There are many Chinese patent medicines containing jujube nut for the treatment of insomnia, such as Bailuo Sleeping Capsule, Jujube Ren Anshen Capsule, Shumian Capsule, Pai Zi Nourishing Heart Pill and so on.
1. Pak Lok Sleeping Capsule: It is composed of sour jujube nut, lily of the valley, prickly five-gall blossom, Shouwu vine, Acacia flower, mother-of-pearl, gypsum, Poria, Yuan Zhi, Xuan Shen, Dihuang, and Ophiopogon, etc. It has the efficacy of nourishing yin and clearing away heat, nourishing the heart and tranquillizing the mind and can treat insomnia belonging to the evidence of deficiency of the liver, depression, and yin. Its adverse reactions include nausea, abdominal pain, skin rash, allergy and pregnant women are prohibited.
2. Zao Ren An Shen Capsule: composed of fried sour jujube kernel, danshen, vinegar schizandra, with the effect of nourishing blood and tranquilizing the mind, can be used for insomnia caused by insufficiency of blood in the heart, adverse reactions are not clear, allergy is prohibited. It can be used for insomnia caused by insufficiency of blood in the heart and blood in the mind.
3. Shumian Capsule: composed of Acid Zao Ren, Radix Bupleurum Chinense, Radix Paeonia Lactiflora, Acacia Flower, Acacia Pi, Fructus Stiffus, Cicada Shell, Radix et Rhizoma Lancifera, it has the efficacy of dispelling liver and relieving depression and tranquilizing heart and mind and can be used for insomnia caused by depression of liver and injury to the mind. A few people have stomach upset after taking the medicine, and it is forbidden for those who are allergic to it.
4. Cypress Nourishing Heart Pill: composed of sour jujube seed, cypress seed, Codonopsis pilosula, roasted Astragalus, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Poria, Prepared Polygala, Cinnamon, Vinegar Schisandra, Semixia Quercus, Roasted Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, Cinnabar Cinnabar, it is used to treat insomnia caused by coldness and deficiency of the heart qi. Adverse effects have not yet been clarified, and is prohibited in case of allergy.
If the manifestation of insomnia, please consult a doctor in time, so as not to delay the condition, proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis, not self-medication, so as not to cause damage to the organism.