Ma Jingxuan, Huang Shan, Shi Lin, Shen Yixiao, Gao Shiyu, Wu Zhaoxia
College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110866, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Nov 1;10(21):e40067. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40067. eCollection 2024 Nov 15.
Insomnia can have a negative impact on people's life or even cause mental or physical diseases. In China, the usage of medicine food homology herbal resources to treat insomnia has a long history. This review, which is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), summarizes the research progress of medicine and food homology (MFH) resources in treating insomnia. Through literature search from the last 8 years, we compared the understanding of insomnia between TCM and modern pharmacology, found 21 kinds of MFH plants and 15 kinds of prescriptions containing MFH plants that have the effect of improving sleep and summarized the mechanism of their treatment of insomnia. Our study will provide theoretical support for the development and utilization of MFH plant resources with sleep-enhancing properties and provide positive insights and direction references for more effective treatment of insomnia disease.
失眠会对人们的生活产生负面影响，甚至引发精神或身体疾病。在中国，使用药食同源的草本资源治疗失眠有着悠久的历史。本综述基于中医理论，总结了药食同源资源治疗失眠的研究进展。通过对过去8年文献的检索，我们比较了中医与现代药理学对失眠的认识，发现21种药食同源植物以及15种含有药食同源植物且具有改善睡眠作用的方剂，并总结了它们治疗失眠的机制。我们的研究将为开发利用具有助眠特性的药食同源植物资源提供理论支持，为更有效地治疗失眠疾病提供积极的见解和方向参考。
