What are the treatment methods for insomnia?

Insomnia is a kind of sleep disorder, mainly manifested as difficulty in falling asleep, tossing and turning for 2-3 hours, even staying up all night, sometimes waking up, easily waking up during sleep, and falling asleep again after waking up, which is easy to fatigue, irritability, anxiety, tension, inattention, memory loss and forgetfulness. So how to treat insomnia? The following is the "treatment of insomnia" I have compiled for you. Welcome to read, for reference only, I hope it will help you.

What are the treatment methods for insomnia? Classification of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine.

Deficiency of both heart and spleen: dreaminess is easy to wake up, accompanied by palpitation, forgetfulness, dizziness, mental fatigue and dull complexion.

Qi deficiency of heart and gallbladder: palpitation, timidity, fright, night sleep, dreaminess and fear.

Excessive fire due to yin deficiency: upset and insomnia, or wake up when sleeping, fever in hands and feet, dizziness and tinnitus, palpitation and forgetfulness, burning cheekbones, dry mouth and insufficient body fluid.

Liver depression turns into fire: upset, unable to sleep, irritability, chest tightness and hypochondriac pain, headache and dizziness, red face and eyes, bitter taste, constipation and yellow urine.

Phlegm-heat disturbance: restless sleep, upset, chest tightness, fullness, bitter mouth and excessive phlegm, dizziness.

First of all, acupuncture

Efficacy: calming the heart and calming the nerves, clearing the heart and removing annoyance. Acupuncture is used to tonify the heart and spleen for those with deficiency of heart and spleen, and acupuncture is used to tonify the heart and gallbladder for those with deficiency of heart and gallbladder.

Complement method; The method of nourishing yin and subduing yang, only acupuncture without moxibustion, and reinforcing diarrhea;

Those with liver depression and excessive fire, calming the liver and reducing fire, and those with phlegm-heat disturbance, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, are all combined with acupuncture and diarrhea.

Prescription: Shenmen, Neiguan, Baihui and Sleeping. Addition and subtraction: deficiency of both heart and spleen plus Xinshu, Pishu and Sanyinjiao;

Xin Shu, Dan Shu and Xu Qiu are added for patients with heart-gallbladder qi deficiency; Taixi, Taichong and Yongquan are added to those with yin deficiency and fire flourishing;

If the liver is depressed and the fire is flourishing, add points between lines, Taichong and Fengchi; For those with phlegm-heat disturbance, Zhong Wan, Hong Long and Neiting should be added.

Operation: According to the routine operation of acupuncture at various points. The best treatment effect is that the patient is in a quiet state 2 hours before going to bed.

Second, massage.

Push Tang Yin directly to Shenting point: the massaged person lies on his back and the massager sits on one side of his head. Push the thumb of both hands alternately from Tang Yin point to Shenting point for 5~ 10 times.

Push Tang Yin's temple respectively: The masseur pushes Tang Yin's temple 5~ 10 times with his thumb and abdomen.

Massage scalp and facial points: Massage Shenting, Baihui, Taiyang and Bai Yang with one thumb for 30 seconds.

Health massage is helpful for invigorating the heart and spleen, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.

Third, cupping

Take Ganshu, Xinshu and Danshu points, and the patient will sit or lie down, expose and clean the skin of the corresponding points, and cupping with flash fire. After cupping for 5~ 10 minutes, the cupping will be removed. Daily 1 time, half a month 1 course of treatment.

Fourth, scraping

Take Baihui, Sishencong, Tang Yin, Shenting, Zhuan, Taiyang, Xinyi, Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points, and sit the patient. Apply a proper amount of scrapping and blood-activating agent to the corresponding acupoints, and select the appropriate scrapping plate for scrapping, and repeat 10~20 times for each acupoint. Rest for a quarter of an hour after shaving, and drink 200 ~ 300ml water to detoxify.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) yoga

1, breathe backwards

Promote blood circulation, stretch all parts of the body at the same time, reduce fatigue and relieve insomnia;

(1) Sit on the mat with your upper body slightly tilted back, hands behind your forehead and palms down;

(2) Inhale, lift your hips and slowly leave your legs;

(3) Straighten your legs, clamp your shoulders backwards, support your body with your hands and feet, and naturally droop your head. Hold this position and take five deep breaths.

