健忘者，陡然忘之，尽力思索不来也。夫人之神宅于心，心之精根据于肾，而脑为元神之府，精髓之海，
实记性所凭也。正希金先生尝曰∶凡人外有所见，必留其影于脑。小儿善忘者，脑未满也。老人健忘者，脑
渐空也。隐庵云∶观此则知人。每记忆必闭目上瞬而追索之，亦凝神于脑之义。故治健忘者，必交其心肾，
使心之神明，下通于肾，肾之精华，上升于脑。精能生气，气能生神，神定气清，自鲜遗忘之失。惟因病善
忘者，或精血亏损，务培肝肾，六味丸加远志、五味。或萦思过度，专养心脾，归脾汤。或精神短乏，兼补
气血，人参养营汤下远志丸。或上盛下虚，养心汤。或上虚下盛，龙眼汤。或心火不降，肾水不升，神明不
定，朱雀丸。或素有痰饮，茯苓汤。或痰迷心窍，导痰汤下寿星丸。或劳心诵读，精神恍惚，安神定志丸。或
心气不足，怔忡健忘，辰砂妙香散。或禀赋不足，神志虚扰，定志丸、孔圣枕中丹。或年老神衰，加减固本丸。
若血瘀于内，而喜忘如狂，代抵当丸。
〔肝肾〕六味丸 见一卷中风。
〔心脾〕归脾汤 见二卷劳瘵。
〔气血〕人参养营汤 见二卷劳瘵。
〔热烦〕远志丸 见本卷痫。
〔下虚〕养心汤 参 归 术 二冬 菖蒲 远志 茯神 牛膝 熟地 木通
〔上虚〕龙眼汤 参 麦冬 草 柴胡 升麻 茯神 丹参 龙眼 远志
〔心肾〕朱雀丸 沉香（一两） 茯神（四两） 人参（二两） 蜜丸。
〔痰饮〕茯苓汤 参 陈 夏 苓 草 香附 益智（各一钱） 乌梅（一个） 竹沥 姜汁（各二匙）
〔痰迷〕导痰汤 见一卷中风。
〔补摄〕寿星丸 参 术 草 陈 苓 地 芍 归 味 桂心 胆星 琥珀 朱砂 远志
猪心血糊丸。
〔恍惚〕安神定志丸 人参 白术 茯苓 茯神 菖蒲 远志 麦冬 枣仁 牛黄 朱砂 龙眼 蜜丸。
〔怔忡〕辰砂妙香散 见二卷衄。
〔虚扰〕定志丸 见本卷癫狂。
〔毓神〕枕中丹 见本卷癫狂。
〔年老〕加减固本丸 熟地 天冬（各一两半） 麦冬 炙草 茯苓（各一两） 人参 菖蒲 远志
朱砂（各五钱） 蜜丸。
〔血瘀〕代抵当汤 见二卷血。
健忘，是指突然忘记事情，即使尽力思索也想不起来。人的精神居所在于心，心的精气根源于肾，而脑是元神的府邸，也是精髓汇聚之海，实际上是记忆功能所依赖的基础。正希金先生曾经说：“凡人在外部有所见闻，必然会在脑中留下影像。”小儿容易遗忘，是因为脑部尚未发育完全；老人容易健忘，是因为脑部逐渐空虚。隐庵说：“观察这一点就可以知道，人每次记忆时必定闭上眼睛、眼球上翻来追寻回忆，这也是将精神凝聚于脑的道理。”因此，治疗健忘，必须使心与肾相交，让心的神明向下通达于肾，肾的精华向上输送至脑。精能化生气，气能化生神，神志安定、气息清和，自然很少出现遗忘的过失。
若是因病导致的健忘：
如果是精血亏损，务必培补肝肾，用六味丸加远志、五味子。
如果是思虑过度，专门调养心脾，用归脾汤。
如果是精神短少匮乏，兼补气血，用人参养营汤送服远志丸。
如果是上盛下虚，用养心汤。
如果是上虚下盛，用龙眼汤。
如果是心火不降、肾水不升，导致神明不定，用朱雀丸。
如果素有痰饮，用茯苓汤。
如果是痰迷心窍，用导痰汤送服寿星丸。
如果是劳心诵读，导致精神恍惚，用安神定志丸。
如果是心气不足，伴有心悸怔忡和健忘，用辰砂妙香散。
如果是禀赋不足，导致神志虚浮受扰，用定志丸或孔圣枕中丹。
如果是年老神气衰弱，用加减固本丸。
如果是瘀血在体内，导致喜欢遗忘且神情如狂，用代抵当丸。
〔肝肾证〕六味丸（见一卷中风篇）。
〔心脾证〕归脾汤（见二卷劳瘵篇）。
〔气血证〕人参养营汤（见二卷劳瘵篇）。
〔热烦证〕远志丸（见本卷痫病篇）。
〔下虚证〕养心汤：人参、当归、白术、天冬、麦冬、石菖蒲、远志、茯神、牛膝、熟地黄、木通。
〔上虚证〕龙眼汤：人参、麦冬、甘草、柴胡、升麻、茯神、丹参、龙眼肉、远志。
〔心肾证〕朱雀丸：沉香（一两）、茯神（四两）、人参（二两），炼蜜为丸。
〔痰饮证〕茯苓汤：人参、陈皮、半夏、茯苓、甘草、香附、益智仁（各一钱）、乌梅（一个）、竹沥、姜汁（各二匙）。
〔痰迷心窍证〕导痰汤（见一卷中风篇）。
〔补摄证〕寿星丸：人参、白术、甘草、陈皮、茯苓、地黄、芍药、当归、五味子、桂心、胆南星、琥珀、朱砂、远志，用猪心血糊丸。
〔恍惚证〕安神定志丸：人参、白术、茯苓、茯神、石菖蒲、远志、麦冬、酸枣仁、牛黄、朱砂、龙眼肉，炼蜜为丸。
〔怔忡证〕辰砂妙香散（见二卷鼻衄篇）。
〔虚扰证〕定志丸（见本卷癫狂篇）。
〔毓神证〕孔圣枕中丹（见本卷癫狂篇）。
〔年老证〕加减固本丸：熟地黄、天冬（各一两半）、麦冬、炙甘草、茯苓（各一两）、人参、石菖蒲、远志、朱砂（各五钱），炼蜜为丸。
〔血瘀证〕代抵当汤（见二卷血证篇）。
