"How do different traditions understand sleeplessness?"
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Tibetan Medicine
藏医 · Sowa Rigpa
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Tibetan
The Three Energies
Interprets restlessness through the three energies, as unsettled rlung — the life-energy wind that governs movement, breath, and the mind's stillness.
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Mongolian Medicine
蒙医 · Mongol Emnelge
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Mongolian
The Three Roots
Reads sleeplessness as an imbalance of the three roots (Hei / Hiri / Badagan), shaped by the rhythms of steppe life and the nomadic relationship with wind and sky.
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Uyghur Medicine
维医 · Uyghur Tibbi
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Uyghur
Four Humours & Temperaments
Frames sleeplessness through four humours and temperaments — a living heritage of Silk Road exchange where Greek, Persian, and Central Asian medicine meet.
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Dai Medicine
傣医 · Tai Lue Medicine
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Dai
The Four Elements
Sees the body as four elements (wind, fire, water, earth) — and many disturbances as a question of "wind" moving through the body, shaped by Xishuangbanna's tropical rhythms.
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Miao Medicine
苗医 · Hmong Medicine
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Miao
Cold–Hot Duality
Adds southern China's own logic: cold / hot duality — developed across generations in misty mountain regions — reading sleeplessness through the body's internal climate.
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Zhuang Medicine
壮医 · Cuengh Medicine
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Zhuang
Three Passages & Two Roads
Brings the "three passages and two roads" of qi, blood, and sensation — the medical wisdom of China's largest ethnic minority, where energy flow defines stillness and rest.
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