Literature Study On The Prescriptions Of Yin Yang And Yin For The Treatment Of Insomnia

Objective:The purpose of this study is to improve the theory and clinical use of traditional Chinese medicine for insomnia,expand the scope of current tranquilizers,and provide more space and choice for clinical treatment of insomnia.Methods:This thesis study the literature research on sleep physiology and insomnia pathology,formulate the criteria for the selection of medicines,prescriptions,rejection criteria,the classification of medicines,the classification of drug types,and search for TCM resources with the terms related to “insomnia” and “sedation” on the Chinese medicine and prescription database to retrieved data,establish a corresponding database and conduct data analysis for Treatment of insomnia with Guide yang into yin formula.Also it study on the law of compatibility of Guide yang into yin medicines.Results:1.Human sleep is a physiological phenomenon in which people conform to the laws of yin and yang in the natural world,“Yang is not into the yin” is the pathophysiology of insomnia.The medicine that meets this characteristic is yang into yin formula.It can be devided to five categories: turning Yang into Yin,traffic heart and kidney,calming the nervous system,diuretic heat tolerance and relieve tension.2.Among the 11239 medicines,there are 226 flavors of the medicine that related to “insomnia” and “sedation”.Only 48 flavors were met the criteria in the study.Among them,there are a total of 8 flavors in the yin and yang;a total of 17 flavors is linked the heart and kidneys;9 flavors is related for calming the nervous system;7 flavors for the diuretic heat conduction and 7 flavors for the relieve tension.3.Among the 48 medicines,the majority of it were from botanicals at 36 flavors(75%).There were 6 flavors(12.5%)from animal and 6 flavors(12.5%)from minerals;The analysis of the nature of the taste showed that the drug was mostly cold and flat at 46% and 33%,respectively.The medicinal taste is the most sweet,accounting for 50%;The mild flavors was 21%.The bitterness was 20%;The rest are tastes spicy,acid and light.4.To analyze the distribution of guide yang into yin medicines in the textbook of “Chinese Pharmacy”,it is mainly distributed in the chapters of the reduce anxiety medicine,tonic medicine,Pinggan Xifeng medicine,heat-clearing medicine,and reduce water retension.5.Searching in the database of TCM resources of 84451 prescription,there are 476 prescriptions that meet the criteria for inclusion in the research of tranquillizers,of which 153 are in accordance with the standard of guide yang into yin.6.The total frequency of medicine was 1,292 times from 153 prescriptions.Which 744 times were cited for yan into yin medicine,accounting to 48.92%.In the frequency of guide yang into yin medicines,the proportion of yang-injected yin-like medicines was the highest,followed by traffic-heart-type medicines,turning yang into yin medicines and diuretic heat-conducting medicine.7.The combination of guide yang into yin medicines and non guide yang into yin medicines is the most common combination of tonifying medicines.It is also often used in combination with phlegm,blood circulation,qi and heat medicine.The combination in the group of yang into yin is mostly found on the relieve tension medicine and linked heart and kidney medicines.8.There are some very meaningful medicines for guide yang into yin medicines such as Nocturnal Alternate Cane and Polygonum multiflorum,Coptis chinensis and Cinnamon,Pinellia ternata and Prunella vulgaris,etc..Conclusion:Yang into the yin is the physiology of human sleep.Yang does not enter the yin is the main cause of the diseases.The guiding yang into yin is the fundamental rule of treatment.A total of 48 flavors of medicines were selected that meet the characteristics of guide yang into yin medicines.They were distributed in five different categories: turn yang into yin,traffic heart and kidney,calming the nervous system,diuretic heat conduction,and relieve tension.There are 153 prescriptions that meet the standard of guide yang into yin,which is mostly found on the combination of linked heart and kidney medicines and relieve tension medicines.