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To treat mental restlessness and oppression, use Atractylodis Rhizoma powder (Baizhu), mixed with water and taken in a dose of half a qianbi (a small measuring spoon).

To treat insomnia due to Gallbladder Qi deficiency, accompanied by frequent palpitations and fright, use one liang of Ziziphi Spinosomi Semen (Suanzaoren), stir-fried until fragrant and ground into powder. Take two qian per dose, washed down with Zhu Ye Tang (Bamboo Leaf Decoction), at any time.

To treat insomnia, use Ulmi Cortex (Yubai pi) dried in the shade, ground into powder. Every morning and evening, mix three qian of the powder with five he of water, decoct into a paste, and take. This also treats epistaxis (nosebleed) and the five types of strangury (Wu Lin: stone, heat, blood, turbid, and labor strangury).

To treat lingering vexation and inability to sleep day and night after a severe illness, use equal parts of Ziziphi Spinosomi Semen (Suanzaoren) and Ulmi Cortex (Yubai pi). Decoct and take warm; sleep will naturally follow. The effect is excellent.

To treat lingering vexation and inability to sleep or lie down after a severe illness, as well as Heart and Gallbladder deficiency causing timidity and easy fright upon encountering events, shortness of breath, palpitations, fear, or recurrent spontaneous sweating, use one and a half qian of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Rubrum (Juhong) and an Xizhi piece (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus) the size of a coin. Decoct until reduced to six-tenths volume, and take hot on an empty stomach.

To treat cases where sweating fails to occur, resulting in severe mental vexation, pain in bone joints, dizziness, aversion to cold, regurgitation and vomiting of food, and inability to ingest grain, use three and a half qian of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi) and Gancao (Licorice Root) [Note: Original text fragmentary].

To treat irritability, heat, and restlessness after a severe illness, as well as all forms of deficiency consumption with vexation and heat, use two and a half qian of Lycii Cortex (Goubipi), one and a half qian of Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng), and half a qian of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma powder (Gancao). Add one zhan of water and five slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), decoct until eight-tenths volume remains, take warm, at any time.

To treat heat in the stomach causing vomiting, coughing, and reverse flow, along with mental vexation and restlessness, use one qian of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), two qian of Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia), and a ball of Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam (Zhuru). Add seven slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), decoct, and take warm. Another prescription adds two qian of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi).

To treat forgetfulness, use Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu) ground into powder, mixed with wine and taken in a dose of fangcunbi (a square-inch spoon). Regular use enhances intelligence and memory. If collected on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month and taken with wine in doses of three fangcunbi, it prevents drunkenness. Avoid contact with iron, as it may induce vomiting and reverse flow.

Another prescription: On a Dingyou day, secretly go to the market, buy Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi), keep it in the corner of your headscarf, grind it into powder, and take it. Do not let others know.

Another prescription: Use flowers of Phytolaccae Radix (Baishanglu) dried in the shade for one hundred days, then pounded into powder. In the evening, take a fangcunbi with water. While lying in bed, contemplate the matters you wish to remember, and you will spontaneously recall them.

Another prescription: On a Wuzi day, take a three-cun branch of peach wood growing towards the east, and use it as a pillow.

Another prescription: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, before sunrise, take a three-cun branch of peach wood growing towards the east, carve it into a human shape, and carry it in your belt.

Another prescription: Equal parts of Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi) and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu), decocted as tea for regular use.

To treat unstable Heart Qi, characterized by confusion and forgetfulness, use two liang of Polygalae Radix (Yuanzhi) with roots and hearts removed, two liang of Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu), three liang of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), and three liang of Poria (Fuling) with skin removed. Grind into powder, and prepare with refined honey [Text fragmentary].

To treat forgetfulness and palpitations due to excessive thinking damaging the Heart and Spleen, use two qian each of Atractylodis Rhizoma (Baizhu) and Poria cum Radix (Fushen), and half a qian each of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), and Costi Radix (Muxiang). Add one zhan of water, five slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), and one Jujubae Fructus (Dazao), decoct until seven-tenths volume remains, take warm, at any time.

To treat unstable Heart Spirit, frequent forgetfulness, failure of Heart Fire to descend, and failure of Kidney Water to ascend, use two liang of Poria cum Radix (Fushen) with skin removed and half a liang of Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang). Grind into powder, refine with honey to make pills the size of small beans. Take thirty pills per dose, washed down with Ginseng Tang (Ren Shen Decoction) after meals.