Sour date palm can be helpful for insomnia, but has specific indications. Insomnia is a clinical manifestation caused by a variety of complex factors, mainly manifested as difficulty in falling asleep, difficulty in waking up easily at night and falling asleep again, and less time to maintain sleep. According to TCM, there are seven main causes of insomnia, namely liver stagnation and fire, deficiency of heart and spleen, deficiency of heart and gallbladder qi, internal disturbance of phlegm and heat, yin deficiency and fire, loss of harmony of stomach qi and lack of intercourse between heart and kidney. The treatment of insomnia includes psychotherapy, medication, physiotherapy, Chinese medicine and comprehensive treatment. First of all, before medication, bad sleep behaviors and concepts should be prevented and corrected, and the triggering factors of insomnia should be dealt with and good sleep habits should be developed. Sour date seeds, also known as jujube seeds, mountain jujube seeds, sour date seeds, are the dried mature seeds of the sour date plant of the family Rhamnaceae, all derived from wild species, with a flat round or flat oval shape and a smooth and shiny surface. It is sweet, sour and flat in nature, and belongs to the liver, gall bladder and heart meridians. Its main function is to nourish the heart and nourish the liver, calm the heart and tranquilize the mind, produce fluid and astringent sweat, and is used for false annoyance and sleeplessness, body weakness and sweating, palpitation and dreaminess, and fluid injury and thirst. Therefore, for patients with liver and blood deficiency and internal disturbance of deficiency heat type insomnia, sour date palm has certain therapeutic effects. However, it is not suitable for all people, and the contraindications of sour date palm must be clarified, and it should not be taken for a long period of time, and combined with behavioral therapy to treat insomnia with comprehensive conditioning.