Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that usually manifests itself as difficulty in falling asleep or a lack of a sense of recovery after sleep, 3 times a week and for at least 1 month.

There are many reasons for insomnia, the common ones are:

1. Environmental factors, such as noise, bright light, indoor temperature is too high or too low will affect the quality of sleep. It is recommended to ensure a good sleeping environment before going to bed;

2. Bad habits, such as dieting to lose weight, drinking coffee before going to bed, smoking and alcoholism. This situation should change the bad habits;

3. Disease factors, such as hyperthyroidism, central nervous system diseases. It is recommended to go to the hospital to identify the cause of the disease and then targeted treatment;

4. psychological factors.

Insomnia is a physical and mental disease in most cases, and the main treatment methods include Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and psychological adjustment. Western medicine is mostly benzodiazepines, such as oxazepam, etc.; commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, such as Huanglian and Agaricus soup, sour jujube kernel soup, astragalus and zaojiazuo tranquillizing soup, etc.; psychological adjustment is mainly psychological care, in particular, we must maintain an optimistic attitude towards life, not because of some trivial matters caused by psychological imbalance, and learn to properly reduce stress.

Additionally, women in menopause or premature ovarian failure are also prone to insomnia and dreaming, which is mainly related to the decline of ovarian function. Life pay attention to less coffee and strong tea; 2 hours before going to bed less water, or a cup of warm milk; eat more lotus seeds, lily, jujube, cinnamon and other foods, for improving sleep has some help.