The invention discloses health porridge for calming nerves and treating insomnia. The health porridge is characterized by comprising the following raw materials in parts by weight: 120-150 parts of millet, 20-30 parts of oatmeal, 20-25 parts of honey, 20-25 parts of seed of wild jujube, 10-15 parts of platycladi seed, 8-12 parts of tuber fleeceflower stem, 6-10 parts of ophiopogon japonicus, 30-35 parts of arillus longan, 4-6 parts of Chinese wolfberry, 12-15 parts of yellow peach slice, 8-10 parts of hawthorn berry, 12-16 parts of milk powder, 4-6 parts of dietary alkali, 4-6 parts of lily, 8-10 parts of chrysanthemum, 10-15 parts of dry lemon slice, 12-16 parts of red jujube, 4-5 parts of an auxiliary and 650-750 parts of water. In modern life, as working and learning pressure is increasing, many people suffer from insomnia; seed of wild jujube, platycladi seed, tuber fleeceflower stem, ophiopogon japonicus, arillus longan and the like for calming nerves and resisting insomnia are particularly added into the porridge provided by the invention, and for insomniacs always poor in appetite, the health porridge is easy to take, and can trigger the appetite; tuber fleeceflower stem and ophiopogon japonicus have the best effect among rhizomatic materials, and the health porridge is used in the form of small bag, so that active ingredients can be obtained and the disadvantage that rhizoma of plant is difficult to be taken is avoided, the porridge has the characteristics of nerves calming and delicious taste by using a unique formula.