Professor Chen Yiguo Summarized His Experience In Treating Insomnia From The Liver Theory

People have five zang-organs,and there are five gods corresponding to them,namely,heart storing spirit,liver storing ethereal soul,lung storing corporeal soul,spleen storing conscious,kidney storing will.Because “the heart is the chief of the organs”,“shake of the heart leading to shakes of all ZANG FU-organs”,so a lot of doctors of the past dynasties treat insomnia from the heart,But teacher Chen believes that “all internal organs can cause insomnia,not merely heart”.According to the precise pulse in dialectical treatment,can cure the patient.Teacher Chen studies under Professor Yang Jiebin,a famous Chinese medicine Professor,well-read,good at using ancient prescriptions and classical prescriptions.Teacher Chen combines modern people's life,work characteristics and rich clinical experience,finds that there is a lot of insomnia caused by the liver.This relates to the physiological function of liver storing blood and the function of liver governing free flow of qi has a great influence on sleep.The main physiological function of the liver storing blood is to ensure the normal sleep by making liver yin restrict liver yang,and nourishing the ethereal soul.The main physiological function of the liver governing free flow of qi is to ensure the normal sleep by governing emotion,qi activity,spleen and stomach.Among them,the soul of liver is the most important influence on sleep.Xue Zheng Lun said : “Liver storing ethereal soul,when people wake up ethereal soul travels to the eye,and when people sleep soundly ethereal soul backs to the liver.” Ethereal soul regulates and controls awaking and sleeping by the form of travelling to the outside and returning to the liver.If the ethereal soul can not be attributed to the liver when people sleep,it will cause symptoms such as difficulties in falling asleep,many dreams,and easy to wake up.Su Wen said: “the liver is the general officer,controls thinking.It is pointed out that thinking and planning is closely related to the liver,now the people have a great pressure of thought,deliberation excessive or emotional disorder leads to dysfunction of the liver,causing the ethereal soul not to return to the liver and people will have insomnia.Teacher Chen treats insomnia from the liver theory,treats near the card with Jia Yi Gui Zang Decoction,and with the evidence for addition and subtraction,uses the method of combining needle and medicine for the people who is suitable for acupuncture.His medication,tisane,taking medication and acupuncture method is very unique,and gains good results.Therefore,it has an important guiding significance for clinical practice to summarize professor Chen Yiguo's treatment of insomnia from the liver with the method of using medicine and needle.