This paper introduced PENG Jianzhong’s experience in treating insomnia. Emphasis should be placed on the combination of disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation

of theory and clinical practice

pointing out that disease location of insomnia is in the liver

and the pathogenesis is liver stagnation and heat disturbance

and the main treatment is based on relieving the liver and stagnation and regulating qi. It is particularly adept at adding cooling blood and removing blood stasis drugs

supplemented by purging liver fire and clearing heart fire

soothing the liver and stomach

nourishing the liver and kidney

and taking into account the conditioning of the heart

spleen

and kidney.