17ME17 - Insomnia as a Yin Deficiency 2011 Medicines from the Earth A New Look at Herb-Drug

A New Look at Herb-Drug Interactions

black and red pepper

Stillingia (queen's root)

Nardostachys

Three Desert Herbs

17ME17 - Insomnia as a Yin Deficiency 2011 Medicines from the Earth A New Look at Herb-DrugSpeaker: CoreyPine Shane. Most herbal treatments for insomnia focus on sedating herbs to calm an agitated nervous system. While this often works for acute insomnia, chronic insomnia does not usually respond as well because often there is an underlying deficiency. Using the lens of Chinese medicine, we can understand how to identify this pattern and what remedies to use, incorporating Western herbs, Chinese herbs, and nutritional supplements. Related