Article: Clinical experience in TCM treatment of insomnia.(Abstracts)

Using illustrative case histories, the authors recount their experience in treating insomnia in the U.S., where 10% of the population and 50% of the elderly suffer from insomnia and women form the majority of patients. Four types are differentiated. 1. Heart-Kidney disharmony. This occurs as a result of anxiety and fatigue, febrile disease which consumes the yin or depressive Liver qi causing excessive fire which also consumes the yin. A 29 year old man presented with insomnia and dream-disturbed sleep for two years, as a result of studying too late at night. The treatment principle was to nourish the yin to reduce pathogenic heat and to restore communication between the ...

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