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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tian wang bu xin dan</name>
    <name type="english">Emperor&apos;s of Heaven&apos;s Special Pill to Tonify the Heart</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Enriches Yin and nourishes the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Heart and Kidney Yin deficiency, with or without Heart Blood deficiency or flaring deficiency Fire, often after long overwork, chronic illness or emotional strain</indication>
      <indication>Low-grade afternoon fever and night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Dry mouth, with sores on the mouth or tongue</indication>
      <indication>Dry stools and constipation from depleted fluids</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Tongue red with little or no coat; pulse thin and rapid, or rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies the Heart and Kidneys and calms the spirit</summary>
      <indication>Insomnia with very restless sleep and many or disturbing dreams</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations and anxiety that grow worse with fatigue, stress or mental effort</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness and an unsettled mind that cannot think or focus even briefly</indication>
      <indication>Irritability and fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Suited to people who read or study a great deal</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia in people for whom long use of tranquillisers or sleeping pills has stopped working</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat</summary>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Insomnia</indication>
      <indication>Neurasthenia</indication>
      <indication>Neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Anxiety</indication>
      <indication>Anxiety neurosis</indication>
      <indication>Panic attacks</indication>
      <indication>Hysteria</indication>
      <indication>Emotional instability</indication>
      <indication>Mental disturbances</indication>
      <indication>Involutional psychosis</indication>
      <indication>Bipolar disorder</indication>
      <indication>Obsessive-compulsive disorder</indication>
      <indication>Post-traumatic stress disorder</indication>
      <indication>Attention deficit disorder</indication>
      <indication>Forgetfulness</indication>
      <indication>Senility</indication>
      <indication>Drug abuse</indication>
      <indication>Shock</indication>
      <indication>Coronary heart disease</indication>
      <indication>Angina pectoris</indication>
      <indication>Congestive heart failure</indication>
      <indication>Viral myocarditis</indication>
      <indication>Sinus tachycardia</indication>
      <indication>Palpitations</indication>
      <indication>Hypertension</indication>
      <indication>Hyperthyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Goiter</indication>
      <indication>Hyperparathyroidism</indication>
      <indication>Menopausal syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Postmenopausal uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Infertility</indication>
      <indication>Impotence</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Nocturnal emissions</indication>
      <indication>Aphthous ulcers</indication>
      <indication>Stomatitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Parkinson&apos;s disease</indication>
      <indication>Tremors</indication>
      <indication>Paresthesia</indication>
      <indication>Numbness</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness</indication>
      <indication>Night sweats</indication>
      <indication>Ephidrosis</indication>
      <indication>Low-grade fever</indication>
      <indication>Fatigue</indication>
      <indication>Weakness</indication>
      <indication>Anemia</indication>
      <indication>Congestion</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Hematuria</indication>
      <indication>Thromboangiitis obliterans</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Constipation</indication>
      <indication>HIV/AIDS</indication>
      <indication>Insomnia with HIV/AIDS</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>tian men dong</herb>
    <herb>mai men dong</herb>
    <herb>xuan shen</herb>
    <herb>dan shen</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>yuan zhi</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>wu wei zi</herb>
    <herb>bai zi ren</herb>
    <herb>suan zao ren</herb>
    <herb>jie geng</herb>
    <herb>zhu sha</herb>
  </constituents>
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