Taking sleeping pills for a long time is not only harmful but also addictive. Chinese medicine also has its methods and effects in treating insomnia. Listen to what Chinese medicine says.

The Taiwan Province Sleep Medical Association released a sleep survey of China people, and found that the prevalence rate of chronic insomnia in China was 19.3%, which was equal to 1 person in every five insomnia people. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, China people take as many as 327 million sleeping pills every year, which shows that most people today have serious sleep problems. It seems that sleeping pills are the main way to treat insomnia. However, if you take too many sleeping pills, you will not only become addicted, but also have symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dizziness, dry mouth, stomachache, blurred vision, memory loss or confusion, hallucinations, irritability, sleepwalking and so on. You must be very careful when using them.

Then, if you don't want to take sleeping pills, are there any other methods to treat insomnia? Chen Chaozong, honorary chairman of Taipei Chinese Medicine Association, pointed out that Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia can not only solve problems by adjusting physical fitness, but also solve problems including sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and sleep disorders and narcolepsy caused by depression.

Chinese medicine calls insomnia "insomnia", "insomnia" and "lying down", which refers to a disease characterized by frequent failure to get normal sleep. Chen Chaozong said that people who are generally not troubled by insomnia can fall asleep about 30 minutes after going to bed, but if they have mild insomnia, they need 1 hour to fall asleep; If you lie in bed for more than 1 hour and still can't sleep, it belongs to moderate insomnia; If you are uneasy or shallow after falling asleep, it takes more than 2 hours to fall asleep, which is a severe insomnia; As for the most serious insomnia, it may be accompanied by palpitations, forgetfulness, and it is easy to wake up when sleeping, or once you wake up after falling asleep, you will fall into sleep disorder and stay awake for a long time.

Four types of insomnia have their own prescriptions.

Chen Chaozong analyzes the causes of insomnia, and there are usually four kinds:

It's easy to wake up when you have many dreams and shallow sleep.

The main symptom of this kind of patients is dreaminess, which means that they are easily woken up by external noise, and it is often difficult to fall asleep once they wake up. Chinese medicine believes that such patients suffer from insomnia due to liver blood deficiency. Liver governs the dirty soul, and sufficient liver blood leads to dirty soul, while liver blood deficiency leads to more souls. In the treatment, for people who dream a lot, sleep lightly and wake up easily, herbs such as Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Semen Cuscutae and Radix Morindae Officinalis will be supplemented to stabilize the body and blood and reduce insomnia.

Physical and mental stress leads to poor sleep.

If you are an office worker with heavy work pressure and busy things during the day, the most common situation is that you can't sleep even if you are very tired, no matter day or night, even if you have the opportunity to catch up on sleep. The main manifestation of this kind of patients is irritability. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, "I can't sleep every day because my kidney doesn't value my heart;" People who can't sleep at night, the heart is not in the kidney. "The reason is that the heart and kidney can't cooperate with each other, which leads to impetuousness in the body. In the treatment, coptis root is used to reduce fire, cinnamon is used to warm kidney, ginseng is used to replenish qi, and yellow earth is used to nourish kidney yin, so that the heart and kidney can intersect and sleep better.

Worrying all day, worrying is unfounded.

There is another kind of patients who often worry too much, often unable to sleep peacefully because they are worried about this and that, vulnerable to typhoons, earthquakes or major social events, and worried that they will encounter disasters in their sleep. Chen Chaozong believes that such patients are caused by insufficient bile. Because bile belongs to shaoyang meridian, it is the intersection of heart and kidney. If the bile is weak and the heart and kidney can't meet, it is easy to cause fright and sleep. Therefore, in the treatment, drugs such as Gan Dan Yi Tang, fried jujube kernel, polygala tenuifolia and Radix Paeoniae Alba will be used to supplement the liver and gallbladder and enhance bile.

Strong negative emotions and frequent depression.

Insomnia patients with liver depression and fire hyperactivity are particularly prone to depression, and their negative emotions are very strong, so they often worry too much to sleep. Chinese medicine believes that depression is the cause of stagnation of liver qi in the body. Poor liver qi, uneasy mind. Therefore, it is necessary to use drugs that tonify liver blood to relieve dryness. The commonly used prescription is Runzao Jiaoxin Decoction, and the drugs are Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Angelicae Sinensis for nourishing liver blood, Radix Rehmanniae for tonifying kidney blood, Radix Scrophulariae for clearing heart fire, Radix Bupleuri and Rhizoma Acori Calami for soothing liver and relieving depression.

