There is a patient in the outpatient clinic, 68 years old. She said that since a year ago, she was worried about the children's family trivial matters and was in a bad mood, and her sleep quality declined at that time.

There is a patient in the outpatient clinic, 68 years old. She said that since a year ago, she was worried about the children's family trivial matters and was in a bad mood, and her sleep quality declined at that time.

Later, her sleep became worse and worse, and she woke up more often at night, and even stayed up all night in severe cases.

When I saw me, I said that I was very irritable, I didn’t want to move, and I was dizzy and tinnitus from time to time. At that time, the patient’s pulse was thin and weak, and his tongue was red and he had little fluid. He asked her if her throat was dry, and said that it was more uncomfortable than before.

After learning about these situations, he immediately prescribed a prescription:

roasted licorice , jujube, raw rehmannia , cinnamon twig , ginger, Ophiopogon japonicus, hemp seeds, Angelica , Chuanxiong , and Polygonum multiflorum. all of these, one dose per day, decocted in water. After

patients took 10 doses in a row, the symptoms were greatly relieved, and the night sleep time reached about four hours.

At this time, the original prescription remains unchanged and continue to be administered for 7 doses. In the end, the patient can sleep for six hours, and the next day, the other discomforts will basically disappear.

A year later, when the patient came to the clinic due to arm pain, the insomnia did not recur.

The above prescription is called Zhigancao Tang. It is a classic prescription from Zhang Zhongjing's " Treatise on Febrile Diseases " and has a history of nearly two thousand years.

Zhilicao Decoction was originally used to nourish qi and nourish blood, warm and revitalize yang, and is a classic prescription for treating both qi and blood deficiency. This type of patient's body is often weak and has little energy, weak body, light tongue, less coating, pulse dysfunction, and palpitations.

When you see the name of this prescription, do you usually think that the prescription uses roasted licorice as the main medicine? The first feeling is that the main medicine of this prescription must be roasted licorice. For example, when it comes to Mahuang Decoction or Guizhi Decoction, you will think that the effect of these two prescriptions must be Mahuang and Guizhi as the main medicine, and the effect of this prescription must be the same as theirs. But the fact is that the most important medicine in this prescription is not roasted licorice, but raw Rehmannia. In

prescription, raw Rehmannia is the monarch medicine, and its function is to nourish yin and blood. Roasted licorice plays the role of a minister in this prescription, and its function is to nourish qi and nourish the heart. Ophiopogon japonicus can nourish the heart yin, and like roasted licorice, it is medicine . There are three medicines in the whole prescription, and one is cinnamon twig. The cinnamon twig can warm the heart yang. These three medicines are in harmony with the raw Rehmannia Huang, which can jointly exert the effect of qi, blood, yin and yang to replenish both qi, blood, yin and yang.

adjuvants are ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin , hemp seeds, jujubes, and ginger. Ginseng can nourish the middle and nourish qi, donkey-hide gelatin can nourish yin and blood, hemp seed can nourish yin and moisten dryness, jujube can nourish qi and blood, ginger can nourish qi and blood, ginger is pungent and warm, and has the nature of promoting qi and blood circulation, harmonizes cinnamon branches to warm yang energy, and is paired with jujube to nourish the spleen and stomach to nourish the source of qi and blood biochemical, and can also regulate yin and yang and harmonize qi and blood.

All medicines are used together to make the yin blood full and the blood vessels full, the yang energy is strong and the heart meridians are unblocked, the qi and blood are sufficient, and the yin and yang are harmonious. Then the symptoms of palpitations will disappear, and the knot of the pulse will naturally disappear. Therefore, there is another name called "Fumai Decoction". The reason why wine is added when decocting is because it is spicy and hot, which can warm the heart and promote the effect of the medicine.

Anyone with deficiency and fatigue has insufficient qi, blood, yin and yang. This prescription nourishes yin and nourishes blood, and nourishes qi and yang, so it can treat pulmonary impotence that is both deficiency and yin and yang, qi and blood. Therefore, it can also be said that Zhigancao Decoction is a comprehensive prescription, which can be treated with both qi, blood, yin and yang. , so this prescription has been used to treat insomnia, constipation in the elderly, melancholy in women, chronic atrophic gastritis, etc., which are very effective.

Traditional medicine treats diseases, focusing on clear diagnosis, can learn from the same method, and can move multiple methods, so it will be easy to achieve results. In addition, insomnia is mostly chronically weak. If you can be accustomed to Qigong and appropriate physical activities, combine movement and stillness, so that the brain and all internal organs can rest and assist in the medicinal power, it is more beneficial.

Warm reminder: The formulas in the article are all basic prescriptions or individual patients for medications, and they cannot be taken independently according to this prescription. Everyone has different physical conditions. The prescriptions provided in the article should be added and subtracted according to the situation. It is recommended to find a professional doctor to provide guidance.