ZHANG Haihang,XUE Dan,ZHANG Bingyue,et al.Diagnosis and Treatment of Intractable Insomnia based on Theory of “Shaoyang is the pivot of Three Yang, and Shaoyin is the pivot of Three Yin”[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(04):323-326.
ZHANG Haihang,XUE Dan,ZHANG Bingyue,et al.Diagnosis and Treatment of Intractable Insomnia based on Theory of “Shaoyang is the pivot of Three Yang, and Shaoyin is the pivot of Three Yin”[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(04):323-326.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.04.006.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Intractable Insomnia based on Theory of “Shaoyang is the pivot of Three Yang, and Shaoyin is the pivot of Three Yin”
This paper explored the diagnosis and treatment of intractable insomnia from two aspects of
yin
pivot and
yang
pivot based on the pivots theory. The viewpoint that “treat the pivot when there is insomnia” is put forward, and it is considered that the root of the disease is that when
yang
pivot loses its control,
yang
cannot enter into
yin
; when
yin
pivot fails to transport,
yin
cannot store
yang
; and when both
yin
and
yang
pivots are disordered, the confluence failure of
yin
and
yang
leads to the disease. Guided by the pivots theory, basic formulas such as
Chaihu Formulas
(柴胡类方) and
Sini Powder
(四逆散), and medicinal herbs including Banxia (
Rhizoma Pinelliae
) and Xiakucao (
Spica Prunellae
) can be used to regulate the pivots; simultaneously, y
in shi
(寅时, 3:00 am to 5:00 am) and
hai shi
(亥时, 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm) are considered to be preferred times when regulating the pivots, and
shenmen
(TF4) and sanyinjiao (SP6) are suggested acupoints, all of which are expected to provoke thoughts of “treat the pivot when there is insomnia”.