Insomnia is one of the common neurological diseases in clinic,which belongs to the chronic disease,its incidence is second only to headache,and it is the second largest disease in internal medicine.Insomnia not only seriously damages people's physical and mental health,but also severely affects people's quality of life,and brings serious troubles to daily life,study and work.Studies have shown that long-term insomnia is easy to lead to anxiety and depression,which is a serious harm to life.With the continuous progress and development of the society and the increasing social competitiveness,the incidence of the disease is also on the rise in recent years,and more and more young peo-ple suffer from it.Modern medicine mainly uses sedative drugs for the treatment of insomnia.Although the short-term effect is significant,long-term use of such drugs will not only produce a series of adverse reactions,but also make patients more likely have drug dependence after drug withdrawal and even drug resistance.On the contrary,there are many treatment methods of TCM for insomnia,including acupuncture,traditional Chinese medicinal materials moxibustion,burying thread,acupoint application,etc.The method of dredging meridians to stimulate the body's meridian Qi(气),promoting the movement of Qi and blood,and harmonizing Yin(阴)and Yang(阳)was used to achieve therapeutic effect.The treatment of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine can not only avoid the adverse reactions of modern medicine,but also has no drug de-pendence,and the treatment effect is better than that of Western medicine alone.In this paper,through the search of the domestic literature on the treatment of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine in the past 5 years,it is found that the use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat insomnia can not only effectively relieve the sleep problems of patients,improve their quality of life,but also shows no obvious adverse reactions,which is favored and widely used in clinical practice.The article analyzes and summarizes the etiology,pathogenesis,syndrome type,treatment method and clinical effect of insomnia,and provides new ideas and methods for clinicians to treat insomnia.
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