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Insomnia means insufficient duration of sleep or sleep of poor quality. In mild cases, it may be difficulty in falling asleep or frequent waking from sleep. In severe cases, it may be inability to fall asleep all night. In general, insomnia may be caused by exogenous illness or by internal injury. Exogenously induced insomnia most commonly occurs during the course of the various illnesses of Heat. Endogenously induced insomnia is primarily due to deficiency. In this chapter the emphasis is on endogenously induced insomnia.
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Liu, Z. (2010). Insomnia. In: Liu, Z. (eds) Essentials of Chinese Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-112-5_27
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