SUBSTANCES that ANCHOR, SETTLE AND CALM the SPIRIT

Question 1

SUBSTANCES that ANCHOR, SETTLE AND CALM the SPIRIT

[A]

1. Settles anxiety and calms Spirit
2. Calms Liver and anchors and preserves the floating Yang
3. Prevents leakage of fluids
4. Used topically (calcined and powdered) for chronic non-healing sores and ulcers
   : with bai fan (non-healing sores)

Treats disorders of girdle vessel

Answer 1

Lóng Gû

Fossilia OssisMastodi

Heart Liver Kidney

Sweet astringent neutral

Question 2

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

[A]

1. Heavily settles and calms the Spirit
2. Benefits the Yin and anchors the floating Yang
3. Prevents leakage of fluids:
   Continuous sweating
   (steaming bones/ warm febrile disease)
4. Softens hardness and dissipates nodules:
   Scrofula and goiter
5. Absorbs acidity and alleviates pain

Answer 2

Mu Li

Ostreae Concha

Liver Kidney

Salty astringent cool

Question 3

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Anchors and calms the Spirit:
   w/ long gu and mu li anchor Yang from Yin Def.

2.	Nourishes Kidneys, augments Liver and improves Hearing and Vision (LV/KD Def)
Treats cataracts (opaqueness of the lens)

3. Aids Kidneys in grasping Qi

Answer 3

Ci Shi

Magnetitum

Kidney Liver

Acrid salty cold

Question 4

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Sedates the Heart and calms the Spirit
2. Clears Heat, relieves toxicity and prevents putrefaction
3. Expels Phlegm and sedates Jitterness and Convulsions while stopping tremors:
   Wind-Phlegm dizziness and Lung Heat

Answer 4

Zhu Sha

Cinnabaris

Heart

Sweet cool/cold TOXIC

Question 5

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Sedates Heart and Settles Tremors and Palpitations:
   Heart Blood Def. or Ascendant Liver Yang
2. Warms Lungs and directs Qi downward
3. Warms the Womb while warming and unblocking the Penetrating and Conception vessels

Answer 5

Zî Shí Yíng

Fluoritum

Heart Liver

Sweet warm

Question 6

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Arrests tremors and palpitations and calms the Spirit:
   Childhood fright
2. Invigorates the Blood and dissipates stasis, and unblocks the menses
3. Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dribbling:
   Currently used for Prostatitis
4. Reduces swelling and promotes healing

Answer 6

Hû Pò

Succinum

Urinary Bladder Heart Liver

Sweet neutral

Question 7

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Sedates the Heart and Settles Tremors and Palpitations:
   Childhood convulsions and seizures
2. Clears the Liver and eliminates superficial visual obstruction:
   Repletion Patterns: LV Wind-Heat
   Vacuity Patterns: LV-KD Def
   Effulgent Vacuity Fire
3. Promotes healing and generates flesh

Answer 7

Zhēn Zhū

Margarita

Heart Liver

Sweet Salty Cold

Question 8

SUBSTANCES: ANCHOR, SETTLE, and CALM the SPIRIT

1. Calms the Liver, anchors the Yang and Drains Liver Fire
2. Clears Liver and clears the Eyes:
   Visual blurriness due to Liver Heat
3. Sedates fright and calms the Spirit
4. Stops Bleeding:
   Primarily from upper parts of the body

Used when there is Heart-Liver Yin vacuity with Heart channel Heat

Answer 8

Zhēn Zhū Mū

Hyriopsis cumingii

Heart Liver

Sweet salty COLD