Difficulty falling asleep, regulating the liver; easy waking, regulating the spleen; not being able to fall asleep, regulating the kidneys

It's very torturous to be unable to sleep at night. There are many causes of insomnia. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, they can be basically divided into five situations.

1. Frequent nightmares and restless sleep

From the perspective of Taoist medicine theory, this type of people suffer from insufficient vital energy. I feel half asleep the whole night, feel listless, forgetful, and unable to concentrate during the day, and sometimes I even feel panicky. In terms of treatment, the main focus is on nourishing blood and calming the mind. You can take Chinese patent medicines such as Anshen Dingzhi Pills, Shensong Yangxin Capsules, and eat more blood-enriching foods, such as jujube, donkey-hide gelatin, etc. You can also try Baimai Anshen Drink. The method is to take appropriate amounts of wheat, lily, lotus seeds, and jujube, and stew them together. Stew it twice, take the juice and drink it at any time.

2. Difficulty falling asleep

This type of people suffer from liver depression and qi stagnation, and sometimes feel bloating and pain in the chest and flanks. The main treatment is to soothe the liver and relieve depression, and eat more millet, milk, oyster meat, longan meat and other foods. You should also pay attention to regulating your spirit and eliminating worries and tension. In addition, it is best to soak your feet in hot water before going to bed.

3. Wake up early, but fall asleep again, feeling groggy until dawn

It is often accompanied by symptoms such as dry throat, dry mouth, acne and night sweats. This type of people belongs to the type of blood and blood accumulation. They can massage acupoints such as Neiguan (press the innermost center point of the wrist with three fingers), Shenmen (palm side of the wrist joint, radial depression of the ulnar flexor carpi tendon), Houxi (ulnar side behind the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint), etc. They should eat more lotus root, locust flower, mung bean, coix seed, rock sugar pomelo, etc. It is also very effective to drink raw rehmannia and rock sugar in water instead of tea.

4. Sleeping and waking up

This type of people belongs to the spleen and stomach disharmony type. Restless sleep at night, with a greasy and bland taste in the mouth, anorexia, and loose stools. The treatment principle is mainly to harmonize the stomach, strengthen the spleen and calm the mind. In daily life, you can often eat millet, lotus seeds and lily porridge. The method is to boil millet, lotus seeds and lily with appropriate amount of water into porridge. The porridge tastes light and sweet, and can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. It is a good product for treating poor sleep.

5. You can’t sleep all night

This type of people has a hot temper in their heart and liver. It is mostly caused by anger and boredom, and is more common in menopausal women.

Symptoms include irritability, red eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, dry stools, and a red tongue with yellow coating. The treatment principle is mainly to clear away heat and purge fire. Women who suffer from neurasthenia, palpitations, insomnia, nightmares and dark circles under the eyes can take sour jujube kernel porridge. The method is: crush 50 grams of Chinese jujube kernels and extract the juice, add 100 grams of polished rice and the juice to cook into porridge, eat it before going to bed every night, it can nourish the heart, calm the nerves, and reduce sweat. You can also use rose to make tea.

The patient cannot sleep soundly, and may not even feel whether he or she is asleep, as if he or she is always awake. This is mostly due to physical weakness, lack of essence, excessive indulgence, spermatorrhea, which leads to exhaustion of kidney yin and hyperactivity of heart fire, manifesting as restlessness and insomnia. Such patients should start from the kidney. Black foods can nourish the kidney, such as black rice, black peanuts, black beans, black sesame, wolfberry, yam, Polygonum multiflorum, etc. Moxibustion can also be used to nourish the kidney, including Shenshu, Mingmen, Taixi, Shenque, and Guanyuan. As long as you persist, you will see good results.