What are the antipsychotic herbs?

In Chinese medicine, psychosis belongs to the category of “psychosomatic diseases”, and its treatment should be based on the evidence and medication. Commonly used medicines include Epilepsy Dream Awakening Soup, Plus Flavor Shengtie Lok Drink, and Tongxiao Xiexue Tang. 1. Epileptic Dream Awakening Tang is mainly composed of Chinese herbs such as Chai Hu, Xiang Fu, Tao Ren, Red Peony, Semixia, Dabai Pi, Sang Bai Pi, Chen Pi, Qing Pi, etc. It has the efficacy of calming the liver and dispersing depression, dispelling evil and removing phlegm, and can be used for the treatment of psychosomatic disorders caused by liver-depression-phlegm disturbance (the liver qi is not in good shape, and phlegm and evil are disturbing the liver qi), which can be seen as crying and laughing, cursing and singing, and not avoiding relatives and friends. 2. Flavored Iron Drop Drink: mainly composed of Ochre, Poria, Salvia, Croton, Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Calamus, etc. It has the efficacy of clearing the heart (clearing the fire of the heart), tranquilize the spirit (stabilizing the spirit), and purging phlegm, and it can be used in the treatment of mental illnesses caused by phlegm-heat disturbing the heart, with symptoms such as agitation, fainting, restlessness, insomnia, poor appetite, and dry mouth and throat, etc. 3. Tonkotsu Tang: mainly composed of red peony, chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower, musk and other Chinese herbs, it has the effect of activating blood circulation and clearing the orifices of the head (promoting blood circulation and clearing the orifices of the head), and it can be used for the treatment of psychosis caused by internal obstruction of stasis of blood, which can be seen in headache such as splitting, mania, and so on. Chinese medicine treatment for mental illness should be used under the guidance of a physician’s diagnosis and should not be used blindly on one’s own.