Insomnia due to yin deficiency and excessive fire is closely related to physical fitness, which mostly occurs in "night owls" and elderly people who often stay up late. In addition to the main symptoms such as difficulty in falling asleep after going to bed, insomnia patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire often have symptoms such as upset, palpitation, fever of hands and feet, night sweats, thirst, dry throat, erosion of mouth and tongue, red tongue, thin fur and thready pulse. The "fire" that causes trouble is not a "real fire" that can be resolved simply by drinking herbal tea, but a "virtual fire" as mentioned by Chinese medicine.
The viscera involved in insomnia of yin deficiency and fire excess are mainly heart and kidney. According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the heart belongs to fire, the kidney belongs to water, and water can control fire. Under physiological conditions, the kidney helps the heart fire to replenish water, so that the heart fire will not be too strong and disturb the mind. Frequent staying up late, excessive sexual intercourse, and gradual decline of kidney qi in the elderly. As a result, the kidney water is not enough to control the fire, the heart fire will be strong, disturbing the mind, the kidney yin deficiency will be strong, and the yin and yang will not be harmonious, thus causing insomnia. It can be seen that the general pathological mechanism of this kind of insomnia is insufficient foot yin and excessive yang.
Insomnia is a chronic disease. Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture have the characteristics of neither addiction nor dependence that sleeping pills do not have. Therefore, insomnia patients choose traditional Chinese medicine for syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the effect is obvious. Insomnia patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire can try Chinese medicine health care therapy.
Treatment 1: Don't stay up late and eat lightly.
Insomnia due to yin deficiency and excessive fire is closely related to staying up late and eating. Chinese medicine believes that midnight (equivalent to between 23: 00 every day and every other day 1 hour) is the time for the transformation of yin and yang. If you don't sleep after midnight, it's easy to hurt yin and consume body fluid. In addition, the humid climate in the south, eating too much spicy food, smoking, drinking and other bad habits are easy to lead to the loss of body fluid and endogenous virtual fire. Therefore, the most effective way to avoid insomnia due to yin deficiency and excessive fire is to live regularly and get into the habit of falling asleep and getting up regularly. We should also change bad eating habits, try to eat lightly and avoid alcohol and tobacco. Patients with insomnia due to yin deficiency and excessive fire should eat tremella, Ganoderma lucidum, lily, day lily, lotus seed, lotus seed, wild jujube seed, yellow croaker and other foods. Here are some dietary remedies for readers to choose from:
Zaoren Dihuang porridge: 20 grams of Ziziphus jujuba seeds, 0/5 grams of Radix Rehmanniae and 0/00 grams of japonica rice. Cooking porridge can nourish yin and soothe the nerves.
Longan jujube porridge: longan meat 15g, jujube 5 ~ 10g, japonica rice 100g. Cooking porridge can nourish blood and soothe the nerves.
Baiziren porridge: Baiziren 10 ~ 15g. Appropriate amount of honey, 50 ~100g of japonica rice. Eating porridge has the functions of relaxing bowels, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.
Hundred units of sugar water: lily 100g, add 500 ml of clear water, cook with slow fire until cooked, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take it twice. Lily tastes bitter and slightly cold, which can clear the heart and soothe the nerves, and cure anxiety, insomnia and dreaminess.
Salt lotus plumule tea: Boil 30 plumula Nelumbinis with water, add salt, and take it every night before going to bed.
Treatment 2: Stimulate auricular points and foot points.
Auricular point pill pressing
Acupoints: Shenmen, Kidney, Heart, Brain, Subcortex, Insomnia, Bailing, etc.
Materials: small round particles with hard and smooth surface (mostly seedless seeds, available in pharmacies) and adhesive tape (cut into small pieces with the size of 0.6cm×0.6cm for later use).
Methods: First, put Vaccaria seed in the center of the cut adhesive tape, disinfect or scrub the auricle with 75% ethanol cotton swab, then aim the adhesive tape at the acupoints and gently apply pressure. Each application 1 time can be placed on the ear point for 3 ~ 5 days. Press it yourself when applying, 2 ~ 3 times a day. Foot massage therapy: Half an hour before going to bed every day, walk barefoot on the cobblestone road (you can also choose a simple plastic health road) for about 5 ~ 10 minutes.
Treatment 3: If the symptoms of insomnia appear after acupuncture for more than two weeks, and the symptoms such as dizziness, pain, palpitation and upset appear after the above treatment, you should take medicine for treatment.
The measures of traditional Chinese medicine are: nourishing yin to reduce fire, calming the heart and calming the nerves. The traditional Chinese medicine prescription is Huanglian Ejiao decoction, which is mainly composed of Huanglian, Scutellaria baicalensis, Paeonia lactiflora, Ejiao and black-bone chicken. In the prescription, Coptidis Rhizoma and Scutellariae Radix reduce fire, while Radix Paeoniae Alba, Colla Corii Asini and Black-bone Chicken nourish yin, which has the effects of clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves. Acupoints are mainly selected from heart meridian and kidney meridian, such as Shenmen, Neiguan, Zhao Hai and Daling. Acupuncture methods include purging heart meridian, tonifying kidney meridian and calming nerves.
The above treatment methods of mild insomnia can still be used as adjuvant treatment. In addition, combined with psychotherapy, comprehensive treatment from the aspects of physiology and psychological preparation is more effective.
Simple prescription suitable for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire
250 grams of Ziziphus jujuba seed, exposed to the sun at noon 1 hour, slightly fried, ground into powder with a pulverizer (or household soymilk machine), and sealed in a bottle. Take a tablespoon before going to bed every night, add some honey, rinse with hot water, and take it after stirring, which can directly improve sleep.
50g of lotus seeds (Lian Xin), add two bowls of water, cook for about half an hour, then take an egg, remove the egg white, put the yolk into the bowl, pour the boiled lotus seed soup, stir well, add a little rock sugar, and eat it once a night. This soup can clear the heart, soothe the nerves and improve sleep. (Note: This method is not applicable to patients with dyslipidemia)