title: [Professor CHEN Quan-xin's experience for treatment of insomnia: regulating spirit and quieting heart to help sleep].
abstract: This article describes the experiences of professor CHEN Quan-xin, an old famous TCM doctor, in the treatment of insomnia. He believes that insomnia stems from incoordination between nutrient qi and defensive qi and deficient cultivation of cardiac spirit, and treatment of insomnia need to regulate spirit and quiet heart coherently. Painless acupuncture method of Chen's flying needling is adopted including to select Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Anmian (Extra) as the main points and take special needling technique and grading reinforcing and reducing manipulations. During treatment, he pays attention to understanding patients' psychological and mental status through "watching one's expressions and weighing his words carefully".
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Therapy, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bi-Ru
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kui
authors.forename: Sheng-Hao
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiu-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D029181:Spirituality