How did the ancients keep fit by sleeping? Since ancient times, people in China have attached great importance to keeping in good health through sleep. There is a saying in the ancients that "if you can't find a sleeping pill, you can't find a fairy." In fact, the sleep problems faced by modern people are more serious, and we should pay more attention to sleep health. Let's take a look at how the ancients kept fit through sleep.

How did the ancients keep fit by sleeping? 1 1. Don't eat before going to bed.

Eating before going to bed will easily increase the burden on the stomach, which will not only affect sleep, but also cause harm to the body. If you feel hungry before going to bed, you should have a rest after eating. Breakfast should be early, lunch should be full, and dinner should be less. This is indeed a remarkable health care experience. If you eat in bed at night, it will be even worse.

Don't get angry before going to bed.

Any emotional change will cause qi and blood disorder, which will lead to insomnia and even illness. Therefore, don't get angry before going to bed and prevent any emotional excitement.

3. Don't worry about sleeping.

When you sleep, you must concentrate on sleeping quietly and don't think about things. The ancients said: "Sleep first, then sleep" is an important secret of sleep. If you still think about the trivial things of the day, the past or the future, or even worry and anxiety after sleeping, you will not only lose sleep, but also do more harm to your body than during the day.

4. You can't sleep on your back.

When sleeping, your knees bend sideways and your energy will not be scattered; When you wake up, stretch your activities and your blood will circulate. If you lie on your back, you are straight. "Uncomfortable" muscles can't relax, and hands are easy to put on the chest, which leads to dreaminess and affects breathing and heartbeat.

5. Don't look at the light while sleeping.

Sleeping with the light on will make your mind restless and make it difficult to sleep.

6. Sleeping and lying down can't talk.

Talking before going to bed will make you excited and active, affect your sleep and lead to insomnia.

7. Don't hide your face when you sleep.

Covering your face makes it difficult to breathe, and inhaling a lot of carbon dioxide exhaled by yourself is extremely harmful to your health.

8. Don't open your mouth when you sleep.

Breathing with your mouth open has many disadvantages, which are not only unsanitary, but also make your lungs vulnerable to cold air and dust, and your stomach is easy to chill.

9. Don't lean your head against the stove.

When the temperature is too high during sleep, it is easy to be pulled open after falling asleep, but it will catch cold.

10, don't lie in the wind.

The ancients thought that the wind was the length of all diseases, and it changed with the change. After sleeping, the human body's adaptability to environmental changes is reduced, and it is most vulnerable to wind and evil.

In order to improve your sleep quality, try the following methods.

1, the law of daily life

Our life should have certain rules. Modern scientific research has also proved that there is an accurate "biological clock" in the human body, which constantly regulates the process of human life activities. Chinese medicine also advocates different living arrangements in different seasons, such as "lying late and getting up early, striding to court" in spring; In summer, I pay attention to "lying at night and getting up early, never tired for a hundred days"; In autumn, it is required to "lie down early and get up early, and have fun with chickens"; In winter, we advocate "going to bed early and getting up late, waiting for the sun".

Only by forming the habit of falling asleep on time can we sleep peacefully at bedtime. In addition, washing your face, brushing your teeth and gargling before going to bed, especially washing your feet with hot water, is more helpful for sleep. Reading books, reading newspapers, drinking coffee, drinking tea and smoking before going to bed will all cause excitement and lead to insomnia.

2. Good sleeping environment

Neijing said: "If you are anxious, you will die; if you are quiet, you will hide." This tells us that it is easier to fall asleep only when you are calm. Excessive physical activity and mental activity before going to bed may cause insomnia. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people must be modest. Before going to bed, they need to get rid of selfish distractions and focus on "sleeping", which is the so-called "sleeping first". Only in this way can they sleep fast, safely and soundly.

3. Suitable room temperature

"Song of the Tenth Birthday" says: "At the age of seven, you have a huge nose and the air penetrates the window." The song says that the air should be fresh when you sleep. Even in winter, you should open the window to get some air before you go to bed. But we should pay attention to sleep and avoid the invasion of "cross flow" and "gap wind" In addition to these sleep requirements, we should also create conditions for sleep, such as soft and warm bedding, dim indoor light at night, appropriate temperature and humidity, and keeping quiet.

