Clinical experience of treating cancer-related insomnia by regulating and replenishing primordial qi
Cancer-related insomnia is one of the common complications of tumor patients,which has a high incidence,complicated symptoms and prolonged course of disease,which seriously affects the prognosis and quality of life of patients.Professor WANG Ping has long been committed to the prevention and treatment of encephalopathy with traditional Chinese medicine,and is good at treating insomnia,tumor radiotherapy and chemotherapy and post-operation.Professor WANG believes that cancer-related insomnia is based on deficiency of primordial qi,often with kidney deficiency,phlegm and blood stasis,yin fire,qi depression and so on.Clinical treatment should take cultivating and regulating vital energy as the core,supplemented by tonifying kidney,dredging collaterals,purging fire and relieving depression.Combined with typical medical cases,this paper expounds Professor WANG's academic thought and clinical prescription experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer-related insomnia,in order to provide new ideas for the treatment of cancer-related insomnia with traditional Chinese medicine.
Primordial qiRegulating and replenishing primordial qiCancer-related insomniaClinical experienceWANG Ping