1, the influence of insomnia
(1) It is said that people can live for 20 days without eating; People can live for 7 days without drinking water; Without sleep, people can only live for 5 days, and long-term insomnia will shorten their life 15 years. Women have more gas and less blood, and insomnia is more harmful to women. It will not only cause dark circles, obvious bags under the eyes, loose skin and dull complexion, but also bring a series of physical injuries. Including decreased thinking ability, decreased alertness and judgment, low immune function and endocrine disorder.
(2) Chinese medicine pays the most attention to the balance of Yin and Yang, Yin and Pingyang are secret, and people are harmonious; When yin and yang are out of balance, disease is health. Insomnia is also! It is sunny during the day, cloudy at night, and yin and yang rise and fall. From day to night, yang disappears and yin grows. Yin qi is the most abundant at night, and Yang qi enters the yin and then sleeps. On the contrary, if the yang is too strong to enter the yin, you cannot sleep. Ancient doctors called insomnia insomnia insomnia, and there is a more vivid name, that is, eyes closed, can not lie down.
2. Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia
Chinese medicine believes that insomnia is mainly located in the heart, involving the liver, spleen (stomach) and kidney. Chinese medicine divides insomnia into five types according to pathological factors.
(1) Insomnia due to stagnation of liver fire.
On rainy days, my work is not smooth, my boss is unreasonable, my friends are a little unhappy, and my chest and ribs are uncomfortable. This is called stagnation of liver qi in Chinese medicine, which is easy to turn into fire. At night, I feel irritable and can't sleep well. My body didn't get enough rest and I was listless at work the next day. My head is swollen badly, my mouth is bitter and my eyes are swollen. The vicious circle finally becomes a problem of laying eggs and laying chickens.
Insomnia due to liver depression and excessive fire is mostly caused by anger and boredom, which is characterized by less sleep, impatience and irritability, red eyes and bitter mouth, dry stool and red tongue with yellow fur. At this time, you may wish to have some scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and dried tangerine peel, which can regulate qi and dissipate heat. The most soothing weapon is, of course, acacia flowers!
Albizia Albizia has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves, and is mainly used for depression, chest tightness, insomnia, forgetfulness and neurasthenia. It can calm the five internal organs, reconcile the mind and delight the eyes. Yes, Albizia Albizia also has the effects of clearing away heat, removing spots, caring skin and relieving alcoholism.
If you are an insomniac with liver depression and fire, you can eat more celery, mung beans and other foods that help clear the liver and regulate qi, and avoid spicy and hot things, such as roasted seeds and nuts such as melon seeds and peanuts, longan and litchi, which are easy to get angry. Of course, you should also avoid spicy!
Recommended recipes:
Steamed pork liver with acacia flowers
Materials: Flos Albiziae10g, liver of pig100-150g.
Practice: Use Flos Albiziae (dried) 10g each time, add a little water, soak for 4-6 hours, slice pork liver 100 ~ 150g, put them in the same plate, add a little salt to taste, steam them in water, and eat pork liver.
Highlight: As the saying goes, pig liver is the best choice for nourishing liver, and Albizia Albizia flower is the most commonly used medicinal material for treating insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine. The combination of the two can clear the liver, improve eyesight, relieve depression and regulate qi, nourish the liver and soothe the nerves, and the effect is very good.
(2) Insomnia caused by phlegm-heat disorder
Can't you sleep after eating too much before going to bed? Although you were happy for a while, you were miserable all night. Do you think this account is worth it? In addition, you always like to eat fat and sweet, and the chicken nuggets of KFC and McDonald's are greasy, so safety is also a problem. If you eat too much greasy food, you will get fat. In severe cases, the gastrointestinal tract will be hot, and phlegm heat will disturb it, so there will be belching and swallowing acid. In addition, don't treat hiccups as improper diseases. Stomach qi goes up against you, and your throat often makes a sound, mostly because you eat too fast and are full. Often overeating, beware of stomach trouble waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.
Neijing: Disharmony of stomach leads to uneasiness, which is this type. Eat too much before going to bed, be careful that the food will not be digested in the stomach, the middle energizer will lose its transport, accumulate dampness and produce phlegm, and the phlegm will turn into heat, which is often accompanied by anorexia, that is, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and chest tightness. If you have this kind of trouble, clearing heat and resolving phlegm is the right way! People with stomach disharmony should eat things that can help digestion and guide stagnation, such as hawthorn, radish and water chestnut.
