Lying on your side is a sleeping position that many people usually take, and it is easy to turn to lying on your back. Because the liver meridian is on both sides of the human body, when lying on the side, whether lying on the left side or the right side, it can nourish liver qi. Because when people lie on their side, blood will naturally flow to the liver meridian, "the liver governs the storage of blood." As soon as the blood enters the liver meridian, the human body can sleep quietly and start the hematopoietic function for one day. When lying on your side, make sure that the pillow can give you enough support for your shoulders. If the pillow is too low, the head will tilt downward; If the pillow is too high, the head will be stretched uncomfortably; Pillows that are too high and too low are very uncomfortable. This is why doctors like to emphasize the use of pillows of the right size.
In order to make your side lying more comfortable and reduce the pressure on your body as much as possible, it is suggested that you try to find another pillow between your knees to keep your legs and hips at an appropriate distance, which is more conducive to relaxing your back.
When lying on the left side, your legs are slightly bent, which is beneficial to relax your body and help to eliminate fatigue. But the heart is located between the left and right lungs in the chest, and the outlets from the stomach to the duodenum and from the small intestine to the large intestine are on the left. Therefore, lying on the left side not only compresses the heart, but also compresses the gastrointestinal tract and slows down gastric emptying.
Chinese medicine believes that the correct sleeping position should be lying on the right side with legs slightly bent. In this way, the heart is high and not oppressed; Low liver position and good blood supply are beneficial to metabolism; Food in the stomach is pushed to the duodenum by gravity, which can promote digestion and absorption. At the same time, the whole body is in a relaxed state, breathing evenly, the heartbeat slows down, and the brain, heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, muscles and bones are fully rested and supplied with oxygen.
The advantages of sleeping on the side are as follows: 1. It can replenish qi and blood and increase hematopoietic function. When the human body lies on its side, whether it is lying on the left side or the right side, it can nourish the liver qi, because the liver meridian is on both sides of the human body. 2. Prevent the occurrence of stiff neck. Sleeping on one's side can make blood flow smoothly between neck and neck. Getting up the next day will not cause neck pain and other symptoms because of stiff neck. Pay attention to the height of the pillow when sleeping on your side, neither too high nor too low to avoid neck discomfort.