Can Chinese medicine get rid of sleeping pill dependence?

In order to give full play to the characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine and help insomnia patients reduce the adverse effects of sleeping pills and get rid of the dependence on sleeping pills, in recent years, the author has used Chinese medicine to treat 670 cases of insomnia patients taking sleeping pills, and analyzed their clinical data to investigate and study. (Many patients also took Diazepam, Prozac, Seroquel, Doxepin, Zoloft, Meptyline, Meprobam and Xipomol at the same time, Among them, 457 cases (68.21%) complained that they would stay up all night if they stopped taking sleeping pills, and most of these insomnia patients were prescribed sleeping pills by non-psychiatrists when they first took sleeping pills. From the above statistics, we can see that the phenomenon of taking sleeping pills is quite common in today’s insomnia population. Benzodiazepines are the most common sleeping pills used by clinicians today, and nearly 70% of patients will become significantly dependent on these drugs. Statistics also show that the main clinical symptoms of these insomnia patients are not only difficulty in falling asleep at night, waking up early and going back to sleep, but also dizziness, distraction, dry mouth or bitter mouth, daytime drowsiness, heartburn, chest tightness, body heat and sweating, dry stools, throat discomfort, dark eyes or cheek discoloration, hand numbness, lip numbness, scalp numbness, etc. In addition, many patients also have hand trembling, flesh jumping, ear ringing, brain ringing, stomach discomfort, etc. In addition, many patients also have symptoms such as hand trembling, brain ringing, stomach discomfort, chest distension, frequent urination at night, menstrual disorders, head and body tautness. Most of the above 670 cases of insomnia patients who came to our insomnia specialist clinic came to seek Chinese medicine treatment because they felt uncomfortable after taking sleeping pills, or the hypnotic effect was not stable. In clinical practice, the author used Chinese medicine prescriptions to calm the liver, invigorate blood circulation, calm the heart and calm the mind, etc., and used the method of decreasing the dosage of sleeping pills while taking Chinese medicine, so that most of the above 670 insomnia patients taking sleeping pills started to decrease the dosage of sleeping pills within 4 weeks of taking Chinese medicine, and their sleeping condition also improved, and nearly 50% of the patients stopped taking sleeping pills within 8 weeks of taking Chinese medicine. Nearly 50% of the patients stopped taking sleeping pills within 8 weeks of taking Chinese herbal medicine, got rid of the dependence on sleeping pills, and restored their normal sleep function. Clinical practice has confirmed that Chinese medicine can effectively get rid of the dependence on sleeping pills.