Chen Chaozong, honorary chairman of the Taipei Chinese Medicine Association, pointed out that in the hot summer, the heat is unbearable, and many people report that they don't sleep well, and often suffer from insomnia, dreaminess, early awakening, upset and fatigue. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is mainly caused by impatience and irritability.
Nourishing the heart and helping sleep in summer lies in nourishing the yang.
Especially in summer, sweating a lot is easy to increase the burden on the heart. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that sweat is the liquid of the heart, and sweat and blood are homologous. Heart governs blood vessels, and there is also a saying that body fluid is the material basis for sweating. In summer, the sun's spirit is extremely strong, and the summer evil causes trouble, and the heat consumes gas, which is easy to hurt the human body's sun's spirit. Coupled with the hot weather, eating cold products is even more sad.
According to the ancient book Huangdi Neijing: "Spring and summer are yang, autumn and winter are yin". Heart belongs to yang and viscera, and governs Yang Qi. Heart yang can promote blood circulation, nourish the whole body and regulate sweat, all of which are inseparable from the important role of Happy Yang. Therefore, keeping in good health in summer focuses on nourishing yang, and nourishing yang focuses on nourishing heart, which is also the reason why the term "nourishing heart in summer" came into being.
A coup to end insomnia by nourishing the heart and tonifying the feet
Chen Chaozong emphasized that insomnia is also called "insomnia", "sleepless" and "sleepless" in Chinese medicine. The main reasons are emotional (mental), insufficient diet or qi and blood, excessive heart fire, poor liver function and other internal factors, coupled with irregular work and rest, leading to insomnia and other symptoms.
1. Calm down: As the saying goes, "Calm down naturally and cool down". In hot summer, it is not easy to calm down and keep calm. In fact, the hotter the weather, the more you need to adjust your mind to calm yourself down, and you will often feel upset, lose appetite and be impatient and anxious, so you must avoid overeating.
Suggestion: Do more quiet things on weekdays, such as painting, calligraphy, listening to music, playing chess, planting flowers and fishing. And try to keep your spirit quiet and feel comfortable to nourish your mind.
2. Bitter taste: You can eat bitter gourd, lotus plumule and other ingredients properly, clear away heat and purge fire, and relieve insomnia and irritability caused by heart fire.
3. Hypnotic food:
A. Various fruits and vegetables, such as green peppers, sweet peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, cherries, grapes, etc. , not only contains vitamin C, but also contains other antioxidants and polyphenols, which helps to scavenge free radicals in the body and reduce the oxidative stress of the body.
B. Take calcium from black sesame seeds, milk and other foods to help stabilize mood and relax muscles.
C bananas are rich in minerals such as potassium and magnesium, which also helps to calm nerves and avoid cramps.
D drink more sugar-free soybean milk, which contains tryptamine acid, which can help synthesize serotonin and make people sleep well.
Health/health care for promoting sleep 3 points:
1. Shenmen point: located in the transverse striation of the wrist, extending from the little finger of the hand to the tendon depression at the end of the palm root.
Efficacy: It can soothe the nerves, relieve anxiety and improve insomnia.
2. Fengchi point: there is a depression at the hairline under the occipital bone.
Efficacy: Relieve top-heaviness, eye fatigue, neck pain and insomnia.
3. Baihui point: the tips of two ears go straight to the center of the head.
Efficacy: calming the liver, calming the wind, calming the nerves, awakening the mind, and improving Yang Qi.
* * * Method: Thumb pressing 10 times, 2-3 times a day, alternately pressing the fingertips of the left and right hands can improve insomnia.
Sleep tea/Ziziphus jujuba seed soup
Chen Chaozong, a Chinese medicine doctor, suggested that people with sleep problems can buy some Chinese herbal medicines for both medicine and food and cook them at home to make tea.
Ingredients: Semen Ziziphi Spinosae (mashed) 12g, Bulbus Lilii 10g, longan 5g, 500cc of water, boiled over medium fire and concentrated to 150cc, and taken 30 minutes before going to bed.
Efficacy: Yiqi Zhen Jing, soothe the nerves.
Chinese medicine believes that bitter taste enters the heart, and daily insomnia mostly occurs in summer. You can eat more bitter gourd to clear away heat, purge fire and help sleep. Most middle-aged women suffer from insomnia in summer, so they can drink Suanzaoren decoction to help them sleep and soothe their nerves on weekdays.