Treatment of insomnia

  Have you also had the following troubles: long nights, tossing and turning, counting sheep, counting stars …… just can not sleep? It was easy to fall asleep, but like a bird of prey, a little movement will wake you up?  According to statistics, the proportion of insomniacs in the country is as high as 40%, that is, 4 out of every 10 people have tossing and turning, dreamy, easy to wake up. With the accelerated pace of life, the incidence of this disease is gradually increasing, which seriously affects people’s physical and mental health and work. Insomnia not only causes dark circles under the eyes, obvious bags under the eyes, sagging skin and dull complexion, but also brings a series of physical damage, including reduced thinking ability, reduced alertness and judgment, low immune function, endocrine disorders, etc. Worse still, it can cause depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses.  At present, there is no ideal treatment for insomnia, only the use of sedative and tranquilizing Western drugs such as Valium, Synthroid and other symptomatic treatment, although there is a certain degree of efficacy, but can not be the root cause, and often produce tolerance, the symptoms will rebound after the cessation of the drug, and easy to become addicted. Therefore, more and more people turn to Chinese medicine to treat insomnia. TCM treatment is based on the different types of symptoms of the individual, and proposes a targeted treatment method with significant results. The most widely known treatment is Chinese medicine, but Chinese medicine treatment is not only these, a variety of traditional therapies of magical effect can not be ignored.  1, milli-needle acupuncture therapy Traditional Chinese medicine believes that God is safe to sleep, and God is restless to sleep, so the method of fixing the will to calm the mind is of great significance in the treatment of insomnia. The acupuncture method is important for the treatment of insomnia. The acupuncture points of the head or the limbs are selected to stimulate the meridians and channels of the whole body, regulate the qi and blood of the whole body, and adjust the yin and yang of the body, so as to achieve the effect of fixing the will and calming the mind, thus playing the purpose of treating insomnia. According to the patient’s clinical performance, identify the evidence to take acupuncture points, the efficacy is more satisfactory, applicable to various types of insomnia.  2, moxibustion therapy Moxa, which is pungent and slightly bitter, warm in nature, has the nature of pure Yang. After processing, it is made into fine soft moxa, easy to burn, burning heat is mild, can penetrate the skin, has the effect of invigorating Yang Qi, transforming Yin blood, blood circulation, harmonizing Yin and Yang, and tranquilizing the mind. Modern medical research shows that the stimulation of acupuncture points by moxibustion can enhance the immune function, strengthen the ability to recover from illness or disease, change the biological information of human beings, regulate the excitability of the nervous system, and thus achieve the role of regulating human sleep. Clinically, moxibustion is mostly used for treating insomnia with deficiency evidence.  3, cupping therapy cupping therapy is a jar as a tool, with the help of heat to discharge the air, resulting in negative pressure, so that the adsorption of acupuncture points, so that local skin congestion, blood stasis and stimulation, in order to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment methods. From the perspective of modern medicine, the vacuum pressure of the fire can and walking tension, can stimulate the subcutaneous nerve endings, so that the impulse to the central nervous system and produce excitation or inhibition, play its normal function. The application site capillary dilation, local tissue is highly congested so that microcirculation can be improved; subcutaneous stasis of blood autolysis and can form a new stimulus to enhance autoimmunity. The warm and benign stimulation of the fire cistern can open the meridians and activate the channels, stimulate the body’s yang energy, expel evil, and harmonize the qi of the internal organs, balancing yin and yang.  4, auricular acupressure therapy auricular acupressure is the use of Chinese medicine Wang Bu Liuxing seeds on the auricular acupuncture points to stimulate, so as to prevent and control disease a method. When the internal organs or body of the human body develop, pressure and pain sensitivity often appear in the corresponding parts of the auricle. Modern medical anatomy reveals that the auricle is rich in nerve distribution, including branches of the cerebrospinal nerve, sympathetic nerve, trigeminal nerve and vagus nerve, and is closely connected to the cerebral cortex. Ear acupuncture pressure can regulate the excitation and inhibition of the cerebral cortex, calming and tranquilizing the mind, strengthening the brain and regulating the mind. Commonly used auricular points for treating insomnia are Shen Men, Endocrine, Heart and Gallbladder.  5, Chinese medicine fumigation therapy Chinese medicine fumigation refers to the use of Chinese medicine boiling steam produced after fumigation of the patient’s whole body or local, the use of medicine, water and steam and other stimulating effects to achieve a method of prevention and treatment of disease. It has a long history of being used to treat diseases and is also an important part of the external treatment method of Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine fumigation therapy is the direct ion absorption of Chinese medicine through the skin, orifices and acupuncture points to the couples and internal organs after heating, to achieve the purpose of dispelling wind, dispersing cold, opening the channels and supporting the root. The specific fumigation medicine will be determined according to the Chinese medicine diagnosis.  6, acupuncture point injection therapy acupuncture point injection refers to the selection of certain Chinese and Western drug injection into the body of the relevant acupuncture points to prevent and treat diseases. Clinically, vitamin B12 is often injected into the sleeping point to treat insomnia. It has the function of awakening the brain, nourishing the mind and tranquilizing the spirit, and has a peculiar effect on treating insomnia caused by various reasons; vitamin B12 injection nourishes and regulates the nerves, improves and promotes sleep, and effectively relieves the symptoms of headache and dizziness without any toxic side effects and dependence.  7, intradermal needle therapy intradermal needle method is a specially designed small needle pierced and fixed in the acupuncture point area of the skin or subcutaneous, for a longer period of time to retain the needle a method. The length of time the needles are left in place is determined by the condition, usually 2-3 days, and can be shortened if the weather is hot. Generally take the dorsal points, such as Heart Yu, Gall Bladder Yu, etc., and use the method of embedding needles within the skin to give weak and lasting stimulation, so as to regulate yin and yang, and qi and blood, so that the yin and yang of the internal organs are balanced, the qi and blood of the meridians are regulated, and the mind and spirit are nourished, so that the insomnia can be lifted.  There are many traditional therapies such as these, each with unique curative effects.  People spend 1/3 of their lives in sleep. Don’t want your precious sleep time to be wasted? Don’t want to count sheep and sleep on sleeping pills every night? Why not come and experience the magic of traditional healing, which may return you to a peaceful and restful night.