Insomnia, as a common sleep disorder, has become one of the diseases that seriously affect human health and quality of life worldwide. The accompanying symptoms often include low mood or irritability, dry and bitter mouth, symptoms of the spleen and stomach, general weakness, and easy fatigue, etc. Among them, insomnia accompanied by fatigue symptoms is particularly common in clinical practice 1. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long theoretical foundation and rich practical experience in treating insomnia and its accompanying symptoms. In recent years, with the introduction of modern medical research methods and the continuous deepening of clinical practice, significant progress has been made in clinical research on the treatment of insomnia and fatigue symptoms with traditional Chinese medicine. This article aims to review the current clinical research status of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of insomnia and fatigue symptoms in combination with relevant literature, analyze the current clinical research on the etiology and pathogenesis of insomnia, the efficacy of unique therapeutic drugs on insomnia and fatigue symptoms, the theoretical analysis of insomnia by ancient physicians, and the expansion of insomnia treatment.
Zhang et al. (Thu,) studied this question.