Review Article
Classification of Insomnia Using the Traditional Chinese Medicine System: A Systematic Review
Table 1
The 10 most common TCM patterns for insomnia.
| | TCM pattern |
Chinese name | Subjects with insomnia () | | Number of subjects (%) |
| | Deficiency of both the heart and spleen |
心脾
兩虛
| 2378 (25.0) | | Hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency |
陰虛
火旺
| 1622 (17.1) | | Liver-qi stagnation transforming into fire |
肝鬱
化火
| 921 (9.7) | | Heart-kidney noninteraction |
心腎
不交
| 767 (8.1) | | Qi deficiency of the heart and gallbladder |
心膽
氣虛
| 544 (5.7) | | Internal disturbance of phlegm-heat |
痰熱
內擾
| 466 (4.9) | | Liver fire flaming upward |
肝火
上擾
| 285 (3.0) | | Heart deficiency with timidity |
心虛
膽怯
| 202 (2.1) | | Stomach disharmony |
胃腑
不和
| 120 (1.3) | | Stomach qi disharmony |
胃氣
不和
| 44 (0.5) |
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