酸枣汤(仲景) 治虚劳虚烦不得眠。
酸枣仁(二升) 甘草(一两) 知母 茯苓 芎 (各二两 深师有生姜二两。)
上五味,以水八升,煮酸枣仁,得六升,纳诸药,煮取三升,分温三服。
鳖甲丸(《本事》) 治胆虚不得眠,四肢无力。
鳖甲 酸枣仁 羌活 牛膝 黄 人参 五味子(各等分)
上为细末,炼蜜杵为丸,如桐子大。每服三四十丸,温酒送下。
温胆汤(见惊。) 六一散(见伤暑。) 六君子汤(见虚劳。) 青灵丹(缺。) 益荣汤(见悸。) 导
痰汤(见痰饮。) 真珠母丸 独活汤(俱见惊。) 羌活胜湿汤 治卧而多惊,邪在少阳厥阴也。
(方见腰痛。)
平胃散(见中食。) 六君子汤(见虚劳。)
人参补气汤 治四肢懒倦。
黄 (一钱半) 人参 防风 升麻 黄柏 知母(各七分) 白芍药 生地黄(各五分) 熟
地黄(六分) 生甘草(一分) 炙甘草(三分) 五味子(二十粒) 肉桂(二分)
上为粗末,水二盏,煎至一盏,去滓,空心热服。
升阳益胃汤 治脾胃虚乏,怠惰嗜卧,四肢不收,时值秋燥令行,湿热少退,体重节
痛,口苦舌干,饮食无味,大便不调,小便频数,不嗜食,食不消,兼见肺病洒淅恶寒,
惨惨不乐,面色恶而不和,乃阳气不伸故也。(方见恶寒门。)
Suan Zao Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction, attributed to Zhang Zhongjing): Treats deficiency labor (Xu Lao) presenting with deficiency heat vexation and insomnia.
Ingredients: Suan Zao Ren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, 2 sheng), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Fu Ling (Poria), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 2 liang; the Shen Shi Fang also includes Sheng Jiang [Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens], 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Take the above five herbs, add eight sheng of water, decoct the Suan Zao Ren first until six sheng remain, then add the remaining herbs, and decoct until three sheng are obtained. Divide into three doses and take warm.
Bie Jia Wan (Turtle Shell Pill, from *Ben Shi Fang*): Treats insomnia due to Gallbladder Qi deficiency and weakness in the four limbs.
Ingredients: Bie Jia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum), Suan Zao Ren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus) (equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and pound to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine.
Wen Dan Tang (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) (See "Jing" [Fright] chapter).
Liu Yi San (Six-to-One Powder) (See "Shang Shu" [Heatstroke] chapter).
Liu Jun Zi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction) (See "Xu Lao" [Deficiency Labor] chapter).
Qing Ling Dan (Clear Spirit Pill) (Missing content).
Yi Rong Tang (Enrich the Nutrient Decoction) (See "Ji" [Palpitation] chapter).
Dao Tan Tang (Guide Out Phlegm Decoction) (See "Tan Yin" [Phlegm-Fluids] chapter).
Zhen Zhu Mu Wan (Pearl Mother Shell Pill) and Du Huo Tang (Angelicae Pubescentis Decoction) (Both see "Jing" [Fright] chapter).
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness): Treats fright during sleep, indicating pathogenic factors in the Shaoyang and Jueyin meridians. (Formula see "Yao Tong" [Lower Back Pain] chapter).
Ping Wei San (Peace the Stomach Powder) (See "Zhong Shi" [Food Impaction] chapter).
Liu Jun Zi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction) (See "Xu Lao" [Deficiency Labor] chapter).
Ren Shen Bu Qi Tang (Ginseng Decoction to Tonify Qi): Treats lassitude and fatigue in the four limbs.
Ingredients: Huang Qi (Astragali Membranacei Radix, 1 qian 5 fen), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Sheng Ma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (each 7 fen), Bai Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) (each 5 fen), Shu Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix, 6 fen), Sheng Gan Cao (Raw Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen), Zhi Gan Cao (Honey-fried Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 3 fen), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, 20 grains), Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, 2 fen).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely grind the above herbs, add two zhan of water, decoct until one zhan remains, strain, and take hot on an empty stomach.
Sheng Yang Yi Wei Tang (Raise the Yang and Benefit the Stomach Decoction): Treats Spleen and Stomach deficiency and exhaustion, lethargy and hypersomnia, flaccidity of the four limbs. It occurs when the autumn dryness command prevails, damp-heat has slightly receded, the body feels heavy and joints ache, there is bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, food lacks flavor, bowel movements are irregular, urination is frequent, appetite is poor, digestion is impaired, accompanied by Lung disease symptoms such as aversion to cold with shivering, depression and unhappiness, and an unpleasant, discordant complexion. This is caused by the failure of Yang Qi to extend. (Formula see "E Han" [Aversion to Cold] section).