INSOMNIA
Insomnia is a morbid state characterized by an inability to sleep. The condition may vary in severity and manifest itself as difficulty in falling asleep, waking up easily after falling asleep, falling asleep in shallow degree or intermittently or with nightmares, or inability to sleep in shallow degree or intermittently or with nightmares, or inability to sleep for the whole night or several nights. Clinically, insomnia may occur individually or be accompanied by headache, dizziness, palpitations, amnesia,  etc.
Cases of neurosis, climacteric syndrome and anemia with insomnia as the major symptom may be differentiated and treated with the principles mentioned in this section.
Insomnia may result from emotional upsets, overstrain, immoderate diet and drinking, debility or longstanding illness. Its pathogenesis may be summarized as: (1) the damage of heart and spleen; (2) functional imbalance of the heart or kidneys; (3) the stagnated qi changing into fire; (4) flaming-up of liver-yang due to yin-deficiency and fire-hyperactivity; (5) deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi due to fear; (6) phlegm-heat due to the accumulation of food; and (7) the disorder of stomach-qi resulting in the derangement of heart and mind.
NATURAL HEALING WITHOUT SURGERY
In general, any case with difficulty in falling asleep shows the presence of fire which should be distinguished into asthenia and sthenic fire. A shallow sleep usually signifies the coexistence of asthenic and sthenic fire. Waking up easily after falling asleep or inability to sleep for the whole night is generally attributed to an asthenia-syndrome, particularly deficiency of heart and spleen.
Differentiation between asthenia and sthenia syndromes: A long-standing case usually manifests itself as an asthenia-syndrome resulting from insufficiency of yin-blood and involving the heart, spleen, liver and kidneys, and the common types are the blood and qi as well as yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity. While a newly affected case frequently manifests itself as a sthenia-syndrome attributed to an interior attack of fire and involving the heart, spleen, liver and stomach, and the phlegm-heat formed by the retention of food as well as the stagnated liver-qi changing into fire are the common types.
For asthenia-syndrome, the therapy of tonifying the liver and kidneys, benefiting qi and nourishing blood should be used; and for sthenia-syndrome, that of relieving dyspepsia and regulating middle jiao, clearing away fire and eliminating phlegm ought to be adopted. Moreover, drugs for tranquilizing may be added selectively. |
ACUPUNCTURE and INSOMNIA
In general, any case with difficulty in falling asleep shows the presence of fire which should be distinguished into asthenia and sthenic fire. A shallow sleep usually signifies the coexistence of asthenic and sthenic fire. Waking up easily after falling asleep or inability to sleep for the whole night is generally attributed to an asthenia-syndrome, particularly deficiency of heart and spleen.
Differentiation between asthenia and sthenia syndromes:
A long-standing case usually manifests itself as an asthenia-syndrome resulting from insufficiency of yin-blood and involving the heart, spleen, liver and kidneys, and the common types are the blood and qi as well as yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity.
While a newly affected case frequently manifests itself as a sthenia-syndrome attributed to an interior attack of fire and involving the heart, spleen, liver and stomach, and the phlegm-heat formed by the retention of food as well as the stagnated liver-qi changing into fire are the common types.
For asthenia-syndrome, the therapy of tonifying the liver and kidneys, benefiting qi and nourishing blood should be used; and for sthenia-syndrome, that of relieving dyspepsia and regulating middle jiao, clearing away fire and eliminating phlegm ought to be adopted. Moreover, drugs for tranquilizing may be added selectively.
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Licensed in the State of Florida.