Primary discussion of the pathogenesis of insomnia from brain and Five-zang
ZHANG Ying-ying
Abstract：It is considered that disharmony of Yin and Yang is the pathogenesis of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine. But there are no common viewpoints about disease location and effecetion of each organ in insomnia. The author think insomnia is closely related with brain, Five-zang. Brain dominate Five-zang, and Five-zang react on brain too. The dysfunction of Five-zang can easily damage the function of brain on the basis of brain's weakness which lead to insomnia. Long insomnia result in the situation that the brain is weaker, the function of viscera is in more serious disorder which form the vicious cycle. So it pointed out weakness of brain-mind is the pathological basis,disorder of Five zang-mind is the cause,disorder of brain-mind is main pathogenesis of insomnia.
Keywords：brainFive-zanginsomniadisorder of brain-mind pathogenesis
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 445-446 )