The invention discloses a
traditional Chinese medicine heart nourishing and nerve soothing formula for treating
insomnia. The formula is composed of spina date seed, mulberry,
dendrobium,
trichosanthes peel,
cassia seed, dark plum, poria with hostwood and green plum blossom. The heart-nourishing and mind-tranquilizing formula is mainly used for nourishing the heart, tranquilizing the mind, nourishing yin, clearing heat, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and spina date seeds and poria with hostwood in the formula are used as monarch materials to nourish heart yin, tranquilize the mind, stabilize the mind and Mulberry,
dendrobium and dark plum are used as ministerial drugs to nourish yin, promote salivation, clear deficiency heat and improve
dysphoria,
night sweat and
dry mouth caused by fire excess from
yin deficiency. The
semen cassiae has the effects of clearing liver fire and relaxing bowel, and the
semen cassiae and the
semen cassiae can assist in clearing away the heart-fire and reducing
phlegm; the green plum blossom can soothe liver depression without hurting yin, and is capable of soothing liver, harmonizing
stomach and regulating qi. The prescription is used for overall conditioning of complex
pathogenesis (
yin deficiency, liver depression and
phlegm heat) of
insomnia, and is especially suitable for people with
insomnia caused by
high pressure, unsmooth emotion and staying up late at present. Compatible medication has local characteristics of new-safety
medicine, is particularly beneficial to improvement of insomnia symptoms and the like, and is definite in
curative effect and free of toxic and side effects.