Sour date palm is helpful for insomnia, but there are specific indications, while the therapeutic effect varies from person to person. Insomnia is a clinical manifestation caused by a variety of complex factors, mainly manifested as difficulty in falling asleep, easy to wake up during the night and fall asleep again, maintaining little sleep time, etc.. People who do not sleep well feel bored all day, tired, dizzy, distracted, some even manic, sodium food is not fragrant, energy is not focused, etc.. Chinese medicine believes that the main causes of insomnia are the following ten kinds, respectively, liver depression and fire, liver depression and spleen deficiency, spleen and stomach disharmony, heart and spleen deficiency, heart and gallbladder Qi deficiency, liver and gallbladder damp heat, blood stasis and blockage, phlegm and heat disturbance, Yin deficiency and fire, heart and kidney non-interaction. Treatment methods for insomnia include psychotherapy, medication, physiotherapy, Chinese medicine treatment 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 to develop good sleep habits. 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 functions are to nourish the heart and replenish blood, nourish liver yin, calm the heart and tranquilize the mind, produce fluids and astringent sweat, and is used for false sleeplessness, body deficiency and excessive sweating, deficiency of fluids and thirst of false sleeplessness, palpitation and dreaminess. Therefore, for patients with liver and blood deficiency and internal disturbance of deficiency heat type insomnia, sour date seeds in water has some therapeutic effect. However, not all insomnia people are applicable, before taking it, we should clarify the contraindications of sour date seeds, and it should not be taken for a long time, especially not for patients with stomach acidity and gastric ulcer, and at the same time combined with behavioral therapy, comprehensive conditioning treatment of insomnia, if the effect is not obvious, go to the hospital for treatment.