8.    Insomnia (shi mian)

Definition:
Inability to experience normal sleep

Relevant modern diseases
Sleep disorder 
Neurosis

Etiology & pathogenesis 
1. Emotional stress
2. prolonged illness weaken kidney yin
3. heart and gallbladder qi deficiency
4. improper diet

Herbal formula treatment

Excess patterns

1. liver qi stagnation

Long dan xie gan tang
Long dan cao, Huang qin, Zhi zi---
Ze xie, Mu tong, Che qian zi---
Dan gui, Sheng di huang---
Chai hu---

2. phlegm heat disturbance

Huang lian wen dan tang
Huang lian---
Ban xia, Chen pi, Fu ling---
Zhi shi---
Zhu ru---

3. disharmony of stomach qi 

Bao he wan
Shan zha, Shen qu, Lai fu zi---
Ban xia, Chen pi, Fu ling---
Lian qiao---

Deficiency patterns

4. lack of communication of heart and kidney

Tian wang bu xin dan
Sheng di huang, Xuan shen, Mai men dong, Tain meng dong---
Dan shen, Dang gui---
Ren shen, Fu ling---
Suan zao ren, Bai zi ren---

5. heart and spleen deficiency

Gui pi tang 
Ren shen, Huang qi, Bai zhu, Gan cao---
Dang gui, Long yan rou---
Suan zao ren, Fu shen, Yuan zhi---
Mu xiang---

6. heart and gallbladder qi deficiency

An shen ding zhi wan 
Ren shen, Fu ling---
Long chi, Fu shen, Yuan zhi, Shi chang pu---

Acupuncture treatment
Extra 13 Anmian, HT 7, SP 6, Auricular points