治虚羸心气惊弱多魇方。
茯苓(四两) 桂心(三两) 甘草 芍药 干姜 人参 远志(各二两) 大枣(十
五枚)
上八味 咀,以水八升煮取三升,分四服,日三夜一。
治心气虚悸,恍惚多忘,或梦惊魇志少不足方。
人参 茯苓 茯神 远志 赤石脂 龙骨 干姜 当归 甘草 白术 芍药 桂心 紫
菀防风(各二两) 大枣(二十枚)
上十五味 咀,以水一斗二升煮取三升半,分五服,日三夜二。
治惊劳失志方∶
甘草 桂心(各二两) 龙骨 防风 麦门冬 牡蛎 远志(各一两) 茯神(五两) 大
枣
(二十枚)
上九味 咀,以水八升煮取三升,分二服,相去如人行九里久再进。
治心虚惊悸不定羸瘦病方。
荆沥(三升) 茯神 白藓皮(各三两) 人参(二两) 白银(十两,以水一斗煮取
二升)
上五味 咀,以荆沥银汁中煮取一升四合,分三服,相去如人行十里久进一服。
又方 荆沥(二升) 缓火煎取一升六合,分温四服,日三夜一。
又方 单用荆沥煮服功力尤专。
治风虚劳冷,心气不足,善忘恐怖,神志不定方。
防风 当归 大黄(各五分) 麦门冬(五两) 泽泻 大豆黄卷 白蔹(各四分) 菖
蒲
人参 桔梗 远志 桂心 薯蓣 石膏(各三分) 干姜 茯苓 紫菀(各一两) 甘草 白
术
(各十分) 附子 茯神(各二两) 秦艽(六分) 粳米(半升) 大枣(十五枚)
上二十四味 咀,以水一斗二升先煮粳米令熟去滓,纳诸药,煮取四升分服,日三夜一
。(《翼》方不用粳米,蜜丸如梧子,酒服十丸,加至二十丸。)
Formula for treating deficiency and emaciation, frightful and weak Heart Qi, and frequent nightmares.
Fuling (Poria) (4 liang), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig/Core) (3 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (each 2 liang), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (15 pieces).
The above eight herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 8 sheng of water until 3 sheng remains, divided into four doses, taken three times during the day and once at night.
Formula for treating Heart Qi deficiency with palpitations, mental confusion, forgetfulness, or dream-disturbed sleep with fright and nightmares, accompanied by insufficient spirit.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Fuling (Poria), Fushen (Poria with Pine Wood), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), Chishizhi (Red Halloysite), Longgu (Fossilized Bones), Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig/Core), Ziwan (Aster Root), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) (each 2 liang), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (20 pieces).
The above fifteen herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 12 sheng of water until 3.5 sheng remains, divided into five doses, taken three times during the day and twice at night.
Formula for treating loss of will due to fright and overwork:
Gancao (Licorice Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig/Core) (each 2 liang), Longgu (Fossilized Bones), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Muli (Oyster Shell), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (each 1 liang), Fushen (Poria with Pine Wood) (5 liang), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (20 pieces).
The above nine herbs are coarsely crushed, decocted in 8 sheng of water until 3 sheng remains, divided into two doses; take the second dose after an interval equivalent to the time it takes a person to walk nine li.
Formula for treating Heart deficiency with unstable fright and palpitations, leading to emaciation.
Jingli (Juice from burning Cornus Twigs) (3 sheng), Fushen (Poria with Pine Wood), Baixianpi (Phellodendron Bark) (each 3 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root) (2 liang), Baiyin (Silver) (10 liang, decocted in 10 sheng of water to obtain 2 sheng).
The above five ingredients are coarsely crushed, and decocted together in Jingli and the silver decoction until 1.4 sheng remains, divided into three doses; take one dose after an interval equivalent to the time it takes a person to walk ten li.
Another formula: Jingli (Juice from burning Cornus Twigs) (2 sheng), slowly boiled down to 1.6 sheng, divided into four warm doses, taken three times during the day and once at night.
Another formula: Using only Jingli (Juice from burning Cornus Twigs) boiled and taken alone yields particularly focused efficacy.
Formula for treating wind-deficiency, cold from overwork, insufficient Heart Qi, propensity to forgetfulness and fear, and unsettled spirit.
Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (each 5 fen), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome), Dadou Huangjuan (Germinated Soybean), Bailian (Belamcanda Rhizome) (each 4 fen), Changpu (Acorus Rhizome), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig/Core), Shuyu (Dioscorea Rhizome), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (each 3 fen), Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger), Fuling (Poria), Ziwan (Aster Root) (each 1 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (each 10 fen), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root), Fushen (Poria with Pine Wood) (each 2 liang), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Jingsmi (Glutinous Rice) (half sheng), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (15 pieces).
The above twenty-four herbs are coarsely crushed. First, decoct Jingsmi (Glutinous Rice) in 12 sheng of water until cooked, strain out the rice residue, then add the remaining herbs and decoct until 4 sheng remains. Divide into doses, taken three times during the day and once at night. (In *Qianjin Yifang*, this formula does not use Jingsmi (Glutinous Rice); instead, it is made into honey pills the size of wu zi (Chinese quince seeds), taken with wine, starting with ten pills and increasing up to twenty.)