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An Shen Ding Zhi Wan ("Calm the Spirit and Settle the Mind") is a classical Chinese formula traditionally used to nourish the Heart and calm the Shen (spirit).
It is traditionally used for people who feel easily startled or unsettled and who sleep lightly, supporting a calmer mind and more restful sleep.
Traditional actions in Chinese medicine:
- Nourishes the Heart
- Calms the Shen
- Settles fright and palpitations
Traditionally used for:
- Light sleep or waking early and not getting back to sleep
- Feeling easily frightened, startled or unsettled
- Restlessness and worry
- Palpitations, tiredness and spontaneous sweating
If you are being treated for anxiety, depression or a sleep disorder, please speak to your GP before use.
Please note: Please speak to one of our practitioners before use, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or have a medical condition.
If you have any questions, call us or book a free consultation with one of our Chinese medicine herbalists online or in our clinics in Dublin 4 or Dún Laoghaire.
An Shen Ding Zhi Wan / Calm the Mind 安神定志丸
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
Tonifies Heart Qi and calms the Spirit.
With Fu Ling, Fu Shen Shi Chang Pu and Yuan Zhi, for confusion and forgetfulness.
Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
Nourishes the Heart and calms the Shen.
Poria Fu Ling
Quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit, and soothes the nerves.
With Shi Chang Pu and Yuan Zhi, for insomnia and palpitations due to Spleen and Heart Insufficiency or Phlegm Obstructing the Heart.
Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
Calms the Spirit and sedates the Heart and clears the channel joining the Heart and Kidney.
With Chao Suan Zao Ren, balances the contrasting, introverted and dispersing, extroverted manifestations of Spirit to ensure the proper balance of openness and sobriety.
With Fu Shen and Chao Suan Zao Ren, for irritability, disorientation, palpitations, anxiety, and insomnia due to Heart Blood Deficiency or Qi Stagnation.
With Ren Shen, Fu Ling and Shi Chang Pu, calms the spirit.
Dens Draconis Long Chi 15g Settles anxiety, calms the Spirit, calms the Liver and anchors and preserves Floating Yang and is especially effective for palpitations with anxiety, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, convulsions and delirium.
With Zhu Sha, as a sedative and tranquilizer.
With Shi Chang Pu and Yuan Zhi,for restless Shen.
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
Opens the Orifices, vaporizes Phlegm, removes filth, calms the Spirit and disperses Wind.
With Yuan Zhi and Fu Ling, for forgetfulness, tinnitus, and impaired hearing.
With Fu Shen, for forgetfulness and dulled senses.
Dry-fried Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Chao Suan Zao Ren
Nourishes the Heart, astringes the Liver, calms the Spirit, facilitates sleep and treats irritable thirst and sweating from Deficiency.
Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
Nourishes the Heart Yin and Blood and calms the Spirit.
With Fu Shen, calms the Spirit.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li
Heavily settles and calms the Spirit, calms the Liver, benefits the Yin and anchors Floating Yang.
With Ye Jiao Teng, for insomnia.
Cinnabaris Zhu Sha
Sedates the Heart, calms the Spirit, expels Phlegm and sedates jitters and convulsions while stopping tremors.
