Inquiring about sleep

Question 1

Insomnia - Easily waking in middle of the night, palpitations, poor memory, poor appetite, fatigue, digestive weakness, loose stools, pale tongue, weak pulse

Answer 1

Deficiency of spleen qi and heart blood

Question 2

Insomnia - Difficulty falling asleep, mental restlessness, dream disturbed sleep, tidal fever, night sweats, sore and weak lumbar region and knees

Answer 2

Heart and kidney not communicating

a. Heart and kidney yin deficiency
b. kidney water not nourish/control heart fire

Kidney nourishes heart yin and controls heart fire. Heart yang descends and warms kidney yang

Question 3

Insomnia - Restless sleep, easily frightened and getting palpitations, mental restlessness, dizziness, chest oppression, bitter mouth, nausea, wiry pulse

Answer 3

Phlegm heat in gallbladder

Question 4

Chest oppression is due to what?

Answer 4

Liver gallbladder stagnation

Question 5

Insomnia - History of overeating, epigastric and abdominal distention, belching, thick and greasy tongue coating, slippery pulse

Answer 5

That’s got food stagnation/retention written all over it

Question 6

Insomnia - Dream disturbed sleep, palpitations, tongue ulcer, dark and hot/burning urine

Answer 6

Heart fire - palpitations has to do with the heart and everything else is screaming fire

Question 7

Insomnia - Dream disturbed sleep, irritability, anger, red eyes, tinnitus, wiry and rapid pulse

Answer 7

Liver fire