Insomnia can be treated with moxibustion at Baihui, Shenmen, Sanyinjiao, and Anmian, and according to the specific causes of insomnia, such as liver fire disturbing the heart, deficiency of the heart and spleen (weakness of the heart and spleen), etc., with taichong points and foot-sanli points.
Insomnia is a disease in which you can’t get a normal night’s sleep, with difficulty falling asleep, waking up easily or even staying awake all night as the main clinical manifestation.
For insomnia, moxibustion can be applied to Baihui, Shenmen, Sanyinjiao, and Anmian as the main points. Baihui point can clear the head and eyes, regulate the spirit and calm the mind; Shenmen point can calm the mind and calm the spirit; Sanyinjiao is the meeting point of the liver meridian, the spleen meridian and the kidney meridian, which can benefit the qi and nourish the blood (replenish the qi and blood in the body) and calm the spirit; Anmian point is the empirical point for the treatment of insomnia, which can calm the spirit and benefit the sleep.
At the same time, points can be combined according to the cause of insomnia. For those who suffer from insomnia due to liver fire disturbing the heart, Taichong can be combined with Taichong; for those who suffer from deficiency of heart and spleen, Foot Sanli and Xin Yu can be combined; for those who suffer from deficiency of heart and gallbladder, Xin Yu and Gallbladder can be combined with Xin Yu and Gallbladder points.
It is important to note that the selection of acupuncture points, moxibustion needs to be carried out under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to avoid damage.