Sleepiness often dozes off mostly because of spleen deficiency!

A Wen, a 28-year-old urban white-collar worker, often works overtime and his life rhythm is disrupted. Recently, Gao Jiawen has no energy to work, especially at 9- 1 1 in the morning. He is particularly sleepy and often yawns. I am also lazy on weekends and don't go out to exercise. I often sleep until the next afternoon.

For office workers who work in most of our cities, do many people like Arvin? Sitting in front of the computer all day at work is easy to get tired, often sleepy, and the body also has problems such as cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis. So, what causes fatigue and lethargy at work, and how to solve it?

Causes of fatigue and drowsiness

Being sleepy and often dozing off is mostly due to spleen deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, which will cause deficiency of qi and blood in the case of spleen deficiency, and insufficient nutrition in the head will lead to fatigue and lethargy.

Back in Gao Jiawen, I felt sleepy as soon as I got to work in the morning. Dr. Cao Zhongyao from Guangzhou Zhengan Yiguang said that it was easy to feel sleepy at 9- 1 1 in the morning, which was caused by spleen deficiency. This period of time is the season of spleen meridian, and the spleen governs transportation and transformation, which is equivalent to the digestive system of modern medicine.

People with spleen deficiency have relatively poor spleen transport function. Digestion and metabolism are needed after breakfast, which will increase the burden on the spleen after meals. At this time, the spleen will be more weak. The body needs to mobilize more energy to support the transportation of the spleen, so the qi and blood (energy) distributed to other zang-fu organs and the brain will be reduced. In other words, the oxygen and blood supply to the brain will be insufficient, and fatigue, fatigue and drowsiness will occur at this time.

Dr. Pan Yibo also said that the south is low in altitude, low in mountains and thin in soil. Spleen belongs to soil. According to the theory of correspondence between man and nature, the southern soil is thin, and the corresponding southern Renye Fang is prone to spleen deficiency, which has indeed been verified in clinical and real life. Therefore, compared with northerners, southerners have more people with spleen deficiency.

Another reason for being sleepy is humidity. So, what is moisture? Where does the moisture come from?

Moisture is also called dampness evil, which is a kind of yin evil and will damage Yang Qi. After moisture invades the human body, people will feel sleepy and always want to sleep. There will also be fatigue, loss of appetite and even nausea and retching.

Humidity is divided into external humidity and internal humidity. External humidity is caused by external humidity, and external humidity is the humidity of nature. Internal dampness is often caused by poor spleen transport and transformation, which is caused by the human body itself. The pathogenic factors of external dampness and internal dampness are essentially the same, both of which are spleen and stomach weakness.

The prevention of external dampness is mainly to keep the environment dry, "virtual evil steals wind and sometimes avoids it"; To prevent internal dampness, on the one hand, it is to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, on the other hand, it is to eat less cold food, wine is damp and hot, and avoid drinking too much to prevent internal dampness.

Other reasons are related to living habits and ways, such as playing mobile phones for too long, which will make people more and more sleepy; There's too much pressure. If you don't have a good rest at night, you will feel sleepy. People who lack exercise are sloppy and sleepy.

People with spleen deficiency, how to recuperate?

Food is the most important thing for the people. People with spleen deficiency can eat more spleen-strengthening foods, such as brown rice, yam, white lentils and coix seed, which can be eaten alone or in combination with each other.

Brown rice: sweet, warm, sweet into the spleen. Eating brown rice can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. People with spleen deficiency will have thin stools. Crude fiber in brown rice can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation and improve loose stool's symptoms. If you are a person with heavy moisture, you can also add glutinous rice and yam to cook porridge.

Yam: Sweet and flat, it has the function of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach. Starch glucoamylase contained in yam can decompose starch and promote digestion. Used for spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite, etc. It is a good product for both medicine and food.

White lentils: sweet, slightly warm, can invigorate qi and strengthen the spleen, but also eliminate dampness, and the drug is mild. Stir-fried or boiled porridge with white lentils is suitable for people with spleen deficiency.

Coix seed: Coix seed, sweet and light in taste, slightly cold in nature, has the function of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. You can use 50 grams of rice, 30 grams of barley, and add appropriate amount of sugar to cook barley porridge.

People with moisture, how to get rid of it?

Sleepiness, fatigue, heavy head, thick and greasy tongue coating, fat tongue, pale color, and sometimes tooth marks (tooth marks) on the tongue are typical manifestations of heavy moisture. If you have the above symptoms, you should get rid of them quickly.

First, moxibustion to eliminate dampness.

Moxibustion is to ignite moxa sticks and stimulate human acupoints with the heat of pure yang fire through certain techniques, thus stimulating the qi of meridians in the body and promoting the operation of qi and blood. It can warm channels and activate collaterals, dispel cold and relieve pain, and is beneficial to expel moisture and heat toxicity from the body. Moxibustion at Guanyuan, Zhongwan and Zusanli points can play a good role in eliminating dampness.

Second, medicinal diet eliminates dampness.

If your body is wet, you can eat more foods with dampness-removing function. In addition to the above-mentioned coix seed, yam and white lentils, you can also add rice or millet with red beans, Poria, lotus seeds and winter melon peel to cook porridge or soup to help strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness.

Third, exercise to eliminate dampness.

Kinetic energy generates yang, and sweat can dispel dampness. Proper exercise can replenish yang, and at the same time, moisture can be excreted through sweat. You can choose corresponding sports according to your own situation, such as running, badminton, mountain climbing and so on. Or practice Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin and six-character tactics.

Fourth, meridian dryness and dampness.

Massage important points of human body, dredge channels and collaterals, and help to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Usually massage Zusanli, Fenglong, Zhongwan and so on. Before going to bed, you can soak your feet with hot water and massage the springs on your feet. Appropriate amount of Notopterygium Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Rhizoma Atractylodis and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae can be added into hot water to remove dampness.

If you are tired and sleepy at work, besides strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, you should also pay attention to the rules of work and rest, go to bed as early as possible, and don't stay up late. You can also drink some Tieguanyin, mint chrysanthemum tea and so on. Refresh one's mind and eliminate fatigue.