Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia based on microbial-gut-brain axis theory

作     者：Xue-Jian Wang 

作者机构：Department of NeurosurgeryThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong UniversityNantong 226000Jiangsu ProvinceChina Department of NeurosurgeryLueyang People's HospitalHanzhong 723000Shaanxi ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第12卷第36期

页      面：6867-6870页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by The Science and Technology Program of Nantong Health Committee,China,No.MA2019003 and No.MA2021017 The Science and Technology Program of Nantong City,China,No.KD2021JYYJYB025,No.JCZ2022040,and No.KD2022KYJJZD022 

主　　题：Insomnia Microorganism Microbial-gut-brain axis Traditional Chinese medicine Acupuncture and moxibustion 

摘      要：In recent years,insomnia has gradually become a common disease in society,which seriously affects people s quality of *** present,with the deepening of research on intestinal microbiota-gut-brain axis in Western medicine,many studies suggest that regulating the gastrointestinal tract can treat brain-related *** is found that brain-gut-bacteria axis plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of primary *** present,although the clinical treatment of insomnia with Western medicine can improve the insomnia symptoms of patients to a certain extent,there are still obvious adverse reactions,such as anxiety and depression,drug addiction,etc.,so long-term oral drug therapy cannot be carried *** Chinese medicine(TCM)and acu-puncture techniques have certain therapeutic effects on *** believes that the brain and gastrointestinal system are connected through the meridian,and the pathophysiology is closely *** paper will discuss the theory and feasibility of TCM for the treatment of insomnia from the pathological relation-ship between brain-gut axis,intestinal flora and insomnia.