Waking up at three o’clock belongs to the category of “insomnia” in Chinese medicine, which can be caused by heart fire and heart yin deficiency.
The overall pathogenesis of insomnia is that yin deficiency and yangheng, yin deficiency can’t contain yang, yangheng can’t enter yin, and yin and yang are out of sync with each other, which can be manifested as insomnia. When the kidney water is deficient, it cannot help the heart fire, which can lead to heart fire, and the heart fire can disturb the mind, which can lead to insomnia. In addition, the patient may also be manifested as lumbar and knee soreness, dizziness, tinnitus, mouth and tongue sores, yellow and red urine and other discomforts.
For those who suffer from deficiency of heart yin, the deficiency of yin cannot control yang, which can also lead to the exuberance of deficiency fire, followed by restlessness of the heart and mind and insomnia. Patients may manifest irritability, palpitations, panic, heat in the hands and feet, hot flashes and night sweats (sweating abnormally after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), and so on.
Therefore, both heart fire and heart yin deficiency can lead to waking up after sleeping until three o’clock, and it is recommended to consult a professional doctor in time.