Sleep Disorders · Insomnia · TCM
Fall Asleep, Stay Asleep
How Traditional Chinese Medicine improves sleep quality: fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, wake more rested.
Why Sleep Matters
Sleep Supports Every System in the Body
Sleep is one of the most significant ways to promote brain function and healing. Almost every tissue and system in the body depends on a good night’s sleep. Research has shown that a lack of sleep, or poor-quality sleep, increases the risk of mental health conditions, brain fog, poor concentration, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.
- 35%
- of people aged 20 to 49 get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep
- 10%
- of people suffer from chronic insomnia
Understanding Insomnia
The Roots and Conventional Care
The root of most types of insomnia is stress, followed by substance or stimulant use, shift work, poor sleep habits, lack of exercise and other health issues.
- Stress
- Stimulants and substances
- Shift work
- Poor sleep habits
- Lack of exercise
- Other health issues
Conventional Care
Western medicine addresses sleep disorders by focusing first on the lifestyle habits that disrupt sleep. When those changes do not bring improvement, medication may be prescribed. These medications are usually meant for short-term use but often become chronically needed, and some carry side effects that continue to disturb sleep or become the source of new health problems.
Our Approach
The TCM Approach at Huatuo
Treatment blends three complementary modalities, tailored to the pattern behind each patient’s sleep disruption — falling asleep quicker, staying asleep longer and waking more rested.
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Acupuncture
Fine, sterile needles at targeted points calm the nervous system and restore the body’s own sleep rhythm.
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Moxibustion
Gentle warmth applied to acupuncture points to relax tension and support deeper, more restorative rest.
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Chinese Herbal Medicine
Individualised herbal formulas that address the underlying pattern behind poor sleep, from stress to hormonal change.
The improvements from our treatments can include falling asleep quicker, staying asleep longer and waking more rested. We address not only the symptoms that trigger poor sleep, but the secondary signs that may contribute to other health concerns.
Further Reading
Learn More About Sleep
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Insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterised by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, or waking up too early and not being able to fall back asleep.
Ready When You Are
Begin Your Rest
Let us design a treatment that meets you where you are. Whether sleep has become elusive through stress, shift work, hormonal change or chronic insomnia, most patients begin with an initial consultation and a course of weekly acupuncture, refined as the body returns to its own rhythm.
