Elderly people have a shorter average sleep duration, longer sleep latency, and are prone to common conditions such as sleep fragmentation, light sleep, and early awakening. Severe insomnia in the elderly requires treatment in a hospital, which generally includes the following: 1. Active treatment of the original disease: Some cardiovascular and respiratory diseases can also cause insomnia, and regular physical examinations should be performed to clarify the physical condition and determine whether the insomnia is caused by coronary angina, etc. If respiratory symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath occur easily at night, consider respiratory diseases, and actively deal with the primary lesion, the quality of sleep can also be restored to normal; 2. Biological therapy: you can choose breathing training method for relaxation training, and also professional psychological counseling, which can reduce mental and somatic tension and achieve the effect of treating insomnia; 3. Drug therapy: for patients with short sleep time, you can also choose drug therapy under the doctor’s Under the guidance of the doctor can also choose drug treatment, such as glutathione, date tranquilizer capsule; anxiety insomnia can choose eszopiclone tablets, clonidine, etc.; or drugs with sedative-hypnotic effect, such as dextrozopiclone, etc. Elderly people with severe insomnia can increase the amount of daytime activities, such as slow walking, dancing, etc. Try not to sleep during the day to ensure the quality of sleep at night. You can take a hot bath before bedtime to relax your whole body. Avoid doing things not related to sleep before bedtime, such as reading cell phones, listening to music, doing exercise, etc., and establish a regular sleep pattern. Patients should take the medication as prescribed by the doctor. Sedatives may have the side effects of drowsiness and sleepiness during the day, so pay attention to the dosage in use to prevent accidental falls during the day due to sleepiness and drowsiness.