Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to the sleep problems of middle-aged and elderly people, because the worse the sleep quality, the more it will affect the health of the elderly. Long-term insomnia not only brings great pain to the elderly, but more importantly, it will endanger their lives. So what about insomnia in the elderly? Here's a brief introduction to the diet therapy for insomnia in middle-aged and elderly people:

-longan porridge

Take 30 grams of longan, 5 jujubes and 60 grams of japonica rice and cook them. Longan meat contains a variety of vitamins and other nutrients, which can not only nourish and strengthen the body, but also calm and prevent insomnia.

-Lily in syrup

Take lily 100g, put a proper amount of white sugar into the pot, add 500ml of water, and cook until the lily is ripe. Be sure to eat it warm. Lily is sweet, tonic, calming the heart, slightly cold and non-toxic, and white sugar has the best effect on insomnia.

-Longan lotus porridge

Longan meat nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes blood and calms the nerves; Lotus seeds nourish the spleen, heart and kidney. Take 20 grams of longan pulp, 30 grams of lotus seeds and 0/00 grams of rice/kloc. Boil lotus seed paste, longan pulp and rice into porridge and take it two hours before going to bed. It is especially suitable for insomnia patients with heart and spleen deficiency, palpitation, forgetfulness, mental fatigue, limb weakness and loose stool.

-Suanzaoren Soup

Mashing Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and San Qian, decocting in water, and taking one hour before going to bed every night. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae can inhibit the central nervous system and has a continuous sedative effect. It has a good effect on anxiety, insomnia or palpitation caused by blood deficiency.

-anshen decoction

Steam raw lily for five yuan, add an egg yolk, stir well with 200 ml of water, add a little rock sugar, boil and stir well with 50 ml of cold water, and drink one hour before going to bed.

-Meditation soup

Take longan pulp and San Qian from Sichuan Danshen respectively, fry them in two bowls of water into half bowls, and take them 30 minutes before going to bed. Can achieve the effect of sedation, especially suitable for insomnia patients with insufficient heart blood.

-Sanwei Shuitang

Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, San Qian, Radix Ophiopogonis, and Radix Polygalae, one yuan each, decocted in 500 ml of water into 50 ml, and taken before going to bed. All the above three drugs have the effects of calming the nerves, calming the heart and calming the nerves, and the mixed use has the effect of hypnosis.

-Yangxin porridge

Take 35g of Codonopsis pilosula, 0g of jujube10g, 0g of Ophiopogon japonicus10g, 0g of Poria cocos10g, put them into 2000ml of water, fry them to 500ml, remove residues, cook them with washed rice and water, and add brown sugar when the rice is ripe. It has obvious curative effect on patients with rapid heartbeat, forgetfulness, insomnia and dreaminess.

The above article is what I will introduce to you today, and the food recommendation to help the elderly sleep. Insomnia really hurts the body and mind, especially the elderly whose resistance is not as good as that of young people. Sleep quality is more important. I hope my reply can help the elderly friends with insomnia!