Insomnia - what causes sleep difficulty it in Chinese Medicine? S6 E2

Chinese Medicine Podcast

In response to a subscriber's question to make an episode about sleep & Insomnia in Chinese medicine.

Podcast includes - intro to insomnia in CM, quick overview of the types listed by 3 TCM Books/popular authours for TCM Students, Exploring two patterns of disharmony where people could have the most influence / help themselves the most

1. Yangming pattern / Stomach Heat / Stomach Fire / Food Stagnation - these are all similar

2. Deficiency patterns --> heart and kidney not communicating pattern - Taxation in Classical CM - Discussing some of the common deficiency types - Deficency of yang, deficiency of Blood, Yin etc.

This is a massive topic and this is really just an intro into exploring how Insomnia is viewed in the CM lense.

Please leave your own questions below and I'll do my best to answer them in a future follow-up video.

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