Step 2 stretch your breath

Expand the chest, stretch back, soothe the nerves, eliminate fatigue and promote sleep.

(1) Sit in a chair with your fingers crossed on your chest.

(2) Inhale, push your hands to your chest and expand your back; Exhale, hands backward, palms close to the chest, and expand the chest.

(3) Inhale and push your hands outward to your chest. Exhale, bend your left elbow, put your palm on the front of your left shoulder, rest your head on your left shoulder and stretch your right neck.

(4) Repeat the same action in the opposite direction.

(5) Move your hand to the middle position, take a deep breath and relax.

Sixth, diet

1, lotus seed tremella decoction

Raw materials: fresh lotus seeds 50g, dried tremella 10g, Lycium barbarum 5g, chicken soup 500g, cooking wine, salt, sugar and monosodium glutamate.

Practice: Soak tremella in water, put it in a bowl, add 150g water, steam for 1 hour, and take it out after the tremella is completely steamed. Boil chicken soup, add lotus seeds, medlar, cooking wine, salt and other seasonings, and put them in a tremella bowl.

Efficacy: Tremella fuciformis is flat and sweet, nourishing yin and stomach, moistening lung and promoting fluid production, strengthening heart and brain, benefiting qi and nourishing blood. Eating with lotus seeds and medlar can clear heart fire, nourish yin and soothe the nerves, especially for insomnia caused by excessive heart fire.

2, corn pig heart

Ingredients: 4 corns, 300g pork heart, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, onion, ginger, pepper, sesame oil and marinade.

Practice: put the pig heart into the pot, add corn, onion, ginger and pepper, stew over medium heat, remove and cool; Then put it in a hot pot, pour in the marinade, cook it on low heat, slice it and set it on the plate after it tastes. Take a proper amount of marinade, add a proper amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar and sesame oil, heat and boil it into a thick juice, pour it on the pig heart, and put corn around the pig heart.

Efficacy: tonify qi and blood, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, suitable for all kinds of insomnia, and relieve palpitation, forgetfulness and memory loss.

3. Chinese yam, red dates and lotus roots

Ingredients: 50 grams of yam and 50 grams of lily, 0/2 pieces of red dates/kloc-,2 pieces of pig oil, fresh lotus root knots, crystal sugar, flour, milk and honey.

Practice: put lily, yam and jujube together in a bowl, add flour, milk and honey and mix well. Cut one end of lotus root, fill the hole of lotus root with lily and yam, seal the cut lotus root knot with toothpick, put it in casserole and cook it with red dates, take it out, peel the lotus root and cut it into thick slices with a knife. Wash pig's net oil, put it in the bottom of the bowl, put lotus root slices, arrange red dates, add rock sugar, cover with net oil, put it in a steamer, steam for a while with strong fire, take it out, remove the net oil and buckle it in the plate.

Efficacy: Yiqi Jianpi, Buxue Anshen. It is suitable for insomnia with deficiency of both heart and spleen, especially for chronic diarrhea and cough.

4. Fruit and vegetable juices

Clean the stems of 1 cauliflower, 3 carrots, 1 celery, 1 spinach and 1 celery respectively, and then put them into a juicer for juicing, so as to drink.

Efficacy: Fruit and vegetable juice is rich in nicotinic acid, vitamin B6 and magnesium, among which magnesium can convert tryptophan into hypnotic substances and promote sleep, while calcium in cauliflower helps to relax muscles, and celery has the functions of calming nerves and relaxing muscles.

Seven, daily care

Normal work and rest, including three meals, sleep, work or waking hours, try to keep regular; Get into the habit of exercising for at least 30 minutes every day; Adjust the sleeping environment, don't read books or do other things in bed at ordinary times, and learn to relax yourself.