A literature study was progressed for oriental medical diagnosis and treatment for Jianwang(健忘) : forgetfulness(amnesia). In orental medicine, the reason of Jianwang(健忘) was congenital insufficiency(稟賦不足), meditational excessiveness(思慮過多), deficiency of heart(心虛), phlegm retention(痰飮), deficiency of kidney(腎裏), breakdown of the normal physiological coordination between the heart and the kidney(心腎不交), blood stasis(瘀血). The method of medical treatment was invigorating vital energy and enriching the blood(大補氣血), invigorating the heart and nourishing blood(補心養血), dissipating phlegm and relieving mental stress(化痰寧神), regulating the spleen corresponds to earth(理脾土), invigorating the heart and the kidney(補心腎), reinforcing the liver and the kidney(培肝腎), promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis(活血祛瘀) and etc. Herbal medication was followed as those method. The prescription was commonly used as Guibitang(歸脾湯), Insuksan(仁熟散), Chunwangbosimdan(天王補心丹), Susunghwan(壽星丸), Samjohwan(蔘棗丸) and etc.