The Treatment of Insomnia with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
Chief-complaint: Insomnia with early waking for one year.
Western-diagnosis: Insomnia
Medical-history: A 32 year old female has insomnia for one year with insidious onset. Consulted with western doctor and took Melatonin supplement for 10 months, but she still had insomnia if she didn’t take the pills.
Symptoms: The above client can fall to sleep easily but wakes up regularly at around 4am. She found herself easily agitated and always suffer constipation (hard and dry stool).
Pulse: Her pulse is wiry and rapid. Palpation found sensitivity over the right upper abdomen.
Tongue: The tongue body is thin and red, the coating was thin but yellow in color.
CM-diagnosis: Liver Qi stasis www.health-canada-pharmacy.com/xanax.html turning to heat
Treatment-principle: clear Liver heat and smooth the Liver Qi
Point-prescription: SJ 17 (excellent point for Liver heat in patients who always complaint with insomnia or headache)
PC 6
KI 6
Herb-prescription: Chai hu jia long gu mu li tang (Bupleurum and Dragon Bone Decoction)?????????)
Lifestyle-prescription: Emotional control, also learn deep-breathing exercise. Eat less spicy and deep-fried foods.
Results: 3 treatments of acupuncture and 15 days of the herbal medicine. The client slept well afterward.
Last modified: March 15, 2012 
Posted in: Neurological
