Difficulty falling asleep, waking up from time to time, and having trouble sleeping again after waking up...... In order to help you solve these problems, the editor has selected 13 classic prescriptions for insomnia from six masters of traditional Chinese medicine, including Deng Tietao, Zhu Liangchun, Lu Zhizheng, He Ren, Zhang Canyu, and Zhang Qi.
▲Deng Tietao Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine
01 Deng Tietao: Bathing feet
【Composition】Chuanxiong 12g, peach kernel 12g, mugwort leaf 10g, red peony 10g, interrupted 15g, parsnip 10g, Qianghuo 10g, salvia 18g, safflower 6g, 4 green onions, rice wine 20g, rice vinegar 20g.
【Efficacy】Dispel wind and dampness, invigorate blood circulation and dispel blood stasis.
【Indications】Long-term insomnia for the elderly who are mixed with reality and fiction.
【Usage】Decoction water foot bath, 1 time per night.
【Experience】This prescription should be used in conjunction with the internal administration of traditional Chinese medicine. Most of the elderly patients are people who have been ill for a long time, or have long-term insomnia that cannot be cured for a long time. In the treatment of insomnia, blood circulation and blood stasis are important parts. Deng Lao likes to use the blood-invigorating method in clinical practice, such as Chuanxiong, peach kernel, salvia, red peony, safflower, etc., to invigorate blood and eliminate blood stasis, parsnip, Qianghuo, and raw onion to dispel wind and pass through menstruation, and more wine and vinegar to strengthen the power of traditional Chinese medicine to invigorate blood circulation and promote transdermal absorption.
▲Zhu Liangchun, master of traditional Chinese medicine
02 Zhu Liangchun: Half-summer dry grass roast
【Composition】12g of ginger and half summer, 12g of prunella vulgaris, 60g of coix seed (substitute rice), 30g of mother-of-pearl.
【Efficacy】Reconcile yin and yang.
【Indications】Intractable insomnia caused by chronic liver disease, yin and yang imbalance, qi reversal.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
【Experience】Liver and blood deficiency, add angelica, white peony, salvia; heart yin insufficiency, add cypress kernel, wheat winter, amber powder; heart qi deficiency, increase the dose of Codonopsis; if there is phlegm and heat, add Coptis chinensis; spleen and kidney yang failure to see forgetfulness and dizziness, limb fatigue and poor appetite, or impotence, increase 2 centipedes, 45g of chicken blood vine, quite improve the curative effect. If the hands and feet are sweaty or sleepless all night, with the foot bean massage method is as follows: 1.5kg of red beans, 1kg of wheat, put an iron pot in Chinese fire every night before going to bed, pour into the basin, ask the patient to sit barefoot, and step on beans and wheat in turns left and right, for 30 minutes each time. This herb can be used repeatedly for many days and does not have to be easily replaced.
03 Zhu Liangchun: Ganmaiqi fairy magnet soup
【Composition】Licorice 6g, Huai wheat 30g, Astragalus membranaceus 20g, Epimedium 12g, Schisandra chinensis 6g, Lingmagnetite 15g, Lycium barbarum 12g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 12g, Yuanzhi 6g, Fushen 15g.
【Efficacy】Wenyang town dive, ignition to the original.
【Indications】Intractable insomnia, insomnia with spleen and kidney deficiency or heart and spleen deficiency.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
04 Zhu Liangchun: Pei Bu Kidney Yang Soup
【Composition】Epimedium 15g, Xiancao 10g, Huai Yam 15g, Goji Berry 10g, Ziheche 6g, Licorice 5g, Rehmannia 12g, Rehmannia 12g, Fat Yuzhu 12g, Calcinated Sea Clamus 18g, Madder Charcoal 6g.
【Efficacy】Yin and Yang are complementary.
【Indications】Yin and Yang are sleepless.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
05 Zhu Liangchun: Experience side
[Composition] Jatamansi 6~12g (lower back), 12g of Guangyujin, 12g of salvia, 15g of acacia bark, 15g of Shigong leaves, 30g of Huai wheat, 30g of nightshade, 5 jujubes, 5g of licorice.
【Efficacy】Relieve liver and depression.
【Indications】Insomnia due to liver stagnation and qi stagnation, qi loss.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
▲ Lu Zhizheng Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine
06 Lu Zhizheng: Dongyuan Qingxia Qi Soup
[Composition] 20g of five-clawed dragon, 10g of American ginseng (fried first), 10g of wheat winter, 15g of lotus meat, 12g of fried atractylodes and fried atractylodes, 12g of lotus leaves, 30g of raw gypsum (fried first), 20g of raw coix seeds, 20g of fried coix seeds, 10g of zhimu, 12g of dendrobium, 12g of fried lentils, 12g of yin chen, 20g of poria cocos, 9g of salt cork, 10g of banxia, 15g of fried citrus aurantium, 30g of raw keel and raw oysters (fried first).
