A method for preventing and/or alleviating a psychiatric disorder, and/or effectuating sedation, comprising administering a benzylisoquinoline derivative represented by General Formula (I): wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and X each represent a particular group; a method for preventing and/or alleviating a particular symptom, comprising administering a bisbenzylisoquinoline derivative represented by General Formula (II): wherein R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 each represent a particular group, and a health food containing said derivative represented by General Formula (I) or (II).

 
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