? Everyone wants to have a good dream at night and sleep until dawn, but now there are many people with sleep disorders who can't sleep at night, suffer from insomnia during the day and are exhausted, which brings a lot of inconvenience to our lives. Insomnia has become a common problem for us now. Obviously, we have a lot of time to go to bed early, but we toss and turn in bed and can't sleep. Or the quality of sleep is very low, and it is easy to wake up at night. The influence of these situations is that the mental state is not good during the day and the efficiency of work and study is reduced. Long-term insomnia not only seriously threatens people's health, but also brings great mental interference to insomniacs. So how should we treat insomnia? What about insomnia? What are the methods of treating insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine? What are the remedies for insomnia? Professor Bai Biao, an expert in traditional Chinese medicine, takes you to understand insomnia from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine!

Chinese medicine refers to insomnia as "insomnia" and "not lying down". According to Professor Bai Biao's different views on the causes, symptoms and pathogenesis of insomnia, insomnia can be divided into four categories.

? First, yin deficiency and blood deficiency

Etiology: Yin-blood deficiency is mostly caused by long-term illness and overwork, or excessive blood loss during childbirth, which leads to body fluid injury, yin deficiency, muscle and vein dystrophy, blood deficiency and liver wind moving internally, so insomnia symptoms appear.

Symptoms: people with yin-blood deficiency are prone to forgetfulness, and there will be symptoms of palpitations and limb convulsions; Yin deficiency can lead to night sweats and symptoms of irritability; In addition, because blood deficiency can't nourish the face, there will be a dull complexion.

Treatment: People with yin deficiency and blood deficiency should mainly nourish yin and replenish blood.

? Second, the heart is hot.

Etiology: most of these people turn into fire because of depression, or eat too much spicy and irritating food, which turns into fire for a long time, and the evil of fiery heat invades, leading to the imbalance of yin and yang in their hearts. Because the heart governs the blood and is in charge of people's spiritual activities.

The imbalance of yin and yang in the heart leads to the rise of blood heat, and people's minds are disturbed by heart fire, resulting in insomnia symptoms.

Symptoms: In addition to the symptoms of insomnia, excessive heart fire will be accompanied by symptoms such as upset, dry mouth, red tongue with sores, red tongue tip and thin white tongue coating. In addition, people with burning hearts can easily feel angry and depressed.

Treatment: People with strong heart fire usually try to eat as little greasy, spicy and irritating food as possible, and can eat some food with a clear heart fire. "Five flavors" have bitter taste, so you can eat more foods with bitter taste and clear fire, such as bitter gourd, almond, kudingcha and kale.

Third, stagnation of liver qi.

? Etiology: stagnation of liver qi is mostly caused by loss of liver qi. Among the five internal organs, the liver governs the discharge, which is related to the comfort of the whole body's qi. When the liver loses the release of qi, qi stagnation will occur, and people's mood will be depressed, which will lead to insomnia.

? Symptoms: Stagnation of liver qi not only leads to depression and insomnia, but also symptoms such as hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, chest tightness and sighing. In the long run, it will also lead to obesity, irregular menstruation, breast hyperplasia and even breast cancer.

? Treatment: The main principles of treatment should be soothing the liver and relieving depression, learning to adjust one's emotions, being less angry and less depressed. If you feel better, the liver qi will not stagnate.

? Fourth, deficiency of both heart and spleen.

? Etiology: Deficiency of heart and spleen refers to the coexistence of deficiency of heart and blood and weakness of temper. Overeating, overthinking, fatigue and long illness will all hurt people's temper. And excessive fatigue will also hurt efforts, lack of efforts, mental loss of support, but also cause insomnia.

? Symptoms: People with deficiency of both heart and spleen are characterized by sleep disorder. Besides falling asleep, they often dream and wake up easily. Accompanied by palpitation, forgetfulness, loss of appetite, fatigue, abdominal distension, loose stool and other symptoms.

? Treatment: the deficiency of both heart and spleen focuses on strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart.

? Knowing the cause of insomnia, you have to prescribe the right medicine. In daily life, forming the following good habits can also help you have a good sleep!

? 1. Sleep in a quiet environment and avoid drinking strong tea and coffee before going to bed;

? 2. Don't stay up late. The best detoxification time of liver and gallbladder is 165438+ 0 pm to 3 am. You need deep sleep and develop good sleep habits.

? 3. Before going to bed, you can put your hand on the lower abdomen and use abdominal breathing to shift your attention to the lower abdomen. You can count silently and speed up your sleep;

? 4. You can soak your feet with hot water before going to bed. It is better to have a little sweat on your forehead, which can promote blood circulation and improve sleep quality;

? 5. Emotional restraint, relieving anxiety and maintaining spiritual comfort;

? 6. Appropriate exercise, such as practicing Tai Ji Chuan, yoga, running, swimming, etc.