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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ding zhi wan</name>
    <name type="english">Settle the Emotions Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Heart Qi and calms the Shen</summary>
      <indication>Qi deficiency of the Heart and Gallbladder with Phlegm clouding the Heart</indication>
      <indication>Anxiety and timidity, startling or frightened easily</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations brought on or made worse by stress or mental effort</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia, light or restless sleep and disturbing dreams</indication>
      <indication>Pale tongue whose coat may be thin and white or a little greasy; pulse thin and weak, occasionally a little rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Opens the Heart orifices and resolves Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Forgetfulness, poor concentration and mental fog</indication>
      <indication>In marked cases, laughing at the wrong time or excessive, ungrounded joy</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Generalized anxiety</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia related to stress</indication>
      <indication>Poor memory or concentration</indication>
      <indication>Low mood with fatigue in a fearful, easily startled person, as an adjunct</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>chang pu</herb>
    <herb>yuan zhi</herb>
  </constituents>
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