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First, why do people sleep?
Why do people sleep? How does TCM explain the mechanism of sleep?
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. This is the explanation of sleep mechanism by Chinese medicine.
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.
Second, sleep problems.
1, insomnia
Why do people suffer from insomnia?
In today's society, the first cause of insomnia is heart-kidney disharmony. If a person's heart is inflamed and the kidney goes underwater, it will form the image of separation of heart and kidney, which will cause people to want to sleep at night, be particularly tired during the day and have heavy legs. 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 it is not clear to use these drugs. ...