There is a saying that "spring is sleepy, autumn is short, and winter is short." When the seasons change, the human body changes from hiding to hair, and blood gas increases. If you are a person with dual cultivation of qi and blood, you will quickly adapt to this change and won't feel anything.
There are two kinds of people, insufficient blood gas, who are prone to symptoms of spring sleepiness, mainly because the Yang Can in the body can't keep up with the yang outside. Spring sleepiness was originally just a physiological reaction of the body. If the situation is not too bad, you can use diet first, and both types of people have their own emphasis.
The first type: spleen deficiency
This kind of people are more troublesome, mainly manifested as fatigue, lethargy, heavy head, dizziness, and some even nausea and loss of appetite. Generally, the tongue coating is thick and greasy, the tongue quality is light, and tooth marks can be seen.
Spleen deficiency can not transport water and dampness, which in turn aggravates the symptoms of spleen deficiency. External dampness and internal dampness, internal and external harmony, aggravate the symptoms of spring sleepiness. In Guangdong, there are many people with spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness constitution.
Countermeasures: You can use lean meat and pig bones, and you can choose Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Poria and other medicinal materials to make soup. This medicated diet is mainly for strengthening the spleen.
The second type: hyperactivity of liver function.
It is advisable to soothe the liver in spring, but if the liver fire is high at ordinary times, such as impatience, palpitation, insomnia, dizziness, headache, etc. At this time, it is also easy to feel sleepy because of physical weakness.
It is worth noting that hypertensive patients with damp-heat in liver and gallbladder and hyperactivity of liver fire are particularly prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Patients with hypertension have symptoms such as listlessness, laziness, dizziness, fatigue, and heavy limbs. Don't just think that it is spring sleep, but it may be a stroke.
Countermeasures: The food for clearing liver and purging fire can be edible wax gourd, Chinese cabbage, white radish, cold melon and so on.
Except for the two types of people with spleen deficiency and liver hyperactivity, all of us should conform to the laws of nature, regain our vitality and spend a warm spring.
General methods to solve spring sleepiness
Daily life: go to bed early and get up early.
Chinese medicine experts said that the best way to overcome the "spring sleep" is to follow the laws of natural changes of the human body, abide by the principles of spring health preservation, go to bed early and get up early to ensure a certain amount of sleep time. But don't sleep late, otherwise it will cause people's inertia. The more you sleep, the more sleepy you get, and the lazier you sleep. Especially don't stay up late. Staying up late will only aggravate the spring sleepiness.
Exercise: Appropriate exercise
Learning to use the brain scientifically in spring is conducive to eliminating "spring sleep". When the brain is not clear and painful, we should put down our work, listen to music, enjoy flowers and plants, and do gymnastics to give the left hemisphere a proper rest. More importantly, exercise can make the brain with the largest oxygen consumption replenish nutrition in time, which is beneficial to relieve fatigue. Exercise in the morning.
Sleepiness in spring is a physiological phenomenon.
Spring sleepiness is not a disease, but a temporary physiological phenomenon caused by natural climate change and rising temperature. In this environment, the blood vessels in all parts of the human body are dilated, and the blood supply to the brain is relatively small, so it is easy to feel sleepy.
In winter, due to the lack of ultraviolet rays and sunlight, the body lacks enough vitamin D, which reduces the body's immunity and working ability. In addition, the intake of vitamins is also less, so spring is coming, and most of the body functions are in a semi-lethargic state.
Under normal circumstances, it is enough for adults to sleep about eight hours a day. Too long sleep time changes the normal cycle of sleep and awakening, makes the circadian rhythm of human body disorder, and makes the brain in a state of inhibition for a long time. At the same time, sleeping in the middle of the night is a light sleep state, and even sleeping late can't solve the problem of drowsiness. The brain is in charge of sleep cells, and you will still feel dizzy and uncomfortable after waking up. That's why some people get more and more sleepy.
The ancients had ingenious ways to solve difficulties.
In ancient times, people had a unique way to solve the drowsiness in spring. Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, has such a passage in the classic of Chinese medicine "Ming of keeping in good health": "When you sleep in the sea, the clouds and drums sound, and when you sleep in the shade, your body is clear. It is difficult for evil spirits to attack themselves, and the essence comes from the whole body. Among them, there are two ways to solve the spring sleep.
One is "singing clouds and beating drums", that is, vibrating ears.
The principle is that the kidney begins to understand the ear. If there is something wrong with the function of the kidney, it will first be reflected in the ear. By protecting the ear, the strong function of the ear can be enhanced, and the functions of protecting and strengthening the kidney, effectively astringing the air, tonifying the kidney qi, calming the nerves and helping sleep can be achieved. It has a direct effect on protecting hearing, avoiding premature tinnitus and deafness, and preventing premature aging of human auditory system. The method is to cover your ears with your palms, and pat the back of your head alternately with your middle finger and forefinger. The right time is 9- 1 1 at night. Once a night, each time 15-20 minutes.
There is also a kind of "gargle Yujin", which means slurping saliva.
"Yujin is another name for saliva. Sun Simiao believes that saliva is nourishing and related to people's life span. Its secretion is mainly carried out in the awake state, with a peak at noon and during meals, and almost no secretion at night. Washing Yujin in the morning can invigorate qi, refresh oneself, protect teeth, prevent tooth decay and sterilize. Therefore, people often feel thirsty after getting up in the morning. Some people take drinking a cup of cold boiled water in the morning as a health preserving method, which is not unreasonable, and has a source relationship with Sun Shi's method of "washing Yujin" before getting up. The method is to close your lips, spit and rinse your mouth repeatedly with your tongue, and then swallow it slowly. The appropriate time is Yin Shi, that is, 3-5 am. Once a day, 5-7 mouthfuls each time.
Get up early, loosen your buttons, spread your hair, relax and walk slowly. At the same time, choose gentle and soothing activities, move joints and stretch limbs.
Conclusion: Spring sleepiness is a natural phenomenon, not a disease, but it is definitely uncomfortable for people who are often sleepy, and it prefers these two types of people, such as spleen deficiency and liver fire, so if you are in this constitution, you must be careful. In fact, there are many ways to deal with spring sleep, and Chinese medicine also has many coup.