Insomnia is a common disease in a modern society with an accelerated pace of life, and its incidence covers the population Wide, has become a wide and profound social problem; at present, western drug treatment toxic side effects, therefore, small side effects and huge potential for insomnia treatment more and more attention and favor. The liver is just dirty, the main blood, Jue Yin liver is a length of diseases, liver internal viscera, the treatment of insomnia need to focus from the liver. Imagery thinking is the cornerstone of the development of traditional Chinese medicine, guiding the clinical medicine and acupoint selection of ancient doctors. Based on the traditional imagery thinking of traditional Chinese medicine, this paper summarizes and deeply explores the relationship between liver, liver meridian and insomnia, which provides a theoretical basis for preventing and controlling insomnia from the perspective of liver.

Lu Yang and Hujie Song. Understanding Insomnia from the Liver Based on Imagery Thinking. International Journal of World Medicine (2023), Vol. 4, Issue 2: 73-80. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJWM.2023.040209.

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