It’s been a long day and you’re tired. You’re ready for bed and catching eight hours of blissful, uninterrupted sleep. But as soon as your head makes contact with the pillow, your mind comes alive. And not just alive, but it’s racing like you just had a triple shot of espresso. You start rehashing the day, the year, your life, and every item that was ever on your To Do list. You go over the day’s interactions, reworking what you should have said. You worry about the stuff you have to do tomorrow, and the next day and the next and…wait! You’re trying to get some sleep—remember?
Does this sound like you? If so, you’re not alone. It’s the rare person who doesn’t occasionally suffer from bouts of sleeplessness, and many people regularly struggle with insomnia. If you go to your Western doc with sleep problems, you will likely be prescribed a prescription medication to help you sleep. Chinese medicine, however, looks at insomnia a little differently. In order to help you sleep, the first step is to understand why you’re not…and that can be for a number of different reasons.
