These Chinese medicines are more effective for insomnia and dreaminess

As the pressure in real life continues to increase, excessive mental stress on the human body will easily lead to symptoms such as insomnia, nightmares, and anxiety. Long-term insomnia will easily lead to mental dullness, memory loss, etc., which has a great impact on health. It can be treated by taking Chinese medicine, and can be taken according to different conditions.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for insomnia and dreaminess:

1. Insufficient Heart Yin

Symptoms: Insomnia, frequent dreams, fever in the five parts of the body, dry throat and tongue, red tongue with little fluid, and weak and rapid pulse.

Medicines: 12g each of Poria, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Rehmannia glutinosa, 6g each of Coptis chinensis, Polygala tenuifolia, Bambusa officinalis, Ginseng, Astragalus membranaceus, Rhizoma Coptidis, and Lotus seed core, 18g of Ziziphus jujuba seed, and 3g of cinnabar.

2. Lack of energy

Symptoms: Insomnia, fatigue, shortness of breath, or crying easily, mental confusion, pale tongue, thin white fur, and weak pulse.

Medicines: 12g each of Astragalus, Poria, Atractylodes, and Chinese yam, 6g each of lotus seeds, Amomum, Agarwood, Sandalwood, and Licorice.

3. Lack of blood

Symptoms: restlessness, insomnia, frequent dreams, easy to be startled, forgetfulness, dizziness, sallow complexion, pale tongue, and thin pulse.

Medicines: 12g each of angelica, white peony root, and chuanxiong, 6g each of deer antler and cinnabar, and 18g of fried jujube kernels.

4. Deficiency of both heart and spleen

Symptoms: insomnia, frequent dreams, shortness of breath, fatigue, sallow complexion, poor appetite and lethargy, abdominal distension and loose stools, pale and tender tongue, white tongue coating, and thready and weak pulse.

Medicines: 6g each of Polygala tenuifolia and Costusroot, 9g each of Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica sinensis, Poria, Ziziphus jujuba seed, and Longan pulp, and 3g of roasted Licorice root.

5. Disharmony between the Heart and Kidney

Symptoms: insomnia, frequent dreams, spermatorrhea, back pain and weak legs, hot flashes and night sweats, red tongue without coating, and thin and rapid pulse.

Medicines: 9g each of Scutellaria baicalensis, White Peony Root, and donkey-hide gelatin, 1 egg yolk, and 12g of dragon bone.

6. Deficiency of heart and gallbladder qi

Symptoms: timid and fearful, frequent dreams at night, chest tightness and shortness of breath, pale tongue, thin white fur, and thin, stringy and weak pulse.

Medicines: 12g each of dragon tooth, 9g each of plantain seed, poria, ophiopogon, poria, asparagus, rehmannia, and yam, 6g each of schisandra, polygala, and ginseng, 3g each of cinnamon, cinnamon bark, and licorice.