What to do if you suffer from insomnia due to deficiency of blood in the heart

Deficiency of heart blood can easily cause insomnia and has a great impact on physical health. Therefore, patients should also pay attention to the correct conditioning methods in life. The following introduces some Chinese medicine conditioning methods and the use of some medicines to help improve. Of course, you should also pay attention to your daily diet. The diet should be light and eat more high-protein and easily digestible foods.

(I) Oral prescriptions

1. Basic prescription: Siwu Decoction with added ingredients: 10g whole angelica, 10g white peony root, 6g Chuanxiong, 12g Rehmannia root; 15g roasted Codonopsis pilosula, 15g roasted Astragalus membranaceus, 10g pine nuts, 10g Ziziphus jujuba seeds, and 10g longan pulp.

Boil the above ingredients and take 200-300 ml of juice. Take one dose daily while warm. 3 times a day.

2. Add or subtract: If Yin deficiency is also seen, with symptoms of hot flashes, night sweats, irritability and dry mouth, remove the cooked rehmannia and add 15g of raw rehmannia, 10g of ophiopogon, 12g of polygonatum, 15g of lily and 10g of schisandra to nourish the heart yin; if there is also deficiency of heart qi and timidity, with symptoms of fear and easy fright, add 15g of fried jujube kernel, 20g of raw dragon tooth and 24g of mother of pearl to nourish the heart and calm the nerves; if there is also spleen deficiency, with symptoms of poor appetite and abdominal distension after eating, add 15g of fried two buds each, 10g of fried white atractylodes and 12g of citron slices to strengthen the spleen and stomach; if there is sinking of clear qi, with symptoms of loose stools, add 10g of fried white atractylodes, 12g of yam, 10g of poria and 10g of stewed kudzu root to raise yang and stop diarrhea; if there are also palpitations and intermittent pulse, it is appropriate to combine with Zhigancao Decoction with additions and subtractions to replenish qi and nourish blood, nourish the bright pulse and restore the pulse.

(ii) External application drugs

When suffering from heart pain, the following methods can be used as auxiliary treatment.

1. External application medicines for the treatment of heart qi deficiency can be used.

2. Make a dog-skin plaster with ginger, cinnamon twig, camphor, borneol, turpentine, papaya, asafoetida, notopterygium, angelica, myrrh, etc. and apply it to the sensitive area of ​​the heartache. Change the medication every 2 days, stop for one day, and apply 2 to 3 times as a course of treatment.

3. Use 10% Panax notoginseng alcohol extract to introduce direct current into the precordial area.

3. Diet therapy

1. Pay attention to the adjustment of diet. Due to insufficient heart blood, it is common for the spleen and stomach to not function properly. Also, avoid abnormal hunger and satiety, which will damage the spleen and stomach, leading to a lack of Qi and blood, which will make the heart blood more deficient.

2. The diet should be light and high in protein. It is easy to digest, rich in nutrients, and can promote the formation of Qi and blood; avoid greasy and rich foods as they can easily produce phlegm, block the spleen yang, congest the meridians, block the heart meridians and induce heart pain. It is necessary to correct picky eating habits, especially avoid spicy and overly salty foods, so as not to damage the yin, causing the meridians to become stagnate, qi and blood to stagnate, and cause heart pain.