Insomnia should be treated according to TCM syndrome differentiation according to various types, and it should be coordinated with the improvement of daily routine to achieve the best effect. Doctors classify ten lifestyles as auxiliary methods.

10 lifestyle, successfully repelling insomnia.

Don't stay up late, reduce the time for sleep during the day. Staying up late means putting back the physiological clock of sleep. If you want to sleep, you will lose sleep. In other words, sleeping too much during the day makes it difficult to sleep at night. Therefore, you must reduce the time of taking a nap or catching up on sleep during the day and avoid staying up late to make the quality of sleep better at night.

Don't do strenuous exercise within 2 hours of sleep.

Although moderate exercise is helpful to sleep, it is really inappropriate to do strenuous exercise such as running, long-distance running and tennis for 1 or 2 hours before going to bed, otherwise the central body temperature will rise, and it is not easy to fall asleep even if you are tired. Better exercise before going to bed is walking and stretching, which can relax the spirit.

The later you go, the less you drink coffee and tea drinks.

Most people know that caffeine is a refreshing drink. After drinking coffee, the central nervous system of the body will be active, adrenaline will rise and dopamine secretion will increase. It may be difficult to sleep peacefully at this time.

Don't eat too much for dinner.

Avoid eating too much or too late for dinner, because the feeling of bloating will affect the quality of sleep. If you feel hungry before going to bed, you can choose a small amount of food rich in tryptamine, such as hot milk and soybean milk, which will help you fall asleep.

Drink less water before going to bed.

If you are a frequent micturitor, try not to drink water after meals, so as not to affect your sleep because of excessive nocturia. As for middle-aged and elderly men, if they urinate frequently at night, it may be caused by prostatic hypertrophy, and they can go to urology for treatment.

Soaking feet before going to bed helps you sleep.

Taking a bath or soaking feet before going to bed can relieve the tension of the day. Studies have pointed out that the key to a good sleep is to lower the trunk temperature and keep your hands and feet warm. It is suggested that you can take a bath or soak your feet to warm your limbs within 2 hours before going to bed, or put on socks and use a warm bag to help you sleep.

Don't do anything except sleep in bed.

Reading, eating, playing mobile phone, etc. Will make insomnia more serious. Especially the bedroom environment should be as simple as possible. If there is a TV in the bedroom, it will interfere with sleep. If you have the habit of reading before going to bed, you can read some relaxing articles and reduce suspense story books, so as not to affect the quality of sleep.

Don't plan tomorrow's work in bed

Anxiety can make people uneasy, which is the taboo of sleep. Some people like to lie in bed and think about everything during the day, then think about the work plan for the next day, or hypnotize themselves to have a good sleep at night, but it often backfires. Reducing brain activity before going to bed is the key to help sleep.

Create a comfortable sleeping environment

Creating an environment conducive to sleep is an essential part, including sound, temperature, light, ventilation, bed pillow softness and so on. These all need to meet their own needs in order to really have a good sleep.

Acupoints to help sleep * * *

Chen Chaozong proposed acupoints that can help you sleep, including Shenmen, Neiguan, Insomnia and Baihui. A little before bed can help you fall asleep.

2 daozhu noodles cha

Yangxin Zhi Ding tea

Ingredients: longan 2 yuan, lily 2 yuan, Ziziphus jujuba seed 2 yuan, wheat 3 yuan, dried tangerine peel 2 yuan.

Exercise:

1. Stir-fry longan and Ziziphus jujuba seeds, and mash them for later use.

2. Prepare 1000c.c water, add all the medicinal materials, boil with strong fire for 10 minutes, and then take out the medicinal materials for drinking.

Efficacy: Longan can soothe the nerves and nourish, while Ziziphus jujuba seed has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves, especially for insomnia caused by heart, liver and blood deficiency; Suitable for people with difficulty in concentration, big mood swings and poor sleep products.

Taboo: People who are prone to broken mouth, bad breath, acne and constipation should avoid drinking alcohol.

Sanhua qinggan tea

Materials: Flos Chrysanthemi, Flos Lonicerae and Flos Jasmini sambac each1g.

Practice: soak all the medicinal materials in boiling water at 500c.c C. 15 minutes before drinking.

* The flower material is not resistant to boiling, and can be boiled for 10 minute.

Efficacy: Healthy liver helps to relax and fall asleep easily; Both chrysanthemum and jasmine have the functions of calming the nerves, nourishing and protecting the liver, and honeysuckle can detoxify and help clear the liver.

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