This is the practice of modern medicine. As for Chinese medicine, we must first differentiate the symptoms and types.
There are many syndromes that lead to insomnia, and the treatment methods vary greatly according to individual syndromes and symptoms.
For example, insomnia due to deficiency of both heart and spleen should be recuperated. In liver blood deficiency, it is necessary to nourish the liver and nourish blood. In addition, insomnia due to incoordination between heart and kidney, which leads to stagnation of liver-qi and phlegm, should be relieved of depression, heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving. Insomnia due to disharmony of stomach should be recuperated, and stagnation of liver-qi should be soothed.
When Chinese medicine sees a doctor, it is necessary to seek the root of the disease and the cause of the disease. Therefore, to treat insomnia, we must first find out what the cause is, how to get it, prescribe according to the symptoms, and prescribe the right medicine, so that the effect is obvious.
For example, nowadays, people's insomnia is not only insomnia, but also anxiety. Because of poor sleep, they feel upset and anxious. Therefore, on the basis of syndrome differentiation, combined with modern people's psychology, some anti-anxiety drugs should be added, which is called anti-anxiety drugs in Chinese medicine.
Take the common stagnation of liver-qi that leads to insomnia in life. As long as you are angry and anxious, you will easily fall asleep. At the same time, you will feel a feeling of swelling and pain in your chest, hypochondrium or lower abdomen, depressed, prone to anger and frequent sighing, or feel something in your throat, or press it below your hypochondrium, and there will be a lump and other symptoms.
This is because, the liver governs emotions, and when you encounter an annoyance, if you are angry and depressed there, it will affect the liver, what about the liver, which governs qi-flowing, and is in charge of the whole body's qi-flowing, which leads to disorder of the liver's qi-flowing and qi-flowing, just like a traffic jam. If you are stuck there, you will be stuck there. If you are stuck here, you will be able to sleep.
At this time, we should soothe the liver and relieve depression, let the qi flow smoothly, and the liver will relax and drain back to normal. The most commonly used method is the addition and subtraction of Xiaoyao Powder.
How to explain Xiaoyao San?
Ease, no worries, good mood, this is called freedom, combined with the above, on the basis of Xiaoyao San, add some herbs to get rid of troubles, clear heat and soothe the nerves.
Another common cause of insomnia is deficiency of both heart and spleen.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that overthinking and overworking will damage the heart and spleen, leading to both deficiency of the heart and spleen, but now the pressure of life is so great that basically everyone overthinks and overworks, which is why I say that both deficiency of the heart and spleen is one of the common causes of insomnia in life.
Spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry. Spleen deficiency, passive qi and blood biochemistry, and blood failure to nourish the heart will lead to anxiety and anxiety. Can you still sleep?
Symptoms are: upset and insomnia, palpitation and shortness of breath, slow response, physical fatigue, fatigue, unwillingness to move, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, feeling worse after eating, rotten stool, shapeless and so on.
This situation should regulate the heart and spleen, and the most commonly used is the addition and subtraction of Guipi Decoction.
In addition, if you think too much, your heart is always full of things, and you can't sleep. According to Chinese medicine, this is called hurting your hard work. Everyone knows that your mind is in charge of the gods and everything. For example, if you think too much and your mind is full of things every day, it will hurt your hard work. If there is something wrong with your heart in charge of everything, how can you sleep?
Not only can't sleep, but also accompanied by palpitation, thinking of lying quietly and slowly, but it doesn't work, and dizziness, no luster on the face, reduced blood on the lips, and especially easy to be scared, forgetful, just put things down, forget where to put them, and other symptoms.
What needs to be done in this situation is to nourish the heart. The most commonly used is the addition and subtraction of Tianwang Buxin Decoction. What should I add?
You can add some flowers, flowers make people feel happy, and everyone will feel happy when they see flowers. No one said, if you look sad after seeing flowers, add some roses and substitute flowers to the square, and make people feel happy as a whole. It has the effects of relieving depression and vexation, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.
There is also insomnia caused by heart-kidney disharmony, which I have said many times before. The heart without heart-kidney disharmony belongs to the fire of five internal organs, and the kidney is water. Under normal circumstances, the heart fire goes down with kidney yang to warm the kidney water, which makes the kidney water cold; What about kidney water? It helps the heart yang and makes the heart fire not hyperactive.
We call this state fire and water ji ji, and the balance of Yin and Yang is the guarantee for our normal life.
Once this balance is broken, there will be problems in the body, for example, the kidney water is less, that is, the kidney yin is insufficient, and there is no way to help the heart fire, and the heart fire will be more and more hyperactive, causing symptoms such as annoying heat, night sweats, tinnitus, insomnia and dreaminess, dysfunction, and soreness of the waist and knees.
Because of the lack of water and body fluid, the tongue is red and there is no water. In this case, you should nourish yin and reduce fire. Pay attention to nourishing yin and reducing fire here, which is nourishing yin in the state of less kidney water and excessive heart fire!
The most commonly used prescription is Huanglian Ejiao Decoction, Huanglian can reduce heart fire, Ejiao can nourish kidney water, and gallus gallus domesticus brisson can clear deficiency and heat by nourishing yin and blood.
This is a heart-kidney disharmony, and there is another problem that many people will have-stomach disharmony leads to restlessness.
If you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, it will affect your sleep, and you can't sleep over and over again. The reason for insomnia is that your stomach is strong and your spleen is weak, and your stomach is strong, so you receive more and eat more, but your spleen is weak, and your spleen is weak, so you can't transport, absorb and digest what you eat.
Those things that can't be digested will stagnate in the stomach, and when they stop, something will happen. The stomach will go down, but now if it can't go down, the stomach gas will go up. As soon as you lie down and sleep, the contents in your stomach will come back, and it will be accompanied by symptoms such as tightness in your chest, snoring, acid reflux, nausea and vomiting. Can you still sleep?
So eat regularly and don't eat too much before going to bed.
The most commonly used soup in this situation is Banxia Xiemi Decoction.
Finally, let me remind you one more thing! Be sure to differentiate symptoms and signs before taking medicine! Find out your own situation before taking medicine, but don't use the prescription of liver depression and qi stagnation because of insomnia caused by heart-kidney disharmony.
Besides, everyone must eat regularly, exercise properly, relax and not stay up late, so as to live a healthy life! # Health Decryption # # Traditional Chinese Medicine # # Let me popularize science #