Source: Jingui Yaolue (Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet).

Ingredients:
No. 1 Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 9 g;
No. 2 Xiaomai (Fructus Tritici Aestivi) 15 - 30 g;
No. 3 Dazao (Fructus Ziziphi Jujubae) 10 pcs.

Administration:
Decoct the above drugs in water for oral application.

Actions:
Invigorating the heart to tranquilize mind and regulating the middle-energizer to relieve pain.

Clinical Application:
This recipe is indicated for intestinal dryness marked by absentmindedness, feeling like crying with grief, loss of self-control, dysphoria, unpeaceful sleep, even odd words and deeds, frequent yawning, reddish tongue with little fur, thready feeble and rapid pulse. It is applicable to hysteria, involutional melancholia, neurosis and cardiac neurosis and others with the above symptoms. In case of marked yin deficiency manifesting dry mouth and throat, reddened tongue with little fur, add Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae) and Baihe (Bulbus Lilii) to nourish heart-yin. If concomitant with deficiency of the liver-blood manifesting vertigo, taut and thready pulse, add Suanzaoren (Semen Ziziphi Spinosae) and Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) to nourish the liver-blood for easing mental stress.

Elucidation:
The syndrome is the result of extreme anxiety or contemplation, leading to impairment of heart-yin and dysfunction of liver-qi. It should be treated by nourishing the heart and liver to relieve mental stress and pain. The second ingredient functions as monarch drug to nourish heart-yin and relieve dysphoria. The first ingredient in a big dosage is meant to invigorate heart-qi and regulate the middle-energizer and used as minister drug. The last ingredient acts as adjuvant drug with the effect of supplementing qi to regulate the middle-energizer, and moistening dryness to relieve pain. Combination of the three is a common recipe in the treatment of hysteria, which is sweet and moist in nature and mild in its tonic action.
    
Cautions: This recipe should be used with great caution in the case of severe phlegm-dampness with greasy whitish fur.