Chinese medicine treatment for insomnia

  1.Chinese herbal soup We commonly use Xia Gu Cao 9, raw turtle board 15, sour date seed 9, Huang Lian 3, cinnamon 3, dragon bone 30, oyster 30, Dan Shen 15, Shu Di 15, corn beard 15 and other drugs in clinical treatment, with good effect. Of course, insomnia has a variety of subtypes (phlegm, fire, gas, blood, food stagnation, shock, etc.), depending on the individual situation, the clinical also need to add or subtract drugs.  The mechanism and role of acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia lies in the coordination of yin and yang, helping to dispel evil, dredging the meridians, so as to achieve the purpose of improving sleep. The main acupuncture points are Shen Men, Neiguan, Baihui, Feet Three Miles, Sanyinjiao, Xin Yu, Houxi, etc. Depending on the type of insomnia, different points can be used.  The effect of massage to help sleep is also very good, massage itself can make the body’s qi and blood flow, enhance the ability to resist disease, and at the same time, through pressure, can unblock the brain qi and blood, improve the brain oxygen supply, inhibit nerve excitation, play a sedative hypnotic effect. Commonly used massage methods include: transporting Baihui, pressing Fengchi, pressing Sun, rubbing Shenmen, rubbing Neiguan, rubbing Yongquan, etc.  3, Chinese medicine compress In addition to oral and acupuncture, Chinese medicine compress can also play a certain auxiliary therapeutic role. Vermilion 3-5 grams, research fine powder, with a clean white cloth, coated with glue a little, the vermilion evenly glued to the above, and then applied externally to both Yongquan points, fixed with adhesive tape, before using the feet washed with hot water, bedtime paste, once a day.  The above is only a part of the Chinese medicine treatment methods, hope that insomnia friends can formal and systematic treatment, do not believe in partial prescriptions, secret recipes, the real Chinese medicine treatment should be discriminatory treatment, one person a party.