Amnesia refers to the sudden forgetting of matters, where one cannot recall them even with strenuous mental effort. The residence of human spirit (Shen) is in the Heart; the essence of the Heart is rooted in the Kidney; and the brain is the mansion of the original spirit (Yuan Shen) and the sea of essence and marrow, which actually serves as the basis for memory function. Mr. Zhengxi Jin once said: "Whenever a person perceives something externally, an image must remain in the brain." Children who forget easily do so because their brains are not yet fully developed; the elderly who suffer from amnesia do so because their brains gradually become empty. Yinan stated: "Observing this, we can understand that when people memorize, they necessarily close their eyes and roll them upward to search for memories, which is also the principle of concentrating spirit in the brain." Therefore, treating amnesia requires the interaction between the Heart and Kidney, allowing the spirit of the Heart to descend and connect with the Kidney, and the essence of the Kidney to ascend to the Brain. Essence generates Qi, and Qi generates Spirit; when the spirit is settled and Qi is clear, there will naturally be few instances of forgetting.
However, if amnesia is caused by disease:
If it is due to deficiency of essence and blood, one must cultivate and tonify the Liver and Kidney, using Liuwei Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) added with Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae).
If it is due to excessive rumination, one should specifically nourish the Heart and Spleen, using Guipi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction).
If it is due to shortness and scarcity of spirit, one should simultaneously tonify Qi and Blood, using Renshen Yangying Tang (Ginseng Nourishing the Constitution Decoction) administered with Yuanzhi Wan (Polygala Pill).
If it is excess above and deficiency below, use Yangxin Tang (Nourish the Heart Decoction).
If it is deficiency above and excess below, use Longyan Tang (Longan Decoction).
If Heart Fire does not descend and Kidney Water does not ascend, leading to unsettled spirit, use Zhuque Wan (Vermilion Bird Pill).
If there is pre-existing phlegm-fluid retention, use Fuling Tang (Poria Decoction).
