What are the traditional Chinese medicines for calming the nerves and helping sleep?

What are the traditional Chinese medicines that can calm the nerves and help you sleep?

Quite a number of friends are troubled by insomnia and want to use drugs to solve this problem, but at the same time they are worried that the side effects of Western medicine are more serious. So they want some Chinese medicine that can calm the nerves and help sleep. In response to everyone's request, here are some Chinese herbal decoctions that can calm the nerves and help sleep.

1. Suanzaoren Soup

Crush three grams of Chinese jujube kernels, boil them in water, and take them one hour before going to bed every night.

The insomnia treated by Suanzaoren Decoction is caused by liver blood deficiency, internal disturbance of deficiency heat, and failure of blood to nourish the heart.

Insomniacs are often accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, night sweats, dizziness, dry throat and mouth, and thin and stringy pulse.

2. Calming Soup

Take three grams each of longan pulp and Sichuan salvia miltiorrhiza, boil them in one or two bowls of water until half a bowl, and take it half an hour before going to bed.

This soup can achieve a calming effect, especially for those suffering from insomnia due to weak heart and blood.

3. Anshen Decoction

Steam 15 grams of raw lily bulbs, add one egg yolk, stir with 200 ml of water. Add a little rock sugar, boil, then stir with 50 ml of water. Drink it one hour before going to bed.

Lily has the effect of clearing the mind, soothing the nerves and calming the nerves. Drinking it regularly can have immediate effects.

4. Three-flavor tranquilizing soup

Take three grams of Chinese jujube seeds, one gram each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Polygala tenuifolia, boil them with 500 ml of water until 50 ml remains, and take it before going to bed.

All three herbs have a calming, soothing effect, and when mixed together they have a hypnotic effect.

5. Longan and Lotus Seed Soup

Take 2 liang of longan and lotus seeds and cook them into soup

This soup has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the mind, strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidneys. It is most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and those suffering from long-term insomnia.

6. Yangxin Congee

Take 35 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 10 seeded red dates, 10 grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria cocos, boil them in 2000 ml of water until 500 ml becomes minced meat, remove the residue, cook with washed rice and water, add brown sugar after the rice is cooked and take.

This porridge can nourish qi and blood and calm the mind, and has a significant improvement effect on people suffering from palpitations (rapid heartbeat), forgetfulness, insomnia, and nightmares.

Insomnia is indeed a rather uncomfortable problem. It affects our mood, work and life, and causes us considerable distress. The above are some porridges made using the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. They have a relatively good effect on calming the nerves and promoting sleep. The side effects of traditional Chinese medicine for calming the nerves and promoting sleep are not serious, and the taste is also good. If you take them for some time, the symptoms will improve significantly.