4. Pay attention to moderate work and rest

When a person lacks exercise and labor, it will be more difficult to fall asleep. On the contrary, when a person is too tired, it is difficult to fall asleep at once, so we should pay attention to moderate work and rest to ensure a good sleep. Especially after retirement, the mental and physical activities of the elderly are reduced, and they often can't sleep because of rest and improper rest. This requires the elderly to do some physical activities during the day, or take a walk for 20 to 30 minutes before going to bed, which can help them sleep.

How did the ancients keep fit by sleeping? 2 1, can't sleep.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is covered by five internal organs, which mainly produce sounds. When people lie down, their lungs will meet. If you talk at this time, it is easy to consume your lungs. "The five internal organs are like bells. If you don't hang, you won't ring." The lung is like a bell. If you don't hang it, you can't make a sound. In addition, talking before going to bed will make you excited and active, affect your sleep and lead to insomnia.

2. Lie down and don't cover your head.

This sentence comes from "A Thousand Daughters Should Be Prescribed": "If you don't cover your head on a winter night, you will live a long life." Sleeping with your head covered will affect the circulation of qi and blood, and it may lead to sweating on your head and mental relaxation, thus making the disease take advantage of it. Lying with your head covered will affect your breathing and reduce your sleep quality. So it makes sense to lie down. Therefore, it is also written in the Song of Three Sour Birthdays: "Sleeping at night does not cover your head."

Don't worry and get angry when sleeping.

You must be calm and steady when you sleep. If you are always thinking about the trivia of the day, the past and the future, or even worry and anxiety, you will not only lose sleep, but also do more harm to your body than during the day. Su Wen's Theory of Great Pain said: "Anger leads to anger, happiness leads to anger, sadness leads to anger, fear leads to anger, and thinking leads to anger." Any emotional change will cause disorder of qi and blood, which will lead to insomnia and even disease. Therefore, don't get angry before going to bed and prevent any emotional excitement.

4. Don't eat before going to bed

Eating before going to bed is easy to increase the burden on the stomach, which not only affects sleeping, but also hurts the spleen and stomach. If you feel hungry before going to bed, you should have a rest after eating. People often say, "Breakfast is better, lunch is full, and dinner is less." This is indeed a remarkable health care experience.

5. Don't look at the light while sleeping.

In Fang, it is said that sleeping under the light "makes the soul and the six gods uneasy", which makes the mind uneasy and makes it difficult to sleep.

6. Don't open your mouth when you sleep

Sun Simiao said, "Go to bed at night and keep your mouth shut" is the best way to stay active. Breathing with your mouth open has many disadvantages, which are not only unsanitary, but also make your lungs vulnerable to cold air and dust, and your stomach is easy to chill.

7. Don't lie in the wind.

The ancients believed that the wind was the root of all diseases, and the number of good deeds changed. After sleeping, the human body's adaptability to environmental changes is reduced, and it is most vulnerable to wind and evil. "Wretched Record" said, "Those who don't lie in the wind, fear head wind, leeward cough, shoulder wind and arm pain, and are good at taking pictures, although they don't suffer from the wind in summer."

8. Don't lie with your head facing the stove (heating).

"Trivial Record" said: "You can't lie by the fire first, for fear of damaging your brain." The head temperature is too high, and you will feel groggy after waking up. At the same time, it is easy to lift the quilt after falling asleep, but catch cold.

9, can't sleep in the north

Judging from the old saying, the original text says, "Don't lie north yet, which means to avoid Yin Qi." "One thousand dollars for the Party" also said: "Don't lie on your head and don't sleep on the north side of the wall." Why did the ancients avoid lying in the north? Quite simply, the north is cloudy. As a meeting of yang, when sleeping, the head is located in the north, which is easily disturbed. Especially in autumn and winter, the evil of cold easily comes from the north. If you enter the brain directly during sleep, it will easily lead to wind-cold headache and even affect the operation of qi and blood.

The orientation of the head during sleep is indeed a noteworthy problem. Sun Simiao advocated: "Ordinary people lie, facing east in spring and summer, and facing west in autumn and winter." That is, in spring and summer, the head sleeps in the east to meet the sun, and in autumn and winter, the head sleeps in the west to nourish the yin. If you are in trouble or need to supplement the yang, you can simply keep your head facing east, which is a good way to sleep. The Book of Rites Jade Algae requires "East Head", that is, sleeping in the East all the year round.