If phlegm confuses the orifices of the Heart, use Daotan Tang (Expel Phlegm Decoction) administered with Shouxing Wan (Auspicious Star Pill).
If mental labor and reading lead to spiritual trance, use Anshen Dingzhi Wan (Calm the Spirit and Stabilize Will Pill).
If Heart Qi is insufficient, accompanied by palpitations and amnesia, use Chensha Miaoxiang San (Cinnabar Wonderful Fragrance Powder).
If constitutional endowment is insufficient, leading to vacuous disturbance of spirit and will, use Dingzhi Wan (Stabilize Will Pill) or Kongsheng Zhenzhong Dan (Confucius' Pillow Treasure Elixir).
If the spirit declines due to old age, use Jiajian Guben Wan (Modified Root-Securing Pill).
If blood stasis exists internally, causing a tendency to forget and behavior resembling madness, use Daidang Wan (Substitute Dang Pill).
[Liver-Kidney Syndrome] Liuwei Wan (See Volume 1, Stroke Chapter).
[Heart-Spleen Syndrome] Guipi Tang (See Volume 2, Consumption Chapter).
[Qi-Blood Syndrome] Renshen Yangying Tang (See Volume 2, Consumption Chapter).
[Heat-Irritability Syndrome] Yuanzhi Wan (See this Volume, Epilepsy Chapter).
[Deficiency Below] Yangxin Tang: Renshen (Ginseng), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Dongchun (Tianma and Maidong), Shichangpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentata), Shudi (Rehmannia Glutinosa Prepared), Mutong (Akebia Trifoliata Caulis).
[Deficiency Above] Longyan Tang: Renshen (Ginseng), Maidong (Ophiopogon Japonicus), Gancao (Licorice), Chaihu (Bupleurum Chinense), Shengma (Cimicifuga Foetida), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Danshen (Salvia Miltiorrhiza), Longyanrou (Longan Aril), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae).
[Heart-Kidney Syndrome] Zhuque Wan: Chenxiang (Aquilaria Agallocha Wood, 1 liang), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, 4 liang), Renshen (Ginseng, 2 liang), honey pills.
[Phlegm-Fluid Syndrome] Fuling Tang: Renshen (Ginseng), Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel), Banxia (Pinellia Ternata), Fuling (Poria), Gancao (Licorice), Xiangfu (Cyperus Rotundus), Yizhi (Alpinia Oxyphylla) (each 1 qian), Wumei (Mume Fruit, 1 piece), Zhuli (Bamboo Sap), Jiangzhi (Ginger Juice) (each 2 chi).
[Phlegm Confusing Orifices] Daotan Tang (See Volume 1, Stroke Chapter).
[Nourishment and Preservation] Shouxing Wan: Renshen (Ginseng), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Gancao (Licorice), Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel), Fuling (Poria), Dihuang (Rehmannia Glutinosa), Shaoyao (Paeonia Lactiflora), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Wei (Schisandra Chinensis), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Danning (Arisaema Cum Bile), Hupo (Amber), Zhusha (Cinnabar), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae), pills made with pig heart blood paste.
[Trance Syndrome] Anshen Dingzhi Wan: Renshen (Ginseng), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Fuling (Poria), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Shichangpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae), Maidong (Ophiopogon Japonicus), Zaoren (Ziziphus Jujuba Seed), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis), Zhusha (Cinnabar), Longyanrou (Longan Aril), honey pills.
[Palpitations Syndrome] Chensha Miaoxiang San (See Volume 2, Epistaxis Chapter).
[Vacuous Disturbance] Dingzhi Wan (See this Volume, Mania and Depression Chapter).
[Spirit Nurturing] Kongsheng Zhenzhong Dan (See this Volume, Mania and Depression Chapter).
[Old Age Syndrome] Jiajian Guben Wan: Shudi (Rehmannia Glutinosa Prepared), Tiandong (Asparagus Cochinchinensis) (each 1.5 liang), Maidong (Ophiopogon Japonicus), Zhigancao (Prepared Licorice), Fuling (Poria) (each 1 liang), Renshen (Ginseng), Shichangpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii), Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae), Zhusha (Cinnabar) (each 5 qian), honey pills.
[Blood Stasis Syndrome] Daidang Tang (See Volume 2, Blood Disorders Chapter).