Nightmare refers to waking up from sleep and dreaming consciously, often accompanied by dizziness and fatigue. Chinese medicine often uses the following two methods to treat nightmare syndrome.
(1) Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment
(1) mental deficiency
Symptoms: dreaminess, insomnia, mental fatigue, lethargy, shortness of breath or crying, trance, pale tongue, thin white fur and thready pulse.
Treatment: nourishing blood and benefiting qi, calming the heart and calming the nerves.
Prescription: Shenxiang Powder.
Medicine: 9g of Ginseng, 9 g of Radix Astragali, Poria, 2 g of Atractylodis Rhizoma, 0/2 g of Rhizoma Dioscoreae, 6g of Lotus seed, Amomum villosum, Aquilaria Resinatum, Sandalwood and Glycyrrhiza uralensis.
② Deficiency of heart blood
Symptoms: palpitation and restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess, forgetfulness, dizziness, pale face, pale tongue and thready pulse.
Treatment: nourishing blood and calming the nerves.
Prescription: Siwutang plus Rongshadan.
Medicine: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Chuanxiong each 12g, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum and Cinnabaris each 6g, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae 18g.
③ Deficiency of heart yin
Symptoms: palpitation, insomnia, dreaminess, fever, dry throat and tongue, red tongue with little body fluid and rapid pulse.
Treatment: nourishing yin, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.
Prescription: Yiqi anshen decoction.
Drugs: Angelica sinensis, Poria, Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae 12g, Coptidis Rhizoma, Cortex et Radix Polygalae, Bamboo Leaves, Ginseng Radix, Radix Astragali, Radix Aristolochiae and plumula Nelumbinis 6g each, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae 18g, and Cinnabaris 3g.