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Stabilizes the mind, calms the spirit, clears heat, and treats diseases such as damage-induced coughing and hemoptysis.

Cinnabar (1 liang, separately ground to a fine powder), Gold leaf powder (1 fen, ground using gold foil), Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang), Moschus (Shexiang), Borneolum Syntheticum (Sheng Naozi), Borax (Pingsha) (each 0.5 liang), Rhinocerotis Cornu (Sheng Xi), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum (Daimao), Margarita Powder (Zhenzhu Mo) (each 1 liang; powder from freshwater mussels is not suitable), Succinum (Hupo, Amber) (separately ground), Cornu Saigae Tataricae (Lingyangjiao) (each 0.5 liang), Styrax (Suhe Xiang) (can be mixed with oil and medicine), Ferri Sulphas (Tieye Fen) (each 1 fen), Benzoin (Anxi Xiang) (0.5 liang, steamed with wine to remove sand and stones, separately ground and added to the medicine), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) (1 liang), Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi) (heart removed), Poria (Fuling).

All ingredients are ground into a fine powder, mixed thoroughly, combined with refined honey, and blended with melted Styrax oil. The mixture is formed into small pills, wrapped in gold foil, and sealed tightly in porcelain containers. Each time, take a pill the size of a soap bean, hold it in the mouth to dissolve slowly after meals. Weiwei Yecheng achieved effective results with this prescription. It can be taken together with Ejiao Wan (Donkey-hide Gelatin Pills); this method for stopping bleeding and calming the spirit is superior to Zhibao Dan (Precious Treasure Pill).

Calms the heart, empties the diaphragm, expels the Eight Evils, and treats diseases such as blood attacking causing chills and fever in women. It serves as the primary treatment for any illness resulting from fright and anxiety.

Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 1 liang 1 fen: mix with one handful of Pteris multifida [Fengweicao], grind with water to extract juice, boil 1 fen of Cinnabar in this juice, then wash with water, dry, and grind), Persicamiae Semen (Taoren, Peach Kernel) (49 raw kernels), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, Prepared Daughter Root of Monkshood) (1.5 fen, wrapped in paper and baked), Benzoin (Anxi Xiang) (1 fen with honey, 1 fen with wine, boiled with a little water to form a paste), Moschus (Shexiang) (2 qian), Asafoetidae Resina (awei, Asafetida) (thinly sliced and lightly roasted).

Form pills the size of beans. Take 5 to 10 pills at a time. Women should swallow them with peach kernel vinegar decoction; men should swallow them with peach kernel salt decoction. The wife of Vice Minister Jian suffered from two fist-sized masses in her abdomen due to grief and anxiety. Whenever these masses collided, she would feel suffocated and faint, and the masses were hard and unbreakable. After taking this medicine for over a year, the two masses disappeared completely.

This prescription originates from *Lingyuan*. It was originally prescribed by Zheng Gan, a physician from Chizhou, for me during the Qingli era. Due to its repeated efficacy, it was subsequently compiled into *Lingyuan*.

Rhino Horn (Wuxi, Black Rhino Horn), Tortoise Shell (Daimao), Succinum (Hupo, Amber), Cinnabar (Zhusha), Realgar (Xionghuang) (each 1 liang), Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang) (1 fen), Borneolum Syntheticum (Longnao) (1 fen), Moschus (Shexiang) (1 fen).

Grind all ingredients and form pills the size of soap beans. Swallow one pill with Ginseng decoction; reduce the dosage for children. Old texts state that this prescription treats many diseases. Generally, it specifically treats Heart Heat and Blood Stasis, deficiency of the Heart and Gallbladder, susceptibility to fright with excessive salivation, nightmares during sleep, pediatric convulsive fever, distress and fatigue in women, blood stasis and blood syncope, and postpartum palpitations due to Heart deficiency, for which it is particularly effective. For blood-related diseases, dissolve the pill with ginger and urine.