There is no clinical data to show how long it takes for Jiaotai Pills to work in treating insomnia, and the duration of the effect is related to the patient’s individual constitution, condition and other factors.
Jiaotai Pills are composed of two medicines, Huanglian and Cinnamon, which have the effect of communicating with the heart and kidneys (the fire of the heart goes down and the water of the kidneys goes up, which are in mutual control). Clinically, this approach is used to treat patients with heart-kidney disharmony, i.e., the kidney water is unable to constrain the heart fire upward, the heart fire is unable to warm the kidney water downward, and the physiological relationship between heart yang and kidney yin is out of order. Patients often suffer from insomnia, palpitation and dizziness (violent heartbeat, panic attacks), and so on.
Meanwhile, this formula can be added or subtracted according to the patient’s specific accompanying symptoms. If the patient is accompanied by insufficiency of heart yin and dry mouth and tongue, add Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata and Rhizoma Ophiopogonis, etc. as appropriate. If the patient’s kidney yang is insufficient and the waist, knees and feet are cold, the use of cinnamon can be reused, or add bone marrow, cuscuta and other yang tonic drugs.
The use of drugs should be under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be taken on its own, so as not to cause adverse consequences. If the patient has insomnia, it is recommended to consult a professional doctor for diagnosis and treatment, so as not to delay the condition.