New research reveals how a combination of acupuncture points and vitamin B1 beat estazolam, a benzodiazepine pharmaceutical medication that has anticonvulsant, antianxiety, sedative and muscle relaxant effects. The points used are commonly prescribed in TCM and are also not only indicated the treatment of insomnia but also “hysteria, irritability, palpitations, amnesia, absent mindedness, mania, dementia, epilepsy, seizures, hypochondriac pain, icteric sclera and jaundice.”