Insomnia belongs to the category of insomnia in Chinese medicine. There are many kinds of herbal medicines for treating insomnia, such as Longzhi, Cyperus rotundus, Schisandra chinensis and so on. However, not all insomniacs are suitable to take these drugs, and it is recommended to use them under the guidance of a professional doctor. 1. Dragon bone: sweet taste, astringent, flat. Attributed to the heart, liver, kidney, large intestine meridian. It has the efficacy of calming and tranquilizing the mind, calming the liver and submerging the yang (suppressing too much rising yang qi in the liver), and astringent and solidifying the astringency (converging and consolidating). It is used in treating restlessness of the mind, panic and insomnia, dizziness, spermatorrhea and slippery spermatozoa, dysuria and frequent urination, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), and excessive menstrual discharge. Note that the drug has astringent and astringent effect, so people with dampness and heat stagnation should not be taken. 2. Cortex Phellodendron Bidentata: sweet in flavor, flat in nature. Attributed to the heart, kidney, large intestine meridian. It has the effect of nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, moistening the bowels and stopping sweating. It is used for deficiency of yin and blood, deficiency vexation (vexation caused by deficiency heat in the body), insomnia, panic and heartbeat, constipation, yin deficiency and night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up). Note that the drug is moist, and should not be taken by those who have loose stools (thin and unformed feces) and phlegm. 3. Schisandra chinensis: sour, sweet, warm. It belongs to lung, heart and kidney meridians. It has the effects of astringency, benefiting Qi and generating fluid (promoting fluid production by replenishing Qi), tonifying the kidney and tranquilizing the heart. It is used for prolonged cough and asthma, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), night sweating, seminal emission, spermatorrhea, prolonged diarrhea, frequent urination, thirst due to injury of fluids, insomnia and excessive dreaming. Note that the drug should not be taken when the evil in the muscle surface has not been resolved, when there is solid heat inside, when the cough is at the beginning, or at the early stage of measles. In addition to the above three drugs, there are other clinical herbs that can treat insomnia, which can be selected and used according to the patient’s specific condition. Chinese medicine should be used after the professional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence, not blindly use drugs, so as not to cause adverse reactions.