What are the causes of narcolepsy in TCM?

TCM understanding of narcolepsy.

The Lingshu Camp Health Association said: "The trip of the camp guard is not out of order, so the day is fine and the night is blind." "Lingshu Oral Question" said: . .

Wei Qi travels in the yang during the day, and travels in the yin in the middle of the night, the yin is the main night, and the night is the main bedroom. He also said: "When the yang energy is exhausted and the yin energy is strong, the eyes are blank; When the yin energy is exhausted and the yang energy is strong, it is not enough.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sleep is mainly related to Wei Qi, pointing out that the human body's sleep and wakefulness are determined by the entry and exit of Wei Qi and the rise and fall of Yin and Yang. Any reason that causes the rise and fall of yin and yang to be abnormal, that is, yang does not come out of yin, can cause sleepiness. "Treatise on Typhoid Fever: Distinguishing the Pulse and Syndrome of Shaoyin Disease" cloud:

Lack of yin is a disease, the pulse is fine, but the desire to sleep is also. It also shows that sleepiness is mainly caused by the deficiency of yin and yang, because yang is active, yin is quiet, and yin is prosperous.

Spleen deficiency and dampness. Symptoms: drowsiness, heavy sleepiness, fatigue and weakness of limbs, accompanied by dizziness, easy to fall asleep after eating, fat body, pale tongue, pale and greasy, slow pulse.

Treatment: Dry and damp awaken the spleen, dissolve phlegm and open the body.

Prescription medicine: Huopu Xia Ling decoction and Erchen decoction plus or minus.

The liver and gallbladder are really hot. Symptoms: mental faintness, often wanting to sleep, laughing and falling suddenly, dreaming a lot at night, nightmares, panic and easy to wake up, accompanied by chest and flank swelling and pain, bitter mouth and chest tightness, red tongue, yellow moss, and number of pulses.

Treatment: clear the gallbladder and diarrhea, dissolve phlegm and open the body.

Prescription medicine: Artemisia Qinqing gallbladder decoction plus or minus Coptis warm gallbladder decoction.

The main consideration of narcolepsy is related to genetic factors, and there is research evidence that in the case of narcolepsy in first-degree relatives, this group of people is about 40 times higher than normal. Although genetic factors play a crucial role in narcolepsy, some patients are also related to environmental factors.

If there is a head injury, a sudden change in sleep habits, or a head infection, it can lead to the occurrence, and the proportion of cases in men is relatively higher than that of women.

1. Poor sleep at night, or too short sleep time, or sleep apnea, that is, snoring during sleep, and intermittent breathing, which affects the quality of sleep; Over time, the biological clock is disturbed. Fatigue and lethargy, with dizziness and confusion, may be a manifestation of early neurasthenia. 2. Nutritional deficiencies can easily lead to drowsiness and sleepiness.

Supplementing with protein will make drowsiness better. In addition, there is narcolepsy, narcolepsy mostly starts after puberty, the main symptom is daytime sleepiness, manifested as sleepiness regardless of time and place, such as talking to guests, or at work, there will be sleep attacks, narcolepsy generally does not cause other organic lesions.

How does TCM explain narcolepsy? Symptoms of narcolepsy and ** method Narcolepsy is a sleep attack syndrome that does not discriminate time, place, and occasion, and patients cannot sleep uncontrollably while walking, eating, and working.

1. Phlegm dampness and spleen type. It is more common in people with obesity, manifested as chest tightness, sluggishness, unpleasant stool, phlegm and vomiting, sticky mouth, heavy drowsiness, white and greasy tongue, slow pulse, ** The principle is dryness, dampness, spleen, phlegm and opening the body, 2. Insufficient spleen. It is more common in people who are sick or elderly, and is manifested as fatigue, abdominal distension and lack of food, drowsiness and drowsiness after eating, lack of energy and lazy speech, emaciation or obesity and edema, pale and white tongue, weak pulse, ** The principle is to invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen, 3. Liver depression and spleen deficiency type.

Patients with long-term anxiety, listlessness, dizziness and dreams, sometimes have discomfort in both flanks, lack of food, unfavorable stool or abdominal pain and diarrhea, thin white or slightly greasy tongue, thin or astringent pulse, ** principle is to soothe the liver, strengthen the spleen and open the body, 4, qi and blood deficiency type. The patient's complexion is yellowish or pale or pale, less food, fatigue, palpitations, dreams, shortness of breath and lazy speech, sweating, dizziness, pale tongue, thin and white, thin and weak pulse, ** The principle is to nourish qi, nourish blood, awaken the spleen and open the body, 5. Damp and cloudy type. The patient's head is heavy, the mouth is dry and sticky, the patient does not want to drink water, the chest is tight, the stool is not good, and the tongue coating is thick and greasy.

The Yellow Emperor's Neijing "Cloud,"Where evil is gathered, its qi will be empty, and righteousness will be stored in it, and evil cannot be done. "The head is the meeting of the sun, if it is blinded by dampness and turbidity, the yang does not rise, and the turbidity does not fall, then it is sleepy and sleepy. **The principle is to aromatize turbidity and awaken the spleen.

