Insomnia in Chinese Medicine
One of the most effective things you can do to treat insomnia is get acupuncture and take Chinese herbs.
In Chinese medicine, insomnia is related to a malfunction in the energetic system of your body. For example, excess stress affects your liver, sadness affects your lungs and fear affects your kidneys. Over time, all emotions in excess affect your heart. Your heart can become energetically weak over time. You might have symptoms such as heart palpitations, poor memory or being easily startled.
Insomnia is usually related to weak heart energy or weak kidneys. It is important to strengthen your body with ginseng and other Chinese herbs. Herbal sedatives such as valerian root are basically muscle relaxers. If you have really severe insomnia, valerian root will probably not be enough. You will need to build up your body again.
Acupuncture works by regulating your body. Your body has over 400 acupuncture points. Each point has a specific function. For example, if you have kidney problems, there are points that are known to affect the kidney energy.
An example of kidney problems is incontinence. As you get older your kidneys naturally grow weaker. Also, if you are under constant stress, that can affect your kidneys also. There are Chinese herbs that will strengthen the kidneys and cure incontinence that is caused by weak kidneys. The acupuncture points often used for kidney deficiency are: Kidney 3 and 6 and Spleen 6. There are other points that can be used for this. It depends on all of your symptoms and which organ pattern you have.
The formula “Gui pi wan” is very effective to strengthen and nourish your heart. It is one of the most popular formulas used in Chinese herbalism for energy and insomnia. It is called “spleen returning” decoction. It is used to rejuvenate people when they have become run down. Some common symptoms where it is used are: low energy, insomnia, easily startled, poor memory and palpitations. These are symptoms of “heart Qi and blood deficiency”. Your heart has become weak and needs to be strengthened to relieve your symptoms.
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