Abstract
Insomnia is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. It usually affects quality of life neg-atively, especially in severe cases. Nowadays, routine medical interventions comprise pharmacological approaches and cognitive behavioral therapy. Common medications used by afflicted patients are not competent enough in addition to their annoying side effects. It would naturally denote the need for considering novel strategies for treating insomniac patients. Approach to insomnia in traditional Persian medicine (TPM) has been cited in a scrutinized manner focusing on its main causes. Accordingly, its treatment is tailored based on the constitution of the patient, intensity of the disease, and type of the cause. In this paper we have discussed the causes of insomnia, diagnostic approach, and various medical interventions proposed in valid sources of TPM.
Highlights
Insomnia is a common health problem in almost all communities. It is characterized by some clinical features such as a problem in initiation of sleep and dissatisfaction with sleep associated with experiencing fatigue even after sleep [1, 2]
Sleep in traditional Persian medicine In TPM, sleep is a state in which pneuma moves into the body in order to reinforce the lost energy and revitalize it
Considering its basic theories, three main patterns have been recognized for insomnia in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) including: “liver-qi stagnation transforming into fire”, “hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency”, and “deficiency of both the heart and spleen” [21]
Summary
Insomnia is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. It usually affects quality of life negatively, especially in severe cases. Common medications used by afflicted patients are not competent enough in addition to their annoying side effects. It would naturally denote the need for considering novel strategies for treating insomniac patients. Approach to insomnia in traditional Persian medicine (TPM) has been cited in a scrutinized manner focusing on its main causes. In this paper we have discussed the causes of insomnia, diagnostic approach, and various medical interventions proposed in valid sources of TPM. ** Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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