Zhu, female, 38 years old, housewife, was first diagnosed on July 9, 2014. Chief complaint: insomnia for 12 years. History: The patient complained of poor sleep and waking up at night after giving birth 12 years ago due to the strain of bringing up a child, then due to the tedium of family affairs and too much thinking, it is difficult to sleep at night and can only fall asleep at one or two o’clock in the morning, and after sleep there are many dreams, poor mental health during the day, feeling drowsy in the head and memory loss. The symptoms were not significantly relieved after oral treatment with Valium, Glivec and Chinese medicine. Physical examination: emaciated face, light fat tongue, thin white fur, thin pulse. Chinese medicine diagnosis: insomnia (deficiency of both heart and spleen) Western medicine diagnosis: insomnia Treatment: tonifying the heart and spleen, strengthening the brain and tranquilizing the mind Treatment: acupuncture points: Baihui, Anmian, Yin Tang, Shen Men, Neiguan, flat tonic and flat diarrhea; Sanyinjiao, Tai Xi, Tai Chong, and Foot San Li, tonic method; Baihui and Foot San Li plus moxibustion with moxa strips; retaining needles for 30 min, once every other day, 10 times for a course of treatment. Effect: After 5 days of treatment, the sleeping time was significantly shortened; after 1 course of treatment, the average daily sleeping time was 7 hours, and the dizziness symptoms were significantly reduced; after 3 consecutive courses of treatment, the above symptoms completely disappeared. Insomnia is a disease caused by the disturbance of sleep rhythm due to various reasons, which seriously affects the life and work of patients. Most of the sleep medications need to be taken for a long time, and there are side effects such as drug dependence and rebound from discontinuation of medication. Chinese medicine, especially acupuncture, has unique advantages in the treatment of insomnia. Modern theories suggest that acupuncture may improve sleep by stimulating local acupuncture points, acting directly on sleep tuning points, regulating the sleep phase, and changing the release of sleep-related transmitters.