Many studies have shown that sleep quality is closely related to chronic kidney disease. Studies abroad have found that compared with those who sleep for 78 hours, people who sleep for 5 hours a night have a significantly increased risk of proteinuria, a faster decline in renal function, and an increased risk of renal failure and death. Therefore, a good sleep helps to prevent the development of chronic kidney disease.
Patient Li xx, male, 60 years old, suffered from fatigue, loss of appetite, dysuria and severe edema in his legs two years ago due to long-term poor sleep. Go to the hospital for examination and diagnose kidney disease. The doctor prescribed some western medicine and took it first. After taking it for about half a year, it only eased, but there was no obvious improvement. Because taking western medicine for a long time has great side effects on the body. So the patient tried to recuperate with Chinese medicine. There is a famous old Chinese doctor in the local area. Chinese medicine has prescribed a prescription to decoct soup every day, one dose a day. Stick to it for more than a year. After going to the hospital for reexamination, the indexes of nephropathy are almost close to the normal value, and the nephropathy has been well controlled. And the patient's sleep has also been greatly improved. Among them, the traditional Chinese medicines in the prescription are deer grass, astragalus root, wolfberry fruit and so on.
According to Shennong's Materia Medica, Luyuan grass grows in northern China and is a valuable medicinal material. It has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang, and can turn the yang of kidney back. Known as "kidney yang grass" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, it plays a vital role. At the same time, Astragalus membranaceus is a qi-promoting drug, which can promote qi, make the whole body qi flow smoothly, make Lycium barbarum sweet and nourish liver and kidney.
Some patients also said that they often suffer from insomnia, dreaminess, easy to wake up at night, lack of sleep at night and lack of energy during the day. So how to improve the quality of sleep?
Causes of insomnia: imbalance of yin and yang, hyperactivity of yang.
Chinese medicine believes that the human body should carry out various activities during the day, and its mind is in a relatively sober state. One of the main factors that promote the human body to carry out various life activities is the yang in the body. Sufficient yang can ensure energy. At night, the yang will gradually converge to the yin. At this time, the yang will drop and the yin will rise, which will make people feel sleepy. If the yang can't intersect with the yin, and the yang is still strong when sleeping, you will naturally be unable to sleep, which is insomnia. Show in:
1, heart and kidney do not cross. Before going to bed at night, the blood in my heart and some vitality should meet my kidney. However, if the heart and kidney do not intersect for some special reasons, it will also affect the intersection and transformation of yin and yang.
2, lack of blood. Sometimes the human body is deficient in qi and blood, and the zang-fu organs can't play their corresponding functions. If the spleen and stomach are weak, it will lead to deficiency of qi and blood, and blood can't reach the head, which is easy to cause mental excitement and insomnia.
3. Mental stress. If the mental stress is too great at ordinary times, you will think a lot before going to bed and often feel anxious, which will also greatly affect the quality of sleep. I can't sleep for a long time, and even if I fall asleep, I wake up very easily.
Ways to improve sleep
1, work and rest regularly, don't stay up late. Go to bed early and get up early to avoid staying up late. Clinically, it is found that renal function deterioration in patients with nephropathy who often stay up late is more obvious than that in normal sleepers.
2. Sleep time management. Lack of sleep will hurt the kidneys, but too much sleep will also affect the kidneys. Studies have shown that patients with chronic kidney disease lack sleep (5 hours) and sleep too much (> 8 hours) will increase the risk of renal failure. It is advisable to sleep for 7-8 hours every day.
3, nap to make up for sleep. When the quality of sleep is poor at night, you should make up your sleep during your lunch break, but don't take a nap for too long, which will easily affect your normal sleep at night. In order to give food enough time for digestion and absorption, you should fall asleep half an hour after meals, and the nap time should be controlled at 10 30 minutes.
4. Actively treat complications. Common complications of kidney diseases, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and infection, will affect the quality of sleep to some extent. While treating nephropathy, complications should also be controlled.
5. Correct the bad habit of snoring. Long-term snoring is a disease, medically known as "obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome" (SAS). Snoring can not only cause repeated apnea and increased nocturia, but also cause daytime sleepiness, fatigue and headache. It will also cause kidney hypoxia and directly damage renal function.
6. Moderate exercise. Exercise not only helps to strengthen physical fitness and improve immunity, but also helps to relieve various negative emotions of tension and anxiety, which greatly promotes sleep. Doing some exercise properly at ordinary times can make the body full of qi and blood and ensure normal operation. Qi and blood can reach the head and heart, promote the normal function of nerves, and help soothe the nerves and help sleep.
7. medication. Patients with severe insomnia can be treated with drugs under the guidance of doctors without damaging renal function. The use of western medicine should start from a small dose and be closely monitored in order to find adverse reactions in time. Drinking a cup of warm water before going to bed also helps to relieve insomnia. If you add some drugs with sedative and sedative effects to the water, the effect will be better.
Hua Tuo's Qingnangjing recorded many medicinal materials, such as Poria cocos, Lily, Ziziphus jujuba seeds and so on. , can play a role in calming the nerves. Ziziphus jujuba seed is sweet and sour, which can soothe the nerves and replenish the brain, benefiting qi and concentrating; Lily can beauty beauty, strengthen the stomach and digestion, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves; Poria cocos can promote sleep, calm mood and improve restlessness.