Traditional Chinese medicine treats insomnia, and the effect is good according to the disease

Under the influence of many adverse factors, more and more people are suffering from insomnia, which seriously affects their normal work and life and must be actively treated. From a clinical perspective, Chinese medicine is relatively effective in treating insomnia. Common methods include soothing the liver and relieving heat, resolving phlegm and clearing heat, soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach, relieving depression and nourishing blood, etc. Patients can choose a treatment method that suits them according to their symptoms.

1. Soothing the Liver and Relieving Heat

[Main symptoms] Insomnia, irritability, chest tightness and flank pain, loss of appetite, thirst and desire to drink, red eyes and bitter taste in the mouth, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue with white coating, and stringy and rapid pulse.

【Treatment method】Suitable for liver depression transforming into fire type.

[Prescription] Use Danzhi Xiaoyao Powder with modifications: stir-fried jujube seeds, Polygonum multiflorum, white peony root, Poria cocos, raw rehmannia, dragon bone, oyster, moutan bark, gardenia, bupleurum, angelica, scutellaria, anemarrhena, cyperus, and liquorice.

2. Phlegm-resolving and heat-clearing method

[Main symptoms] Insomnia, dizziness, chest tightness due to excessive phlegm, irritability, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea and poor appetite, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

【Treatment method】Suitable for internal disturbance caused by phlegm and heat.

[Prescription] Use Wen Dan Tang with modifications: mother of pearl, radish seed, Poria, Shenqu, Pinellia, tangerine peel, Citrus aurantium, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Coptis chinensis, Gardenia jasminoides, and licorice.

3. Soothing the Liver and Stomach

[Main symptoms] Distension in the flanks, epigastric pain, belching, nausea, belching and acid regurgitation, poor appetite, depression, insomnia, irritability, greasy white tongue coating, and a stringy and slippery pulse.

【Treatment method】Suitable for liver-stomach disharmony type.

[Prescription] Use Shugan Hewei Pills with modifications: Polygonum multiflorum, Albizzia julibrissin bark, Poria cocos, White Peony Root, Corydalis yanhusuo, Toosendan Fructus, Curcuma aromatica, Bupleurum chinense, Angelica sinensis, Pinellia ternata, Tangerine peel, Costus root, Amomum villosum, Bamboo Shavings, Citrus aurantium, and Patchouli.

4. Depression-relieving and blood-nourishing method

[Main symptoms] Insomnia, dreaminess, easy to be startled, depression, crying, dizziness, fatigue, weakness, poor memory, palpitations, shortness of breath, dry and loose stools, pale tongue, thin white fur, and thready pulse.

【Treatment method】Suitable for liver depression and blood deficiency type.

[Prescription] Use Xiaoyao Powder with modifications: Atractylodes macrocephala, Albizzia julibrissin bark, White Peony Root, Processed Polygonum multiflorum, Poria, Torreya grandis seed, stir-fried Ziziphus jujuba seed, Angelica sinensis, Bupleurum chinense, Polygala tenuifolia, Acorus calamus, Schisandra chinensis.