There is no such thing as “four medicines for all-night insomnia”, but insomnia in the scope of Chinese medicine can be divided into liver fire disturbing the heart, phlegm heat disturbing the heart, heart and spleen deficiency (heart and spleen organs weak), heart and kidney disorders (heart fire, kidney yin deficiency, the physiological dysfunction of the heart and kidneys), heart and gallbladder qi deficiency. Different medicines are used for different syndromes as follows: 1. Liver fire disturbing the heart: mainly manifested as insomnia, sleeplessness, dizziness, irritability, bitter mouth and dry throat, etc. It can be treated with Longdian Diarrhea Liver Tang; 2. Phlegm-heat disturbing the heart syndrome: mostly manifested as insomnia, chest tightness, heartburn, dizziness, stomach distension and acid reflux, etc. It can be treated with Huanglian Wenzhi Tang. It can be treated with Huanglian Warm Gallbladder Tang; 3. Deficiency of heart and spleen: mainly manifested as insomnia, forgetfulness, fatigue, palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), loose stools, etc. It can be treated with Gui Spleen Tang; 4. Heart and Kidney Dissonance: manifesting as insomnia, heartburn, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knee regions), dizziness, tinnitus, and five heart-quietness and heat (heat in the heart of the two hands and the heart of the two feet, and self-consciousness and heat in the heart and chest), etc., and it can be treated by Jiaotai Pill; 5. Heart and gallbladder qi deficiency syndrome: manifested as insomnia, upset, easy to scare, sweating, shortness of breath and weakness, etc., can be treated with Anshen Dingzhi Pills. Different types of different drugs are also different, must receive formal treatment, in the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of the identification of reasonable application.