Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Protocols
Acupuncture for Insomnia - Treatment Protocols
Below you will find some of the more common tcm diagnoses and acupuncture treatment protocols for insomnia and related sleeping disorders. There are many ways to treat this condition with Eastern Medicine and our presentation is only one of many possible options.
- Differentiation:
- Excess Conditions:
- LV Fire
- Phlegm Heat
- Deficient Conditions:
- SP Qi & Heart Blood Deficiency
- KD Yin Deficiency
- HT & GB Deficiency
- LV Fire - Excess
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Treatment Points:
- Phlegm Heat - Excess
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Treatment Points:
- SP Qi & Heart Blood Deficiency
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Treatment Points:
- Valaskatagis Point Selection:
- SP 6 - tonify spleen
- ST 36 - tonify Qi
- HT 7 - regulate shen
- UB 15 - heart shu
- UB 20 - spleen shu
- Anmian - extra point for insomnia/sleep issues
- Xinnong (CAM) Point Selection (with modifications):
- SP 1 - moxa with small cones, dream-disturbed sleep
- SP 6 - tonify spleen
- HT 7 - regulate shen
- UB 15 - heart shu
- UB 20 - spleen shu
- Anmian - extra point for insomnia/sleep issues
- KD Yin Deficiency
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Insomnia with difficulty falling asleep a/or waking often along with Yin deficiency signs - heat in the five hearts (hands, feet, chest), palpitations, night sweats, dizziness a/or poor memory. Possibly with KD deficiency signs such as sore lower back a/or knees.
- Tongue: Red w/little or no coat
- Pulse:Rapid, thin
- Treatment Points:
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Heart & Gall Bladder Deficiency
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Treatment Points:
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were consulted within this section:
- St. John, Meredith: New England School of Acupuncture, Etiology and Pathology Lecture Notes
- Valaskatgis, Peter: New England School of Acupuncture, Etiology and Pathology Lecture Notes
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