(1) neurotic insomnia This part of the people are mostly seen in a more sensitive personality, although the usual sleep is not much different from the normal people, but also often complained of their lack of sleep, as soon as there are small things to worry about, there will be insomnia, and daily extra attention to their physical condition, occasionally sleep poorly, it feels pathological, if you realize that they suffer from insomnia, it will be more burdened with the thought, often at night, they are afraid that “I’m going to have insomnia again tonight”. For such patients, the first thing is to carry out targeted psychological guidance, informing them of the scientific knowledge about sleep and the difference between insomnia and insomnia. Generally, after solving the psychological problems and supplemented with Chinese herbal medicine to soften the liver and nourish the mind, sleep function tends to recover quickly. (2) Mental overwork insomnia These patients are mainly cadres, managers, etc., mostly for a long period of work tension, excessive pressure and insomnia, the main clinical manifestations are difficult to sleep in bed at night, or intermittently more awake, dream disturbance, seemingly sleep, or even sleep through the night. Such patients should be persuaded to relax appropriately for a short period of time if possible, such as convalescence, travel, etc., and with Chinese herbal medicine to calm the liver and calm the mind, the clinical effect is also relatively good. (3) Etiological insomnia There are many diseases that can cause insomnia. The common ones are hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, cervical spondylosis, brain disease such as cerebral arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, cerebral atrophy, etc.. The main clinical manifestations are early awakening and difficulty in falling back to sleep after waking up. For these patients, we should treat the symptoms of insomnia at the same time, and take into account the primary disease in order to be effective. (4) Pharmacogenic insomnia This part of the patient due to a chronic disease, long-term use of certain Western drugs, such as hypertension patients long-term antihypertensive drugs, heart disease patients long-term vasodilators, tuberculosis patients long-term anti-TB drugs, etc., and these chemical synthesis of Western drugs often have side effects that affect sleep. For these patients, we should first adjust the original western medicine, choose some drugs that can treat the original disease without causing insomnia side effects, and at the same time dispatch the tranquilizing and sleep-supporting Chinese medicine, so that the insomnia phenomenon can be solved. (5) Sleeping pill-dependent insomnia These patients have been taking sedative-hypnotic drugs for a long time and have become dependent on sleeping pills, and once they take less or no drugs, they will have insomnia. Their psychology is often very contradictory, on the one hand, there is a fear of the adverse effects of sleeping pills, on the other hand, not to take and can not get rid of the sleeping effect is not good. So day after day, month after month, into a vicious circle. Therefore, long-term reliance on sleeping pills, the benefits of less harm. The author has used Chinese medicine prescriptions to treat 670 cases of insomnia patients dependent on sleeping pills, using the method of decreasing the amount of sleeping pills while taking Chinese medicine, so that most of the patients have reduced the amount of sleeping pills or stopped taking sleeping pills within 4-8 weeks, and restored normal sleep function. (6) Sleep rhythm disorder insomnia These people often are the so-called pursuit of fashion, night life, every night singing, dancing, soaking bars, playing mahjong, playing computer, etc., until 1-2 o’clock late at night, do not go to bed, insomnia occurs over time. The clinical characteristics are mostly difficult to sleep after lying in bed for a long time, or seem to sleep overnight, dream disturbances, and can not get up in the morning. For this kind of patients, first of all, we should advise them how to comply with the circadian rhythm of nature and the sleep pattern of human body, live a regular life, avoid night life, and at the same time use Chinese medicine to calm the liver and tranquilize the mind, and the sleep rhythm can generally return to normal after treatment. (7) dietary insomnia Some people due to various reasons, too much social entertainment, almost every night to participate in banquets and meals, goblets and chips, delicious food, long days will also appear insomnia. This is due to the excessive high-protein, high-fat, high-carbohydrate food at night, the body’s gastrointestinal tract load increased, incomplete digestion, producing a large amount of gas and acidic metabolites and affect sleep. According to traditional Chinese medicine, “sleep is restless if the stomach is not in harmony”, “over-eating, undigested food, depression and fire, heat disturbs the mind and soul” and causes insomnia. These patients often have difficulty falling asleep, even 1-2 hours after going to bed, and more often they do not sleep well and often wake up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. These patients must avoid too much socializing at night and not eat too much “fatty and sweet” food for dinner, and it is clinically advisable to use Chinese herbal medicine to calm the stomach, which is often effective.