There is no such thing as a complete cure for insomnia with a single Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia requires dialectic argumentation, common types of evidence are liver fire disturbing the heart, phlegm heat disturbing the heart, heart and spleen deficiency (heart and spleen organs are weak), heart and kidney disorders (heart fire, kidney yin deficiency, dysfunction of the heart and kidneys), heart and gallbladder qi deficiency, and so on.
1. Liver fire disturbing the heart symptoms see insomnia and dreaming, impatient and irritable, dizziness and head swelling, red eyes and tinnitus, etc., the treatment when the liver fire, commonly used traditional Chinese medicine have gentian grass, scutellaria, gardenia, chaihu, etc..
2. Phlegm heat disturbing the heart, see insomnia, heartburn, chest tightness and epigastric plumpness, etc., the treatment is to clear away the heat and resolve the phlegm, commonly used traditional Chinese medicines are Huanglian, half-sia, Chenpi, Poria, Zhu Ru and so on.
3. For those with deficiency of heart and spleen, insomnia, easy to wake up, palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), forgetfulness, etc., the treatment should be to tonify the heart and spleen (using tonic medicines to tonify the heart and spleen), commonly used traditional Chinese medicines such as Panax ginseng, Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Angelica sinensis, Yuanzhi, etc.
4. Insomnia, difficulty in falling asleep, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee weakness (a feeling of lumbar and knee weakness), hot flashes (a burst of heat), night sweating (abnormal sweating after falling asleep, sweating stops after waking up), etc., the treatment of which should be to nourish yin and reduce fire (nourish the yin essence and reduce the fire), commonly used traditional Chinese medicine is di huang, cornelian cherry, Chinese yam and poria.
5. People with heart and gallbladder qi deficiency suffer from insomnia, easy to wake up, timid palpitations, etc. The treatment is to benefit the qi and calm the panic, commonly used Chinese herbs are ginseng, poria, Yuanzhi, Longtooth, Poria, etc.
After the discomfort should promptly consult a doctor, under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis and selection of medication, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.