Composition

• Fructus Tritici - Fu Xiao Mai: 9 - 60 g
• Radix Glycyrrhizae - Gan Cao: 6 - 20 g
• Fructus Zizyphi jujubae - Da Zao: 10 - 30 g

Actions

• Nourishes the Blood of the Heart
• Calms the mind
• Harmonizes the Middle Burner
• Eliminates tension
• Tonifies Spleen-Qi

Indications

• Deficiency of Heart-Yin
• Organ excitation syndrome
• Nervous hyperactivity and spasms
• Deficiency of Heart-Blood with stagnation of Liver-Qi

Symptoms and signs

• Irritability
• Insomnia
• Restlessness
• Poor concentration
• Night sweating
• Agitated sleep
• Frequent yawning
• Red tongue with little coating
• Filiform and rapid pulse

Applications

• Depressive episodes
• Neurosis
• Hysteria
• Neurasthenia
• Spasmodic cough
• Gastrointestinal spasm

Contraindications

• Stagnation of Qi (as primary syndrome)

Modifications

In case of palpitations, loss of appetite, swollen tongue with tooth marks, add Gui Pi Tang