9) Sleep>(1) Insomnia

Question 1

Very restless sleep with a feeling of heat, agitation and excessive dreaming

Answer 1

Excess pattern, Liver patterns causing more severe restlessness than heart patterns

Question 2

Not being able to fall or stay asleep but without any of the above symptoms

Answer 2

Deficiency pattern

Question 3

Difficulty in falling asleep

Answer 3

Blood Deficiency of Heart, Spleen or Liver

Question 4

Waking up many times during the night

Answer 4

Yin Deficiency of Heart, Liver or Kidneys

Question 5

Insomnia with anxiety, dream-disturbed sleep and other symptoms of Qi and Blood deficiency

Answer 5

Heart/Spleen Blood Deficiency

Question 6

Insomnia with difficulty in falling asleep, dizziness, blurred vision

Answer 6

Liver Blood deficiency

Question 7

Insomnia, waking up frequently during the night with excessive dreams together with night sweating and palpitations

Answer 7

Heart/Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty heat

Question 8

Dream-disturbed sleep

Answer 8

Liver Fire or Heart Fire

Question 9

Restless sleep with excessive dreams

Answer 9

Retention of food

Question 10

Waking up early in the morning and hard to fall back to sleep again

Answer 10

Gallbladder Deficiency