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Relationship between brain and insomnia in TCM theory |
Hits 1666 Download times 2232 Received:August 12, 2007 |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2008.01.15 |
Key Words
TCM;sleep theory;brain;insomnia |
Author Name | Affiliation | LI Shao-dan | Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China | YANG Ming-hui | Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China |
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Abstract
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Based on the main viewpoint about sleep medicine in TCM it was indicated that the Yin-yang theory and mind mastering theory of insomnia was communicated each other. The blend points of both lied on the brain of TCM. The author emphasized that to recognize insomnia again with the brain in TCM either had a classic theoretical support from Chinese medicine or enriched the theory about insomnia of modern TCM. |
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