Poor sleep belongs to the category of insomnia in Chinese medicine. You can massage Yintang, Anmian, Neiguan, Shenmen and other acupoints to help you sleep, but you also need to cooperate with other treatments according to the disease and the type of evidence to achieve better results.
1. Yintang: in the head, the two eyebrows in the middle of the medial end of the depression. It has the effect of calming and tranquilizing the mind, activating collaterals and dispersing wind, and can be used to treat insomnia, forgetfulness, epilepsy and so on.
2. Anmian: located in the neck, in the middle of the line connecting Cataract Wind and Fengchi points. It has the effect of tranquilizing the mind and facilitating sleep, and is an important point for the treatment of insomnia.
3. Neiguan: located on the inner side of the forearm, 2 inches above the transverse stripe on the distal side of the palm of the wrist, between the tendon of the palmaris longus and the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis. It has the effect of calming the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and can treat insomnia, palpitation, stomach pain and many other diseases.
4. Shenmen: Located in the wrist, at the ulnar end of the transverse carpal stripe, in the radial depression of the ulnar flexor carpi radialis tendon. It has the effect of calming the mind and tranquilizing the spirit, activating the meridians and activating the collaterals, and can be used to treat forgetfulness, insomnia, dementia and other conditions.
In addition to the above acupoints to help sleep, you can also add some therapeutic acupoints according to the type of evidence after identification by a professional physician, such as liver fire disturbing the liver Yu, gallbladder Yu, the heart and spleen deficiency of the heart Yu, spleen Yu, and so on.
If insomnia occurs, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, by a professional doctor for diagnosis and treatment, do not blindly massage acupuncture points, so as not to avoid misunderstanding the condition or cause damage to the organism.