Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Explanation

• LIV-8 nourishes Liver-Blood and Liver-Yin.


• Ren-4 nourishes Liver- and Kidney-Yin and calms the Mind.


• SP-6 nourishes Liver-Yin and calms the Mind.


• P-7 harmonizes the Liver (due to the relationship between Pericardium and Liver within
  the Terminal Yin), calms the Mind and settles the Ethereal Soul.


• Du-24 and G.B.-15 calm the Mind especially in Liver patterns.


• BL-47, called the "Door of the Ethereal Soul", settles the Ethereal Soul into the Liver at
  night. Some old books give sleep-walking as an indication for this point.


• Anmien calms the Ethereal Soul and the Mind and promotes sleep in Liver patterns.

Herbal Treatment

Prescriptions

Suan Zao Ren Tang
(Ziziphus Decoction)

Suan Zao Ren Semen Ziziphi spinosae 18 g

Chuan Xiong Radix Ligustici wallichii 6 g

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 12 g

Zhi Mu Rhizoma Anemarrhenae asphodeloidis 9 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 3 g

Explanation

This is an excellent formula for this condition and it is very reliable in its sleep-promoting effect.

• Suan Zao Ren is the main herb. It enters the Liver, is sour and absorbing, nourishes Yin
  and, by virtue of its taste, it "absorbs" the Ethereal Soul back into Liver-Yin, thus
  promoting sleep.


• Chuan Xiong and Zhi Mu are coordinated: one is pungent and warm, the other sweet