For chronic insomnia, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) differentiates and develops specific acupuncture treatments to alleviate the symptoms and underlying causes. The following are some of the manifestations of insomnia which acupressure can address:

• Restless sleep; tossing and turning, unpleasant dreams
• waking up during the night, mental restlessness, cannot lie down or sit
• Waking up during the night, dreaming a lot, often with nightmares, talking in one's sleep
• Difficulty falling asleep, palpitations, tiredness, poor appetite
• Waking up very early in the morning and being unable to fall asleep again, light sleep, dreaming a lot
• Difficulty in falling asleep, waking up during the night