Litterature review TCM treatment for insomnia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2016.06.027
- VernacularTitle:失眠的中医治疗研究进展
- Author:
Qi HU
;
Qiyi LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Insomnia;
Traditional Chinese medicine;
TCM patterns differentiation;
Review
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;38(6):573-576
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment for insomnia focused on the balance of Yin and Yang of internal organs. As to the treatment, Chinese medicine has a variety of treatment methods, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, Guasha and so on. Besides, TCM also emphasized the importance to the comprehensive adjustment of life style and mental condition. This article summarized the clinical treatment forinsomnia from manyaspects, such as treatment according to the TCM patterns differentiationof internal organs, herbal medicine, acupuncture, life-style adjustment and other common therapies.
