Abstract

Insomnia is one of the sleep disorders that seriously affect the quality of life of people all over the world. Several studies have shown that acupuncture and moxibustion have the advantages of significant curative effect and high total effective rate in the treatment of insomnia. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that insomnia is in the heart, closely related to liver, spleen and kidney, and its pathogenesis is Yang flourishing Yin failing, Yin and Yang disconnecting. Western medicine believes that insomnia is closely related to changes in neurotransmitter content, endocrine dysfunction, immune inflammatory response, and activation of antioxidant defense system. Based on the results of clinical trials and animal experiments at home and abroad in the past 10 years, this study discusses the latest research status of acupuncture treatment mechanism of insomnia and summarizes, providing help and reference for the mechanism research of acupuncture treatment of insomnia, and providing new ideas for clinical acupuncture treatment of insomnia.

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