主虚劳烦悸，奔气在胸中，不得眠方。
酸枣仁（五升） 人参 茯苓 生姜（切） 芎 桂心（各二两） 甘草（炙，一两
半）
上七味， 咀。以水一斗二升，煮枣仁取七升，去滓，纳诸药，煮取三升，分三服。
主虚烦，短气，气逆，上热下冷，胸满方。
大枣（三十枚，擘） 石膏（三两，碎） 白薇 前胡 人参 防风（各二两） 桂心 甘
草
（各一尺，炙）
上八味， 咀。以水七升，煮取三升，分三服。
主短气欲绝，不足以息，烦挠，益气止烦方∶
竹根（一斤） 小麦 粳米 麦门冬（各一升，去心） 大枣（十枚，擘） 甘草（二
两，炙）
上六味， 咀。以水一斗煮米、麦令熟去之，纳诸药，煮取二升七合，分三服，日三，
不能服者，以绵沥口中。
主伤寒及吐下后，心烦乏气，不得眠方。
酸枣仁（四升） 麦门冬（一升，去心） 干姜 芎 茯苓 知母 甘草（各二两，
炙）
上七味， 咀。以水一斗二升，煮枣仁，取一斗，去之，纳诸药，煮取三升，分三服。
主虚烦方∶
白薇 干姜 甘草（各一两） 栝蒌（二两） 硝石（三两）
上五味，各别捣，先纳甘草臼中，次纳白薇，次纳干姜，次纳栝蒌，次纳硝石，捣三千
杵，筛和，冷水服方寸匕，日三。
Indicated for deficiency exhaustion (Xu Lao) with vexation and palpitations, rebellious Qi rushing to the chest, resulting in insomnia.
Suanzaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, five sheng) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Fuling (Poria) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, sliced) Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, one and a half liang)
The above seven ingredients are coarsely crushed. Boil with twelve dou of water, decoct Suanzaoren until seven sheng remain, remove the dregs, add the remaining herbs, and decoct until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses.
Indicated for deficiency vexation, shortness of breath, rebellious Qi, upper heat with lower cold, and chest fullness.
Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, thirty pieces, split) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, three liang, crushed) Baiwei (Cynanchi Atrati Radix) Qianhu (Peucedani Radix) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, each two liang) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each one chi, honey-fried)
The above eight ingredients are coarsely crushed. Boil with seven sheng of water, decoct until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses.
Indicated for severe shortness of breath as if about to cease, insufficient respiration, restlessness; this formula tonifies Qi and relieves vexation:
Zhugen (Bambusae Caulis Internodium) Xiaomai (Tritici Fructus) Jingmi (Oryzae Sativa Fructus Glutinosus) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, each one sheng, heart removed) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, ten pieces, split) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, two liang, honey-fried)
The above six ingredients are coarsely crushed. Boil with one dou of water, cook the rice and wheat until soft, then remove them. Add the remaining herbs, decoct until two sheng and seven he remain. Divide into three doses per day. If the patient cannot swallow, drip the juice onto the tongue using cotton wool.
Indicated for vexation and lack of Qi after Taiyang disease (Shanghan) or following vomiting and purging, leading to insomnia.
Suanzaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, four sheng) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, one sheng, heart removed) Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) Fuling (Poria) Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each two liang, honey-fried)
The above seven ingredients are coarsely crushed. Boil with twelve dou of water, decoct Suanzaoren until one dou remains, discard the Suanzaoren, add the remaining herbs, and decoct until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses.
Indicated for deficiency vexation:
Baiwei (Cynanchi Atrati Radix) Jiangjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each one liang) Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus, two liang) Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitras, three liang)
Each of the above five ingredients is pounded separately. First place Gancao in the mortar, then Baiwei, then Jiangjiang, then Gualou, and finally Xiaoshi. Pound three thousand times, sieve, and mix. Take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) with cold water, three times daily.