Lu Zhilan's clinical experience in treating insomnia from the perspective of"liver depression"
Professor Lu Zhilan has been engaged in clinical work for over 20 years,specializing in the treatment of internal medicine system diseases and accumulating rich clinical experience.This article focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment methods of insomnia with"liver depression"as the center.Liver depression due to laxity,disorder of Qi mechanism,and imbalance of Qi,blood,Yin,and Yang,"Yang does not enter Yin"leads to insomnia.Combining with the characteristics of modern people's physical constitution,Qi depression is transformed into fire,and the methods of soothing liver depression,clearing heat and purging fire are used.The prescription is Danzhi Xiaoyao powder,which can be increased or decreased according to the symptoms.The use of traditional Chinese medicine can effectively alleviate the complications caused by insomnia,with high safety and patient acceptance.