Stroke has a high incidence trend, and not only has a high mortality relatively, but also has a high disability rate, however, sleep disorder is one of the more common clinical manifestations of stroke. patients. Sleep disturbances can increase the risk of stroke, and stroke can also cause insomnia. For sleep disorders, on the one hand, it can aggravate the disease of stroke patients and delay the recovery of symptoms and reduce the quality of patients’ life seriously, on the other hand, it can also increase the risk of stroke recurrence. This article summarizes the characteristics and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the disease name, etiology and pathogenesis and traditional Chinese medicine treatment of sleep disorders Stroke in recent years, and these three aspects can provide basis and guidance for clinical using.

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