I wake up every morning feeling anxious and uncomfortable

After waking up every morning, many people will feel anxious and uncomfortable, which is the symptom of palpitations. This symptom can have a great impact on a person's mental state. If it is not treated or adjusted in time, it may also affect the patient's physical health and other functions. So, how should we treat and deal with waking up with anxiety and discomfort every morning? The following will introduce you to the relevant knowledge.

1. Guilty and timid

Symptoms: palpitations and restlessness, being easily frightened, being unable to sit or lie down, sleeping little and having many dreams and being easily awakened, having poor appetite, being averse to loud noises, having a thin white tongue coating, and having a thin, slightly rapid or thin, stringy pulse. Treatment principle: calm the nerves and stabilize the mind, nourish the heart and soothe the spirit. Main prescription: Anshen Dingzhi Pills.

Amber and magnet can be added to calm the mind.

2. Deficiency of both heart and spleen

Symptoms: palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, insomnia, frequent dreams, forgetfulness, dull complexion, fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal distension and loose stools, pale red tongue, and weak pulse. Treatment principle: Nourish the blood and nourish the heart, replenish qi and calm the mind. Main prescription: Guipi Decoction.

If there are palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, restlessness and insomnia, fever in the five hearts, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, chest tightness, dull complexion, pale red tongue with little fluid, little or no coating, and a thin and rapid pulse, it is deficiency of both Qi and Yin. The treatment is to nourish Qi and Yin, nourish the heart and calm the mind, and use Zhigancao Decoction with modifications. For severe Qi deficiency, add Astragalus and Codonopsis; for severe blood deficiency, add Angelica and Rehmannia; for severe Yang deficiency with sweating, cold limbs, and knotty or intermittent pulse, add Aconite and Cinnamon; for severe Yin deficiency, add Ophiopogon japonicus, donkey-hide gelatin, and Polygonatum odoratum; for spontaneous sweating and night sweats, add Ephedra root and Triticum tiliaceum.

3. Yin deficiency and excessive fire

Symptoms: palpitations, restlessness and insomnia, fever in the five parts of the body, dry mouth, night sweats, symptoms aggravated by worry and mental strain, accompanied by tinnitus, back pain, dizziness, red tongue with little fluid, thin yellow or scanty coating, and thready pulse. Treatment principle: Nourish yin and clear heat, nourish the heart and calm the mind. Main recipe: Huanglian donkey-hide gelatin soup.

For those with kidney yin deficiency, virtual fire, spermatorrhea and low back pain, add turtle shell, cooked rehmannia, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, or take Zhibai Dihuang Pills to nourish kidney yin and clear away virtual fire. For those with yin deficiency and no obvious heat, Tianwang Buxin Dan can be used instead to nourish yin and blood; nourish the heart and calm the mind. Those with deficiency of heart yin and excessive heart fire can take Zhusha Anshen Pills instead to nourish yin, clear heat, and calm the mind.

If the yin deficiency is accompanied by blood stasis and heat, add salvia miltiorrhiza, red peony root, moutan bark, etc. to clear heat and cool blood, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. For those with phlegm and heat, Huanglian Wendan Decoction can be added to clear away heat and resolve phlegm.

4. Deficiency of heart yang

Symptoms: palpitations and restlessness, chest tightness and shortness of breath, especially when moving, pale complexion, cold body and limbs, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse, or deep, thready and feeble pulse. Treatment principle: Warm and nourish the heart yang, calm the mind and relieve palpitations. Main prescription: Guizhi Gancao Longgu Muli Decoction.

For those who sweat profusely, use more ginseng and astragalus, add calcined dragon bone, calcined oyster, and cornus fruit, or use ginseng soup for decoction; for those with insufficient heart yang and prominent cold symptoms, add astragalus, ginseng, and aconite to invigorate qi and warm yang; for those with blood stasis, add salvia miltiorrhiza, red peony root, peach kernel, safflower, etc.

5. Drink water to calm your mind

Symptoms: palpitations, chest tightness and fullness, thirst without desire to drink, lower limb edema, cold body and limbs, accompanied by dizziness, nausea and vomiting, drooling, oliguria, pale tongue with slippery coating or deep, fine and slippery coating. Treatment principle: invigorate the heart yang, transform qi and promote diuresis. Main prescription: Ling Gui Zhu Gan Decoction.

If nausea and vomiting occur simultaneously, add Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, and Ginger Peel to soothe the stomach, relieve nausea and stop vomiting; if there is oliguria and limb swelling, add Alisma, Polyporus, Stephania Stephania, Citrus Grandis, and Plantago Seed to promote diuresis and eliminate dampness; if dampness rises to the lungs, the lungs fail to descend and cough and asthma occur, add Apricot and Platycodon to invigorate the lungs, and add Leonuri, Acanthopanax Cortex, and Stephania Stephania to drain the lungs and promote diuresis; if there is blood stasis, add Angelica, Ligusticum chuanxiong, and Salvia miltiorrhiza to promote blood circulation and eliminate stasis.

If the kidney yang is deficient and cannot control water, the water vapor will overwhelm the heart, causing symptoms such as palpitations, cough and asthma, inability to lie flat, edema, and difficulty urinating. Zhenwu Decoction can be used to warm the yang, transform qi and promote diuresis.