The Efficacy Study on Si Ni San Freeze-Dried Powder on Sleep Phase in Insomniac and Normal Rats

Table 3

The effect of Si-Ni-San freeze-dry powder on sleep phase in normal rats (𝑥  ± SD).

	𝑛	W	SWS1	SWS2	SWS	REMS	TST (min)
BG	15	165.93 ± 23.75	83.77 ± 20.04	14.97 ± 14.61	100.27 ± 21.68	3.80 ± 3.95	104.07 ± 23.75
SNSP	15	133.70 ± 30.95**	100.40 ± 29.97	28.67 ± 18.06*	129.07 ± 29.82**	8.73 ± 7.12*	136.30 ± 30.95**
SNSD	15	125.83 ± 30.42	98.33 ±25.21	22.17 ± 15.09*	118.51 ± 24.33**	7.89 ± 6.35*	120.26 ± 35.47*
THS	15	131.52 ± 20.33	88.84 ± 21.03	15.85 ± 15.32	120.35 ± 21.25	6.55 ± 2.78*	125.11 ± 18.58*

** 𝑃 < 0.01, *𝑃 < 0.05 versus BG: blank group; SNS: Si-Ni-San.
THS (melatonin) tui hei su (melatonin is a natural hypnotic substance that is deep within the brain-like echinacea size “the pineal gland secretion of an amine hormone, so some people call it the pineal gland”); SNSD Si-Ni-San decoction (SNSD: is hypnotic-sedative herbs).