Song Jun and I lived in the same courtyard, often discussing and studying medicine together. One day, Song suddenly fell ill with palpitations, feeling extremely anxious and restless, unable to sit or stand still, so he invited me to diagnose him. His pulse was wiry and slow, lacking strength, and his tongue was pale with a white coating. I said: You have been writing late into the night without rest, and unknowingly exhausting yourself, with Riyue (GB24) continuously active, depleting your heart internally, causing heart yang to become deficient and floating, thus the spirit and qi cannot be gathered, hence the illness of palpitations and dysphoria. You should abandon the labor of writing and take sweet and warm medicinal formulas to ensure no worries. Then I prescribed:
Cinnamon Twig 9g, Prepared Liquorice Root 6g, Fossil Bone 12g, Oyster Shell 12g
After taking only 3 doses, he recovered.