Professor Xiaoyan Wang used Yinhuo Decoction to Treat Yang Insomnia from not Entering Yin Type

Abstract

Yinhuo decoction is recorded by Shiduo Chen, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty, in the Dialectical Record. It is mainly used to treat “tonsillitis with yin asthenia.” Its pathogenesis is deficiency of kidney Yin and Yang-function insufficiency of kidney Zang, resulting in vacuity heat floating upward. Professor Xiaoyan Wang, the tutor, believes that the general pathogenesis of insomnia is that Yang does not enter Yin. The application of Yinhuo Decoction in clinic to treat insomnia is quite effective.