In traditional Chinese medicine, insomnia is actually caused by insufficient blood in the liver.
If the liver and blood are deficient, the soul is not hidden, and the soul referred to here is our spirit. Therefore, people with liver and blood deficiency usually show mental restlessness, unrestlessness, and unstable mind, and naturally do not sleep well.
If the liver blood is insufficient, the liver will not be able to drain qi and blood normally, and the liver blood will not be nourished, and the functions of the five internal organs will be affected.
We have always emphasized balance, the harmony of the five organs maintains a normal life, if there is a certain factor that makes the five organs out of balance, it will affect the state of life.
*。Qi and blood imbalance, liver yin and liver yang are not strong.
1. If the blood cannot nourish the liver and the liver qi rises too much, the fire and qi of the liver will also become inflamed, which will lead to uneasiness and insomnia.
Today, I will share with you a recipe - Siwu Soup, which has only a simple four-flavor Chinese medicine, namely Rehman, Angelica, White Peony, and Chuanqiong.
There was a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty called Lin Daoren, at that time he was quite accomplished in the field of orthopedics and traumatology, and he was the first to create this prescription, which was included in the book "The Secret Recipe for Injury Interruption of Immortals", and its drug composition is 12g of Rehmannia rehmannia, 10g of angelica, 12g of white peony, and 8g of Chuanxiong.
Once a person is traumatized, blood loss is inevitable, so the function of Siwu Tang is to replenish blood, and it is mainly to replenish the blood of the heart and liver.
Angelica is a flavor medicine, and Chinese medicine attributes it to the heart meridian, liver meridian and spleen meridian, and a person's liver and blood deficiency or heart and blood deficiency can be supplemented with angelica.
It is also a supplement, and if it is not circulated, it is called a dull supplement. And Angelica sinensis blood tonic is to replenish while passing through, replenishing but not stagnation, and passing without injury, so it is also known as "blood family holy medicine".
People with blood deficiency want to replenish blood, and people with blood stasis want to invigorate blood, they can find angelica, and it is very good.
White peony is also a good medicine for nourishing yin and nourishing blood, and angelica has the characteristics of harvesting, because white peony has a little sour, sour harvest.
Angelica is warm, and white peony is cold, with a little coldness.
The use of white peony into medicine can play a role in aggravating yin and liver, fixing yin and stopping perspiration, which can well calm down the liver qi, and at the same time, it can also replenish the liver and blood, and can collect and replenish.
*。Chuanxiong is responsible for transporting qi and blood upwards, here its temperament is the most lively, "Materia Medica" records that the head of Chuanqiong ascends, in the open stagnation, blood in the qi medicine.
Chuanqiong is also a mild medicinal material, which can play a role in dispersing wind, invigorating blood and removing stasis, and opening stagnation and dispersing knots.
It is black and good at entering the kidneys, which can replenish the kidney essence and let the kidney essence nourish the liver and blood.
Shudi is also good at sealing, it is a medicine in the main collection, which can seal the essence and blood, and it is a solid foundation.
There is a process in which the raw land becomes the mature land, which is called concoction in traditional Chinese medicine.
The raw land was originally cold, but after being concocted, it was no longer cold, it became warmer, and its effect changed from clearing heat and cooling blood to nourishing yin and nourishing blood.
The four flavors of medicinal materials are matched together to replenish blood without stagnation, to carry out blood without breaking blood, to replenish and disperse, and to collect in scattered.
Combined use of supplements can make the liver hidden, blood and regulated, then it is difficult to fall asleep, easy to wake up in the middle of the night, insomnia and dreams.
We have said before that Siwu decoction is also the most commonly used prescription for women with symptoms such as paleness, lightheadedness, irregular menstruation, low volume or amenorrhea.
In fact, Siwu decoction is widely used, with Siwu decoction as the basic prescription to add or subtract drugs according to the symptoms**, which can often achieve the effect of nourishing blood and blood flowing.
Traditional Chinese medicine is gender-neutral, and sometimes it may be said that a certain recipe is specially set up for women, which means that women use it more.
But if the dialectic is appropriate, regardless of men, women and children, as long as they meet the physical symptoms, they can be used**.