Poor sleep for a long time will lead to fatigue, listlessness, inattention, unresponsiveness, headache, anxiety and other symptoms, which will affect our life, work and study. In severe cases, it will lead to depression, anxiety, autonomic nervous dysfunction and other problems, and may further induce diseases such as cardiovascular system and digestive system. Some people even form a long-term dependence on sleeping pills, which has a considerable impact on health.
Normal people should be particularly energetic during the day and particularly sleepy at night. It's called a camp guard tour. People are old, weak in qi and blood, muscular atrophy, dry airway and lack of vitality. During the day, they are not energetic and sleepy. At night, they are not energetic and can't sleep. This is the explanation of sleep mechanism by Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human body surface is full of qi, just like the guards around the human body, who are famous for defending qi. They keep moving around the human body surface. During the day, Wei Qi moves in the yang part of the human body, and at night Wei Qi moves in the pudendal part, that is, in the yin meridian. As soon as the yang enters the yin meridian, people want to sleep. Wei Qi walked through the Yin Meridian. When he left the Yin Meridian, people would wake up.
Why do others suffer from insomnia? To put it simply, there are three reasons from the perspective of Chinese medicine: first, lack of qi and blood, second, disharmony between heart and kidney, and third, disharmony between stomach.
There is a saying in Chinese medicine that the middle energizer collects qi, and the middle energizer is our spleen and stomach. Blood is a kind of energy, representing a kind of kinetic energy, which is distributed everywhere for human needs. We often talk about blood tonic, but eating a lot of so-called blood tonic may not be of much use. The best way is to eat well. If the blood is insufficient and cannot be effectively transfused to the brain, the brain will suffer from insomnia due to ischemia.
Chinese medicine believes that if a person's heart is inflamed and kidney water goes down, it will form the image of separation of heart and kidney. The separation of heart and kidney will make people want to sleep at night, especially tired during the day, and their legs are particularly heavy. Insomnia caused by disharmony between heart and kidney is difficult to treat. In the past, a few doses of Suanzaoren Decoction and Wendan Decoction could be cured, but now the effect of using these drugs is not obvious. Because people's lives are much more complicated now than in ancient times, many people's insomnia is related to staying up late for a long time. After staying up late for a long time, the heart and kidneys gradually fail, leading to insomnia.
In ancient China, people paid attention to not eating after noon, that is, they only ate two meals a day, one at 90: 00 in the morning, one at 4: 00 in the afternoon, and no meals at night. If you eat too much at night, it will also cause insomnia. When people breathe, gas is used for sleeping and digesting food. If you eat too much at night, your qi will be blocked by the middle energizer, and Yang Can can't lose to your brain, which will lead to insomnia.
How to recuperate insomnia? Chinese medicine often divides insomnia into several types according to the deficiency of cold and heat, and the specific health care methods are different.
It is often improper diet, eating too much greasy oil or drinking too much, which leads to phlegm heat disturbing the mind; It is characterized by insomnia, dreaminess, easy to wake up, and may be accompanied by symptoms such as irritability, heavy head, dry mouth, chest tightness, cough and excessive phlegm.
Conditioning is mainly based on harmonizing stomach, resolving phlegm and clearing heat, nourishing heart and calming nerves; Diet should be light, eat 70% full, so as not to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. You can eat more fruits and vegetables, such as Sydney, white radish, wax gourd, celery, bitter gourd and so on.
Most of them are caused by fatigue or physical weakness after illness, which is characterized by difficulty in falling asleep, dreaminess and irritability; Most of them are accompanied by dizziness, palpitation, memory loss, sallow complexion and fatigue.
Conditioning is mainly based on strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart. Usually you can eat more red dates, lotus seeds, codonopsis pilosula, angelica, longan pulp, ganoderma lucidum and other foods. Pay attention to strengthen nutrition, proper physical exercise and enhance physical fitness.
Most of them are born of anger and boredom; It is characterized by bad mood or impatience, insomnia and dreaminess, anxiety, frequent sighing and sleepless nights; Or accompanied by dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes and bitter taste, chest pain, dry mouth, yellow urine and so on.
Conditioning is mainly to soothe the liver and relieve depression, regulate emotions, talk to family and friends, and relieve emotions; Take part in outdoor sports and eat lotus seeds, plums, lemons, oranges, lilies, roses, bananas and other foods.
Most of them are caused by physical weakness, staying up late, fatigue and yin injury; It is characterized by weakness in the waist and knees, upset, insomnia and dreaminess; Often accompanied by dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth, memory loss, five upset and hot symptoms.
Conditioning is mainly based on nourishing yin and reducing fire, nourishing heart and calming nerves; Stay up late less, avoid overwork and eat less spicy food; Eat more food such as lily, tremella, Sydney, sesame, Adenophora adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum, Ophiopogon japonicus and Dendrobium.
The above is the classification and nursing methods of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as some health, diet and nursing skills of insomnia. If you don't understand anything, you can discuss it with me in detail and treat you. I hope everyone can stay healthy and sleep peacefully!