SONG Xin, YUE Lifeng, WANG Fang, et al. Prof. Sun Pei’ s clinical experience in treating insomnia through regulating yin-yang balance. [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 29(6):71-76(2022)
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SONG Xin, YUE Lifeng, WANG Fang, et al. Prof. Sun Pei’ s clinical experience in treating insomnia through regulating yin-yang balance. [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 29(6):71-76(2022) DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-6606.2022.06.014.
Prof. Sun Pei’ s clinical experience in treating insomnia through regulating yin-yang balance
Professor Sun Pei is the fourth-generation heir of Sun’s School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (including the technique of percussopunctator)
and a fourth-batch laureate of the title of Prestigious TCM Doctor in Beijing. Over decades of clinical practice
he has always paid attention to the pathogenic theory of internal and external toxins and the pathogenesis transformation of yin-yang balance in yang and yin-yang balance in yin. On the basis of identifying diseases
he has attached great importance to distinguishing between symptoms
different treatment methods for the same disease and one protocol for different diseases. In terms of the treatment of insomnia
the therapeutic idea of harmonizing yin and yang as the core and adjusting
zang
-
fu
organs and qi-blood as the auxiliary has been formed. His ingenious insights obtained from clinical experience into the formulation of prescriptions emphasize the combined use of
Rhizoma Pinelliae
and
Spica Prunellae
as well as
Periostracum Cicadae
and
Caulis Polygoni Multiflori
to harmonize yin and yang. For various complications of insomnia
the formula is adjusted based on syndrome differentiation: for patients with stagnation disease
Receptaculum Nelumbinis
Bulbus Lilii
Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae
Radix Linderae
should be added; for those with blood stasis
Radix et Rhizoma Salviae Miltiorrhizae
and
Rhizoma Chuanxiong
are added; if severe fire constraint is present
the physician should add
Flos Chrysanthemi
Fructus Gardeniae Praeparatus
and
Semen Sojae Praeparatum;
for the loss of nourishment of the heart spirit
Fructus Tritici Levis
Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae Praeparata cum Melle
Fructus Jujubae
Sclerotium Poriae Pararadicis
and
Radix et Rhizoma Cynanchi Paniculati
are added; for obstruction of both phlegm and qi
the formula should be enhanced with
Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii
Radix Polygalae
and Pinellia and Officinal Magnolia Bark Decoction;
Dens Draconis
Concha Ostreae
Concha Margaritiferae Usta
are proper additions to the prescription for restlessness of the heart spirit and internal stirring of liver wind.
关键词
阴阳不交失眠不寐名医经验孙霈
Keywords
yin and yang disharmonyinsomniasleeplessnessfamous physicians’ experienceSun Pei
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