Patients with chest tightness, shortness of breath and insomnia are mostly caused by deficiency of heart blood. When heart blood deficiency occurs, the clinical manifestations are panic, shortness of breath, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness, less color, tiredness, weakness, dullness with little food, pale red tongue, and weak pulse. The most commonly used formula for treating heart-blood deficiency is Gui Shen Tang, which consists of Atractylodes Macrocephala, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fu Shen, Roasted Astragalus, Longan, Yuan Zhi, Sour Jujube Seed, Mu Xiang, Roasted Licorice, Ginseng, Ginger and Jujube. If the patient has irritable heat in the five hearts, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, chest tightness, heart trouble, pale red tongue, little or no fluid, little or no coating, thin pulse, and knotted pulse, it is a deficiency of both qi and yin, and treatment should benefit qi and nourish blood, nourish yin and calm the mind, and can be treated with roasted licorice soup with extra reduction.