Some time ago, I met a male patient. He said that his sleep quality was poor. It is difficult to fall asleep every night, and it is easy to wake up when dreaming. Therefore, he is very upset. In the meantime, he took some drugs to help him sleep, but it didn't have any effect. Even if his eyes are too sleepy to open, it is still difficult to sleep. At the same time, it is accompanied by upset, dizziness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, soreness of waist and knees, night sweats, short and red urine, etc. Judging from the tongue coating and pulse condition, the tongue is red without coating and the pulse is thin. According to dialectical analysis, the syndrome belongs to heart-kidney disharmony.

Chinese medicine believes that sleep is a state of intersection of heart and kidney. This intersection of heart and kidney does not mean that the heart and kidney operate together, but that the heart and kidney will descend to the place where the lower abdomen and kidney intersect. This place is the gas field, not the actual internal organs.

The heart is yang, the kidney is yin, the heart and kidney intersect, and the heart gas enters the kidney gas, so as to enter the sleep state normally. If the heart and kidney do not intersect, it is a state of insomnia.

Whether it is deficiency of heart yin or deficiency of kidney yin, it will lead to disharmony between heart and kidney, deficiency of heart yin and malnutrition, so it will cause insomnia and forgetfulness; Kidney yin deficiency leads to soreness of waist and knees; The essence of the kidney can't fill the orifices, so it is dizzy and tinnitus; Night sweats and short and red urine are all manifestations of yin deficiency and internal heat.

In this case, it is necessary to take the heart and kidney as the main treatment principle, so this prescription can be used: Ejiao, Paeonia lactiflora, Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Wuji and Cinnamomum cassia. (remember: everyone's situation is different. If you need medication, please take it under the guidance of a doctor. )

Note: Such patients should maintain a good mood, avoid bad mental stimulation and excessive mental fluctuation, use their brains moderately, not too hard, eat a light diet, and eat more nourishing and heat-clearing foods such as lotus seeds, tremella and lilies.