bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulate liver qi, relieve spasms, and calm the mind.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver channel deficiency heat, convulsions, or palpitation due to fright, chills and fever, or fever with teeth grinding, or vomiting of phlegm and saliva, abdominal distension and fullness with poor appetite, and restless sleep.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription originates from the "Acute Infantile Convulsion" section of the "Xiao'er Zhizhi Fang" and is primarily used for acute infantile convulsions in children. It is now widely applied in neurological disorders. In the formula, Uncaria clears heat and calms the liver, extinguishes wind, and stops convulsions; Bupleurum soothes the liver and relieves depression, harmonizes and clears heat; when liver qi is excessive, liver blood is insufficient, hence Chinese Angelica is used to nourish blood and pacify the liver; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome invigorates blood and removes stagnation; as liver wood tends to overact on spleen earth, it is necessary to strengthen the earth to prevent the liver from overacting, thus Poria, White Atractylodes Rhizome, and Liquorice Root are used to fortify the spleen earth, eliminate dampness with bland medicinal, and Liquorice Root also has the function of easing urgency and assisting Uncaria in stopping convulsions. The combination of these seven ingredients nourishes liver blood, strengthens spleen earth, soothes liver qi, and is able to extinguish wind and calm convulsions, thereby curing all symptoms.

1. Mental depression.
2. Insomnia and anxiety.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. internal stirring of liver wind, fright epilepsy convulsion: add Gastrodia Tuber, scorpion.
2. restlessness and insomnia: add Sour Jujube, silktree albizia bark, Platycladi Seed.
3. abdominal distension and fullness, poor appetite: add Dried Tangerine Peel, Submature Bitter Orange, Germinated Barley, Magnolia Bark.
4. teeth grinding: add Peony Root.
5. deficiency of both qi and blood: add Ginseng, Astragalus Root, Peony Root, Rehmannia.
6. vomiting: add Pinellia, Fresh Ginger Rhizome.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Neurasthenia, anxiety, epilepsy, schizophrenia, menopausal depression, hysteria, involuntary teeth grinding, jaw clenching, torticollis, infant night crying, insomnia.