The number of days for insomnia to be treated with acupuncture is not generalizable and is affected by many factors such as the severity of the patient’s condition, but generally it takes about 3-7 days for the treatment to be effective. It is difficult to accurately estimate the number of days for acupuncture to work, as it is affected by the severity of the patient’s condition, the practitioner’s skill level, the accuracy of the diagnosis, and the degree of cooperation between the patient and the practitioner, etc. In general, the patient will need 3-7 days of acupuncture to get the results. Generally speaking, after 3-7 days of acupuncture treatment, insomnia symptoms will be relieved. Acupuncture points often used for insomnia include Shenmen, Neiguan, Baihui, and Anmian points. In addition, the points need to be added or subtracted according to the identification and typing. Such as heart and spleen deficiency (heart and spleen organs weak) evidence, can add the heart Yu, spleen Yu, Sanyinjiao, etc.; heart and gallbladder qi deficiency evidence can be added to the heart Yu, gallbladder Yu, Qiu Hui, etc.; yin deficiency and fire (Yin essence deficiency in the body, the emergence of hyperactive deficiency fire) evidence to add the Taixi point, Taichong, Yongquan and so on. If you need to use acupuncture treatment, you need to be operated by a professional doctor, do not operate on your own to avoid adverse consequences.