Is Western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine better for treating insomnia

Both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine can treat insomnia. If it is mild insomnia, it is recommended to use Chinese medicine for treatment, which can avoid many side effects of Western medicine. If it is very stubborn insomnia, it is recommended to use Western medicine for treatment. Western medicine has the characteristic of fast effect and can quickly help patients fall asleep. In fact, both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own unique ways of treating insomnia.

It is better to use Chinese medicine for conditioning. You can use appropriate Chinese medicine for conditioning according to your specific physical condition. Although it is not as fast as Western medicine, it can cure the root cause. The treatment also does not have many side effects. Insomnia can easily lead to a decline in immune function, weakened resistance, memory loss, and affect work and life. It is recommended to develop good work and rest habits, relax your mind before going to bed, keep the light in the bedroom soft and the temperature not too high, insist on washing your feet with hot water before going to bed every day, eat more sunflower seeds, dates, honey, millet, milk, etc., and drink millet, lotus seeds, red dates, and lily porridge at night. It can also be combined with drug treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine is very effective in treating this disease.

Psychological adjustment methods to overcome insomnia: 1. Maintain an optimistic, contented and happy attitude. Have a full understanding of social competition, personal gains and losses, etc., to avoid psychological imbalance due to setbacks. 2. Establish a regular daily life system to maintain a normal sleep-wake rhythm. 3. Create a conditioned reflex mechanism that is conducive to falling asleep. For example, take a hot bath, soak your feet, drink a glass of milk half an hour before going to bed. As long as you persist for a long time, you will establish a "sleep conditioned reflex". 4. Moderate physical exercise during the day will help you fall asleep at night. 5. Develop good sleep hygiene habits, such as keeping the bedroom clean.

Insomnia can keep our brain healthy. A person should maintain about eight hours of sleep a day. If the insomnia time is not guaranteed, the manager will not be good the next day, the brain power will decline, and the physical strength will also be insufficient, thus affecting work and life. The above introduces how to help us fall asleep. I hope that friends who suffer from insomnia can get some help.