Insomnia belongs to the category of insomnia in Chinese medicine. The use of American ginseng as a single medicine is not a good treatment for insomnia, and it is usually used to treat the disease by combining several medicines. Radix Panax Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter and cool in nature, with the effects of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, tonifying vital energy and generating body fluid. It can be used to treat symptoms such as thirst, heartburn, shortness of breath and fatigue caused by qi and yin injuries, lung qi deficiency and lung yin deficiency, etc. However, it has a poor therapeutic effect on insomnia, and is generally not used in the treatment of insomnia. Insomnia needs to be treated accordingly depending on the type of evidence. If it is caused by hyperactivity of heart fire, Zhu Sha An Shen Pill can be taken to relieve insomnia; if it is caused by liver depression and fire (fire-heat evils arising from the impassability of the liver’s qi), Long Guo Di Liver Tang can be taken to treat insomnia; if it is caused by phlegm-heat internal disturbances, Huang Lian Weng Bile Tang can be used to treat it; and if it is caused by yin deficiency and fire-heat exuberance, Huang Lian and Agaricus Tang can be used to treat insomnia. Clinical should be under the guidance of doctors to correctly treat insomnia, do not use drugs without authorization, so as not to cause damage to the body.