SUN Jianguang's clinical experience in treating insomnia from liver and gallbladder
Insomnia is a condition caused by many reasons such as mood and diet,mainly manifested by insufficient sleep duration and(or)depth.Mild cases are manifested as difficulty falling asleep,shallow sleep and easy to wake up,or can not return to sleep after waking up,or may not even be able to sleep at night.Long-term recurrent attacks seriously affect the patient's physical and mental health and quality of life.With the acceleration of the pace of modern people's life and the change of eating habits,more and more people are beginning to suffer from insomnia.The onset of insomnia is closely related to factors such as poor mood,improper diet,old age and infirmity,and fatigue.Modern medical practitioners believe that the disease is most caused by the prosperous Yin(阴)or the weak Yang(阳),then Yin and Yang are out of touch.They believe that the key to the disease is that the heart fire can not go down to the kidney,kidney water can not nourish the heart,and the treatment is mostly based on the heart and kidney.Professor SUN Jianguang is a doctoral supervisor of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,under the tutelage of Professor YIN Changjian and Professor WANG Wenzheng,has been engaged in the clinical education and scientific research of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 20 years.Professor SUN Jianguang believes that the stagnation of liver Qi(气)is often the starting factor of the onset of insomnia.And on this basis,it can produce fire,phlegm,and stasis and other pathological factors.Further progression of the disease will lead to liver Qi deficiency,and then cause damage of heart,spleen,kidney organs.Therefore,the heart and kidney must not be treated alone.The clinical treatment is often based on regulating the Qi as the basis of differentiation and treatment,the method of dredging the liver Qi and protecting the liver is adopted as appropriate,for seeking the root before treating the disease,and applying various methods such as clearing heat and moisture,dissolving phlegm and reducing turbidity,and activating blood and removing stasis.For patients with intractable insomnia or long-term illness,attention is paid to tonifying the liver,strengthening the spleen,nourishing the heart and nourishing the kidney.On this basis,Professor SUN Jianguang attaches importance to regulating the spleen and stomach,and caring for the middle-Jiao(中焦),and gains fruitful results.
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