Professor XUE Boshou advocates the idea of harmony. In clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment of insomnia

he emphasizes "regulation"

and regulating liver was considered the center. In clinical treatment

the harmonization method

clearing method

and tonifying method can be combined flexibly to form treatment method to regulate the liver and spleen to help sleep

to regulate qi

clear the heart

resolve phlegm to help sleep

and to regulate zang-organs

tonify deficiency

tranquillization to help sleep. Regulating and harmonizing the liver and spleen usually chooses the modification or combination of Sini Powder（四逆散）

Xiaoyao Powder（逍遥散）

Xiaochaihu Decoction（小柴胡汤）

Xiaochaihu and Longgu Muli Decoction（小柴胡加龙骨牡蛎汤）. For regulating qi

clearing the heart and resolving the phlegm

it usually selects the modification or combination of Huanglian Wendan Decoction（黄连温胆汤）

Zuojin Pills（左金丸）

Huanglian Ejiao Jizihuang Decoction（黄连阿胶鸡子黄汤）. For regulating the zang-organs

tonifying the deficiency and tranquillization

it usually selects modification or combination of Guipi Decoction（归脾汤）

Kongsheng Zhenzhong Pills（孔圣枕中丹）

Baihe Dihuang Decoction（百合地黄汤）

etc. Meanwhile

drug pairs of Shichangpu（Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii） and Yujin（Radix Curcumae）

Shichangpu（Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii） and Yuanzhi（Radix Polygalae）

Yuanzhi（Radix Polygalae） and Zhenzhumu（Concha Margaritifera）

Cishi（Magnetitum） and Zhenzhumu（Concha Margaritifera）

Guijia（Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis） and Cishi（Magnetitum）

Suanzāoren(Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Baiziren（Semen Platycladi）

Lianqiao（Fructus Forsythiae） and Zhebeimu（Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii） are used to regulate and treat insomnia.