• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.313-320
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• 2002

Insomnia is defined as an experience of inadequate or poor-quality sleeping habit, coupled with more than one of the following symptoms : having difficulty sleeping, waking up too early in the morning or not having sound sleep. Insomnia is one of the most common complications that stroke patients experience, which interfere the patients' recovery. The authors observed two improved cases of insomnia in stroke patients by administrating traditional Korean medicine. The patients suffered from insomnia with nocturnal irritation, constipation, petechia of the tongue, thready or weak pulse. These symptoms, were diagnosed as blood stasis and we administered Hyulboochucke-tang three times a day, to improve blood circulation to remove blood stasis. After the administration, nocturnal irritation disappeared and the insomnia improved. Based on this experience, it is considered that enhancing blood circulation to remove blood stasis can be applied to the treatment of insomnia that stroke patients suffer.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.231-244
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• 2008

Insomnia is one of the highest frequency neuropsychosis of neuropsychiatry patients and is primarily caused by major depressive disorder. This case study is about a remedy for a 33 year-old woman who has insomnia and intense depressed mood caused by the continuous family jar. Also, she had the feeling of squeezing her body, pouring cold water into her body, anorexia and feeling cold and hot turn and turn. I operated mindfullness with accupuncture, herb-medication and aroma theraphy. Especially, mindfullness and Gagamguibi-tang were effective for relaxation and the sound sleep in quality and quantity. According to this study, the traditional oriental medical remedy such as accupuncture, herb-medication is effective for the cure of insomnia and mindfullness fortifies the oriental medical remedy.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.219-229
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• 2008

Tics are sudden, painless, nonrhythmic behaviors that are either motor or vocal. As to DSM- VI diagnostic criteria, chronic tic disorder is either single or multiple motor or phonic tics, but not both, which are present for more than a year. In this case, a male patient was diagnosed tics disorder at 8 years old. He has suffered for 15 years and his symptom was simple motor tics of neck, both arms and both legs, not vocal tics. So we diagnosed him as the chronic tic disorder. The severity score headache was assessed using the Visual Analog Scales. The severity score tics was assessed at baseline using the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) and we compared score of before with after treatment. We treated him with oriental medication( herbal medicine, acupuncture, cry cupping) and progressive muscle relaxation. After this treatment, chronic insomnia and extreme headache were disappeard and the symptoms of tics were mildly decreased.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.309-317
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• 2013

Nowadays, sleep disorder is one of diseases many people have suffered. Many researchers have studied on the features or the method to overcome sleep disorder. In this paper, we have reported papers and patents relevant to sleep disorder to find current trends in the researches. All retrieved papers were 316 articles, patents, all 8 cases. The scale of research on sleep disorder including insomnia has been increasing in recent years. About a half of the analyzed researches were conducted by medical communities, and also various researches were performed based on nursing and Korea medicine. But, we found the application of patents on sleep disorder is less active than the research area. It will be conducted to research to consider with various developing research methodology and planing commercialization through health-related networks of collaborators.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.17-29
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• 2012

Objectives : The study was designed to evaluate the effects of scalp acupuncture treatment on patients with insomnia in China. Methods : A journal search was performed using China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) from 1994 to 2011. Key words used within the search were 'insomnia' and 'scalp acupuncture'. Results : 19 studies were selected. 9 RCTs and 2 case control studies showed that scalp acupuncture therapy reported better results than routine acupuncture, western medicine, and herbal medicine therapy. 8 case reports described a significant improvement in patients with insomnia by scalp acupuncture. Conclusions : There have been many studies regarding scalp acupuncture on patients with insomnia in China and these studies can be applied to clinical practices within Korea.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.50-58
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• 2017

Objective Insomnia is a common symptom among cerebral infarction patients. The purpose of this study is to report a case which showed sypmtoms improvement after treatment with Hyeongbangsabaek-san. Method To evaluate the results of this treatment, Insomnia severity index(ISI), Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI), Korean version of Beck depression inventory(K-BDI), Sleep dairy results were measured. Result The patient who suffered from severe insomnia after cerebral infarction attack was treated by Hyeongbangsabaek-san and acupuncture therapy for about 3 weeks. She refused to take Western medicine for insomnia, and after treated with Hyeongbangsabaek-san and acupuncture, her sleep quality showed improvement. Conclusion This study suggests that using Sasang constitutuional medical treatment is effective for Soyangin patient with insomnia after cerebral infarction attack.

• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.331-343
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• 2004

This thesis is a literature study about oriental medicine on insomnia. Insomnia is defined as deficiency of sleeping caused by disability of the period of sleeping and lack of recovery of original vital energy. The main causes of insomnia are the dysfunction of the stomach, the wet phlegm, the deficiency of vigor, Qi of the heart, the lack of Yin, the defect of gall bladder or the excessive anxiety and so on, in the oriental medicine. Insomnia patients, in the oriental medicine, is treated by both removing food stagnancy and regulating the vital function of stomach, controlling the wet phlegm, both nourishing the heart and reinforcing the vital energy, providing vital essence to subdue the fire, tonifing both the heart and spleen or warming the gall bladder, etc. The number of insomnia patients shows a tendency to increase by the stresses of modern society and stimulus caused form the unbalance of Yin and Yang. Medical treatments for insomnia are studied, also, in diverse fields according to the increasing in number of insomnia patients. The literature study about the causes and medical treatments of insomnia is useful for the access to effective oriental medical treatments for insomnia.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.822-830
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• 2016

Objective: To report the effect of Gamiguibi-tang (加味歸脾湯) as a treatment for insomnia. Methods: An insomnia patient who scored 27 points for her insomnia severity index was enrolled in this study. She received oriental treatment with herbal medication (Gamiguibi-tang), acupuncture, and moxibustion for 1 month. Results: After treatment, sleep duration and sleep quality were improved. After the patient had taken Gamiguibi-tang, her score for the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) decreased from 21 to 9, and associated symptoms were also improved without taking sleeping pills. Conclusions: Gamiguibi-tang is effective for the treatment of insomnia. More clinical data and studies are required in patients suffering from insomnia.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.101-106
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• 2001

Objectives : Zizyphus seed has long been used in hypnotics and sedatives in oriental medicine, and it is reported that the Zizyphus seed elicited a variety of pharmacological actions besides CNS depression. We did a clinical study on the effectiveness of Zizyphus seed (Ansim-san) for insomnia in stroke patients. Methods : To 41 stroke patients suffering from insomnia, we administered the extract of Zizyphus seed (Ansim-san). Outcome measures were subjective in nature and included a morning questionnaire, visual analog scales, and observation forms by study personnel. We also, to find the applicable symptom-complex of Zizyphus seed (Ansim-san), examined accompanying symptoms. Results : 1. Zizyphus seed extract use meant that sleep latency was shorter, total sleep time was longer, number of wakenings was lower, wake time during sleep was shorter, sleep quality was improved, condition upon awakening was improved, ability to concentrate was improved, and the patients fell asleep more easily (P<0.001). There were no differences in morning sleepiness. 2. Among accompanying symptoms, an oppressed feeling in the chest was significant (P=0.035) in the patients who improved sleep quality. Conclusions : The results of this clinical study suggest that in stroke patients, Zizyphus seed (Ansim-san) can be effective for insomnia, and significantly effective in patients who have an oppressed feeling in the chest.

• Journal of Korean Medical classics
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.69-78
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• 2018

Objectives : The aim of this study was to diversify the interpretation of formulas used for insomnia treatment by searching and analyzing herbal combinations in formulas used for insomnia treatment in Korean medicine. Methods : Frequency analysis was conducted on herbal combinations of 255 formulas related with insomnia, along with network analysis using Netminer 4.2.1. Results : This study has found herbal combinations used frequently in Korean medicine formulas used for insomnia treatment, and a result of network analysis composed of four communities. Each community consisted of herbs in affiliation of Yookmijihwangtang(六味地黃湯) and Samultang(四物湯), Bohyulchunghwatang(補血淸火湯) and Ondamtang(溫膽湯), Jungjihwan(定志丸) and Sanjointang(酸棗仁湯). Conclusions : This study could help in assisting researchers to diversify formula analysis in future studies. Moreover, the herbal combination in insomnia formulas could be used to search for insomnia formulas in other databases or creating a new prescription.