“Why can’t I sleep?” “I take three tablets of Valium every night and still can’t sleep?” The torture of insomnia on the patient’s mind and body is far from being imaginable, and many patients say that they are “tormented” and “suffer a lot”. However, insomnia is affected by psychological, physiological, environmental and other factors, resulting in simple drug treatment is often ineffective, and long-term use of large quantities will inevitably produce tolerance and dependence. According to relevant research reports, acupuncture can effectively adjust the disordered autonomic function of insomnia patients, stimulate the corresponding visceral regulatory nerves, and improve the release of neurotransmitters through the regulation of nerves and body fluids, thus helping patients to sleep peacefully. Acupuncture treatment of insomnia means diverse, but the general principle is not away from the word “regulate the spirit”. Jingyue Encyclopedia” cloud: “cover the sleep of this Yin, God’s main also. If God is at peace, then you can sleep, and if God is not at peace, then you can’t sleep”. In clinical practice, we use the following therapeutic means of integrated therapy with better results: “Medical Zong Jinjian”: “The head is the meeting of all yang, the position of the highest, the connotation of the brain marrow, the brain is the house of the original God to unify the whole.” Head acupuncture mostly takes Shenting, Benshen, Baihui, Si Shencong, Cengkong, Anmian and other points in order to wake up the brain and open the orifices, tranquilize and calm the mind, so that the mind is at peace and can sleep. Body acupuncture tends to follow the principle of Chinese medicine identification and treatment of different types of points, clinical use of Shenmen, Neiguan, foot Sanli, Yinlingquan, Sanyinjiao, Shenwei, Zhaohai, Taichong, Taixi and other points. Auricular acupressure Wang Buliuxing seeds safe and non-invasive pain and can play a continuous stimulation effect, most of the selection of Shenmen, sympathetic, subcortical, occipital, endocrine, heart and other points, the patient can be pressed on their own several times a day, each time to put 1 to 2 minutes, so that the auricle to produce a feeling of heat, distension and pain and other responses is preferred. Moxibustion Hundred Club, Yongquan 15 minutes each can be access to the blood, tranquilize the mind and tranquilize the spirit. Foot solar bladder meridian flash can walking canning method can repeatedly stimulate the back of the Yu points and achieve the adjustment of internal organs and qi and blood, dredge the meridians, balance the effect of yin and yang. Acupuncture treatment for insomnia is generally a daily treatment, 7 times for a course of treatment, continuous treatment for 2 to 4 courses. In the choice of acupuncture treatment time, some studies show that afternoon or evening treatment is better than the morning. Acupuncture treatment precautions 1, adjust the state of life, create a quiet and comfortable sleep environment, develop a good routine diet light nutrition and easy to digest, eat less spicy and stimulating food, do not overeat; 2, do not smoke before going to bed, do not drink strong tea, alcohol, coffee and so on. There should be appropriate outdoor activities during the day, such as playing badminton, playing tai chi; 3, evening walks for 30 minutes to 1 hour, listen to soothing light music; 4, before going to bed with warm water to wash your feet, slow deep breathing, to maintain a calm state of mind. Don’t rely too much on sleeping pills, and don’t be overly afraid of sleeping pills, keep your mood relaxed, set up confidence to overcome insomnia, and actively cooperate with the treatment. 5, for secondary or accompanied by other diseases of insomnia patients, should actively treat the primary disease. In conclusion, the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia is certain, it can improve the quality of sleep to a certain extent, improve the daytime functional status and quality of life of patients, and it can avoid the addiction, drug resistance and adverse drug reactions caused by drug therapy.