What herbs to take to regulate the difficulty in falling asleep and waking up easily?

Difficulty in falling asleep and waking up easily belongs to the category of “insomnia” in Chinese medicine, which is a kind of disease characterized by frequent failure to get normal sleep. Commonly used clinical remedies include Gui Spleen Tang, Nourishing Heart Tang, and Tian Tian Tian Xin Dan (Heavenly King’s Heart Mending Dan). 1. Gui Spleen Soup: composed of Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Astragalus, Longan meat, Jujubae nuts, Ginseng, Mucuna pruriens, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae Praeparata. It is effective in benefiting qi and tonifying blood, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart. Mainly used for treating palpitation and palpitations due to deficiency of qi and blood in the heart and spleen (intense heartbeat, panic and restlessness), forgetfulness and insomnia, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, but sweating stops after waking up), deficiency of heat, low food and body fatigue, yellowish complexion, pale tongue, thin white coating and weak pulse. 2. Nourishing Heart Soup: It is mainly composed of Astragalus, Poria, Poria, Semixia Quercus, Angelica Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Polygonatum multiflorum, Ginger, Cyperus rotundus, Jujubae jujubae, Fructus schisandrae chinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae. Its main effects include tonifying qi and blood, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, treating lack of qi and blood, loss of nourishment of the heart and mind resulting in trance, palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, pale tongue, white fur, and weak pulse. 3. Tianwang Xinxin Tonic Dan: composed of ginseng, poria, xuanshen, danshen, platycodon, fenzhi, angelica, schizandra, maitake, asparagus, cyperus, jujube kernel, and radix et rhizoma. The main effects are nourishing yin and blood, tonifying the heart and tranquilizing the mind, treating heart and kidney deficiency, deficiency of yin and blood, palpitation and anxiety due to internal disturbance of deficiency fire, insomnia, fatigue, forgetfulness, and heatiness of the hands and feet, with a red tongue with little moss and a thin pulse. According to the patient’s personal constitution and different conditions, the medication needs to be based on the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment for flexible addition and subtraction, do not blindly use personal medicine.