Long-term insomnia can cause anxiety, depression or fear, leading to a reduction in mental activity. This seriously affects the patient's work, study and life.
Modern medicine treats this mainly with sedative-hypnotic drugs. However, their effects are not always satisfactory and, if used over a long period of time, are not without side effects. Acupuncture, Chinese herbs and Tuina massage can be used to treat insomnia. The treatment is known as "green therapy" for insomnia. It is effective, safe, reliable and has no side effects. The therapy is increasingly considered to be accepted by insomnia patients. The advantage of treating the body holistically is that it can improve sleep and relieve some of the accompanying symptoms.
Symptoms
Awakening during the night with difficulty falling asleep again
Lying awake for long periods until falling asleep
Waking up too early
Feeling tired, having slept badly or very badly
Chinese medicine believes that dysfunction of the internal organs, excessive thinking and emotional disturbances can cause insomnia.
Acupuncture is safe, reliable and has no side effects. The advantage of acupuncture is that it not only improves sleep but also relieves some of the accompanying symptoms. Acupuncture treatment is also suitable for treating neurological disorders as it can improve the brain's excitation and inhibition processes and help restore normal sleep-wake rhythms. In our clinical experience, people with mild and moderate insomnia can achieve good sleep. People with severe insomnia can gradually reduce the dose of their medication until it is stopped.
During acupuncture treatment, we should always pay attention to our lifestyle, e.g. do not engage in strenuous exercise, do not watch excessively stressful and frightening literature or films, and do breathing and relaxation exercises before going to bed.