart Pill)

Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae 12 g

Xuan Shen Radix Scrophulariae ningpoensis 6 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 6 g

Tian Men Dong Tuber Asparagi cochinchinensis 6 g

Ren Shen Radix Ginseng 6 g

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 6 g

Wu Wei Zi Fructus Schisandrae chinensis 6 g

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis 6 g

Dan Shen Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae 6 g

Bai Zi Ren Semen Biotae orientalis 6 g

Suan Zao Ren Semen Ziziphi spinosae 6 g

Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae tenuifoliae 6 g

Jie Geng Radix Platycodi grandiflori 3 g

Explanation

• Sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen nourish Kidney-Yin, cool Blood and clear
  Empty-Heat.


• Mai Men Dong and Tian Men Dong nourish Yin.


• Ren Shen and Fu Ling tonify Qi to strengthen the Heart. Fu Ling also calms the Mind.


• Wu Wei Zi is astringent and helps to nourish Yin. It also stops sweating.


• Dang Gui and Dan Shen nourish and harmonize Blood. They both enter the Heart and
  Dan Shen calms the Mind.


• Bai Zi Ren, Suan Zao Ren and Yuan Zhi nourish the Heart and calm the Mind. Suan
  Zao Ren also stops sweating.


• Jie Geng is used as a messenger to direct the herbs upwards.

This is the most widely-used formula to nourish Heart- and Kidney-Yin (also called
"harmonizing Heart and Kidneys"), clear Empty-Heat and calm the Mind. The main
manifestations are night-sweating, backache, dizziness, tinnitus, a malar flush, feeling of heat in
the evening, palpitations, insomnia, restless sleep, dry mouth and throat, poor memory, dry
stools, a Red tongue without coating with a redder tip and a Rapid-Fire pulse. Such a condition is