1. Phlegm dampness and spleen type. It is more common in people with obesity, manifested as chest tightness, sluggishness, unpleasant stool, phlegm and vomiting, sticky mouth, heavy drowsiness, white and greasy tongue, slow pulse, ** The principle is dryness, dampness, spleen, phlegm and opening the body, 2. Insufficient spleen. It is more common in people who are sick or elderly, and is manifested as fatigue, abdominal distension and lack of food, drowsiness and drowsiness after eating, lack of energy and lazy speech, emaciation or obesity and edema, pale and white tongue, weak pulse, ** The principle is to invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen, 3. Liver depression and spleen deficiency type.

Patients with long-term anxiety, listlessness, dizziness and dreams, sometimes have discomfort in both flanks, lack of food, unfavorable stool or abdominal pain and diarrhea, thin white or slightly greasy tongue, thin or astringent pulse, ** principle is to soothe the liver, strengthen the spleen and open the body, 4, qi and blood deficiency type. The patient's complexion is yellowish or pale or pale, less food, fatigue, palpitations, dreams, shortness of breath and lazy speech, sweating, dizziness, pale tongue, thin and white, thin and weak pulse, ** The principle is to nourish qi, nourish blood, awaken the spleen and open the body, 5. Damp and cloudy type. The patient's head is heavy, the mouth is dry and sticky, the patient does not want to drink water, the chest is tight, the stool is not good, and the tongue coating is thick and greasy.

The Yellow Emperor's Neijing "Cloud,"Where evil is gathered, its qi will be empty, and righteousness will be stored in it, and evil cannot be done. "The head is the meeting of the sun, if it is blinded by dampness and turbidity, the yang does not rise, and the turbidity does not fall, then it is sleepy and sleepy. **The principle is to aromatize turbidity and awaken the spleen.

Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder. The clinical manifestations are daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and sleep hallucinations, and are called narcolepsy. Because the ** and the pathogenesis are unknown, **most of them are symptomatic**, support**.

Narcolepsy is in the above-mentioned category of sleepiness, sleepiness and drowsiness in traditional Chinese medicine. Doctors mostly start from the five internal organs and yin and yang, and in "Lingshu Cold and Fever", Zhongyun: "If the yang energy is strong, the eyes will be dumbfounded, and if the yin energy is strong, the eyes will be blinded."

The Lingshu Camp Health Association said: "The strong man's qi and blood are strong, his muscles are slippery, his airway is open, and the camp and guard's trip is not out of order, so the day is fine and the night is blind." That is to say, when the yin and yang are out of balance, there will be insomnia or drowsiness, when the human body yin energy is too strong and the yang energy is insufficient, people will be sleepy, and when the human body yang energy is too strong and the yin energy is insufficient, people will have insomnia.

Throughout ancient and modern medical books, the onset of this disease has an inseparable relationship with the five internal organs of the human body, mainly with the heart, spleen, liver and gallbladder and kidneys.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the first consideration is to replenish the five yangs of the human body, so that the yin and yang of the human body can restore balance, which is the key to this disease.

By strengthening the stomach and strengthening the spleen, removing dampness in the spleen and stomach, and improving the spleen and stomach qi, the clear qi can rise, the turbid qi sinks, and the qi is opened to control drowsiness. Nourish blood and dispel blood stasis, open up the blood circulation of the whole body, warm and nourish the five organs, dredge the meridians, strengthen the body's metabolism, and eliminate turbidity. Qi is the handsomeness of blood, and qi is blood.

The 12 meridians run continuously to maintain the normal physiological function of the brain. The drug can be taken Shili Xingshen prescription, and the specific medication is determined according to the individual's condition.

In addition, precautions when taking medicine: do not eat cold, spicy, greasy food during the medication period, so as to be able to exert the medicinal effect of traditional Chinese medicine. Do not eat food in the refrigerator, fruits, shallots, ginger, garlic, fritters, etc., and do not eat mung beans and white radish.

Don't eat seafood, you can eat river fresh. Such as fish, shrimp, etc. Avoid tea, do not drink tea during the period of taking medicine, because tea contains a substance called tannic acid, and the stronger the tea, the more tannic acid is contained, most of the traditional Chinese medicine is rich in alkaloids, heavy metal salts, etc., if the two are taken together, the tannic acid will react with the components in the drug to form insoluble precipitate, which affects the absorption of the drug and reduces the efficacy.

During the period of taking traditional Chinese medicine, it is best to drink plain water, and other beverages such as coffee, cola, and soft drinks should not be drunk. Please do it under the guidance of a physician** to avoid any effects on your body.

The onset of narcolepsy is most closely related to the spleen. It is mostly due to the lack of spleen and temper, weakness of the spleen and stomach, lack of middle qi, and lack of yang qi. Due to tiredness and tiredness, poor diet, damage to the spleen and stomach, lack of transportation power, insufficient chemical source, and qi deficiency, unable to nourish the mind and mind, the whole body is weak, the nerves are weak and sleepy.

It can also be caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach, phlegm and dampness trapped in the spleen, and the clear yang does not rise, blinding the clear body.

Narcolepsy is a disease that is genetically predisposed to and influenced or triggered by environmental factors. Secondary or symptomatic narcolepsy is more common after traumatic brain injury, other tumors of the brainstem, granulomas of the hypothalamus, etc.