【Efficacy】Clearing heat and invigorating qi, warming the gallbladder and calming the heart, accompanied by clearing dampness and heat.
【Indications】Insomnia caused by heat injury and disturbance of the mind.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
07 Lu Zhizheng: Dry and moisturize the lungs
【Composition】Nansha Ginseng 12g, Fried Mai Dong 10g, Loquat Leaves 12g, Peach Kernel, Almond 9g each, Platycodon 10g, American Ginseng 10g (fried first), Fried cypress kernel 18g, Gallant South Star 8g, Nightshade 15g, Spiral Mulch 9g (fried in a package), Zombie Silkworm 8g, Fried Citrus aurantium 15g, Poria cocos 20g, Ginger Banxia 10g, Coptis chinensis 6g, Tulip 10g.
【Efficacy】Moisturizes the lungs, warms the gallbladder and calms the nerves.
【Indications】Autumn dryness hurts the lungs, insomnia with restlessness.
【Usage】20mL of bamboo drain juice is used as a guide, 1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
08 Lu Zhizheng: Experience side
【Composition】Pentatopus 18g, American Ginseng 10g (fried first), Polygonatum Polygonatum 12g, Fried Ophiopogon 10g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 15g, Fried cypress kernel 18g, Chuanxiong 9g, Red peony, White peony 12g, Fried mulberry branch 30g, Pueraria lobata 15g, Qianghuo 8g, Mulberry parasitism 15g, fried eucommia 12g, Epimedium 15g, Salt Zhimu, Salt Phellodendron 8g, Huai Oxknee 12g, raw keel, raw oyster 30g each (fried first).
【Efficacy】Relieve menstrual qi, replenish qi and blood, and tonify the kidneys.
【Indications】Kidney deficiency, insomnia due to wind and cold.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
▲ He Ren Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine
09
He Ren: Fumai soup cut
[Composition] 30g of Pigweed, 9g of Hemp Seed, 12g of Chenfushen, 12g of Gardenia japonica, 9g of Angelica sinensis, 9g of Qincheng, 6g of Glycyrrhiza glabra, 4.5g of Zhiyuanzhi, 9g of Asparagus, 9g of Ophiopogon vulgaris, 12g of Nightshade, 9g of Atractylodes.
【Efficacy】Dispelling wind and soothing the nerves.
【Indications】Rheumatism, insomnia, poor qi and blood.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
10 He Ren: Experience 1
【Composition】Chicken Inner Gold 9g, Jiao Shenqu 12g, Chuanpu 12g, White Peony 15g, Raw Licorice 6g, Nightshade 9g, Lily 12g, Acacia Peel 10g, White Koren 3g, Roasted Grain Sprouts 30g, Bergamot 9g.
【Efficacy】Promote qi and stomach, strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness.
【Indications】Dampness stagnation in the middle palace, stomach loss and sleeplessness.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
11 Ho Ren: Empirical side 2
【Composition】Pyroic jujube kernel 12g, Nightshade 15g, Lily 15g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 9g, Huai wheat 30g, Angelica sinensis 9g, Rehmannia 19g, Glycyrrhiza glabra 9g, Red jujube 18g, Amber powder 3g.
【Efficacy】Calm the nerves.
【Indications】Weak and timid, unrestrained and sleepless.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
▲Zhang Canyu is a master of traditional Chinese medicine
12 Zhang Canyu: Four things soup plus or minus
【Composition】Angelica sinensis 9g, Rehmannia radix 9g, Paeonia radix 6g, Ligusticum Chuanxiong 6g, Peach kernel 6g, Safflower 9g, Bupleurum 6g, Citrus aurantium 6g, Platycodon 6g, Hyssop 9g, Licorice 3g.
【Efficacy】Invigorate the blood and adjust the camp, and give up the mind at ease.
【Indications】Chong Ren's pulse is deficient, and he is sleepless due to lack of qi and blood.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses.
▲Zhang Qi is a master of traditional Chinese medicine
13 Zhang Qi: The blood mansion chases the stasis soup plus or minus
[Composition] Angelica sinensis 9g, Rehmannia 9g, Peach kernel 12g, Safflower 9g, Citrus aurantium aurantium 6g, Red peony 6g, Bupleurum 3g, Licorice 6g, Platycodon 4.5g, Chuanxiong 4.5g, Oxknee 9g, Tulip 15g, Xiangfu 15g.
【Efficacy】Drain the liver and invigorate the blood, regulate the qi.
【Indications】Insomnia caused by liver blood stasis.
【Usage】1 dose per day, decoction in water, divided into 2 doses. ■
[Source: Yue Reading Traditional Chinese Medicine, excerpted from "The Experience of Traditional Chinese Medicine Masters in Specialty Prescriptions, Volume 1, Cardioencephalopathy", published by China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, edited by Ning Zepu, Cai Tieru and Li Xia]