Recommended recipes:
Bamboo tube porridge:
Ingredients: 30g of light bamboo juice, millet 100g.
Practice: Cook rice into porridge first, add bamboo juice after cooking, stir well, and take it for breakfast.
Highlight: Bamboo juice is sweet, cold and slippery, which can clear heart, lung and stomach fire, remove phlegm and soothe the nerves; Millet is sweet and cool, which is a good food to treat insomnia caused by excessive internal heat. Combined with porridge, it is suitable for insomnia due to phlegm heat. The effect is effective. If you can't sleep after eating too much at night, try it.
(3) Insomnia due to yin deficiency and excessive fire.
Most people with yin deficiency are thin and burned in the fire, and they are not fat no matter how they eat. If you are of this type, don't be proud of it. Chinese fire is not a real fire that can be solved simply by drinking herbal tea to get rid of the fire, as advertised. On the contrary, it is virtual fire, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity. The heart belongs to fire and the kidney belongs to water. If you often stay up late, in addition to insomnia and anxiety, you will also have insufficient kidney water and excessive heart fire.
When you have insomnia, you will feel upset, sweat at night and even dry mouth. At this time, if you look at your tongue in the mirror, you need to adjust your diet from nourishing yin and reducing fire. Eat more things that help to nourish yin and reduce fire, such as lily, eggs, oyster meat, lotus plumule, jujube kernel, etc. And avoid spicy food, such as pepper, ginger, pepper, etc.
Recommended diet:
Scrophularia lily porridge:
Materials: Radix Scrophulariae 15g, Lily 30g, Albizia Albizziae bark 15g, japonica rice 100g.
Practice: First, decoct the three herbs in water, take juice, add rice to cook porridge, and eat it for breakfast in the morning.
Recommended reason: Scrophularia is an essential medicinal material for nourishing yin and reducing fire; Lily nourishes yin and calms the nerves, and the two drugs solve the problem of insomnia from the source; Albizia Albizia bark is a good product for treating insomnia due to deficiency cold. This method has the effect of hemostasis. If it is insomnia due to yin deficiency, you might as well give it a try.
(4) Insomnia due to deficiency of both heart and spleen.
Do you know how to distinguish this type of insomnia? Let me tell you a little trick. It is characterized by difficulty in falling asleep and dreaminess, accompanied by cardiac symptoms such as palpitation, palpitation and fatigue, as well as symptoms of the spleen and stomach system such as abdominal distension, no appetite and yellow complexion after eating. Most of them are overwork, postpartum blood loss, or deficiency of qi and blood in the elderly, which leads to deficiency of qi and blood, unstable spleen and yang, injury to the spleen and stomach, deficiency of qi and blood biochemistry, and inability to nourish the heart. If you are guilty, you will be distracted and naturally lose sleep.
If you are this type of insomnia, you should take good care of yourself, let your troubles pass, and don't give yourself a hard time; Be sure to have a good confinement after childbirth, otherwise it is easy to leave the root of the disease; Pay attention to nourishing qi and blood, restoring spleen and stomach function, naturally nourishing the heart and keeping insomnia away from you! Eat more things that are beneficial to the heart and spleen, such as wheat, lotus seeds, jujube, astragalus, longan and so on. There is a prescription in Chinese medicine called Guipi Decoction, which is a universal prescription for treating deficiency of both heart and spleen.
Recommended recipes:
Licorice, wheat and jujube soup
Materials:
Licorice. : it can calm down, moisten the lungs and detoxify;
Wheat: nourishing the heart and kidney, clearing away heat and quenching thirst.
Jujube: invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, and harmonizing camp and health.
Practice: Use licorice10g, 30g of wheat, 5 red dates and two bowls of clear water each time, fry until one bowl, and remove the dregs to drink soup.
Recommended reason: Although they are all common ingredients in the family, the compatibility of monarch, minister and assistant can also play a role in relieving anxiety, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach. If the elderly at home usually don't get enough sleep and wake up easily in the morning, it can not only protect health, but also relieve insomnia.
(5) insomnia due to deficiency of heart and gallbladder qi
Let's talk about the personality characteristics of qi deficiency of heart and gallbladder: extremely sensitive, popular and easily frightened, especially girls, easily frightened during the day, breaking bowls to watch horror movies, even barking stray dogs downstairs, and even afraid to turn off the lights when sleeping alone at night.
In this case, Chinese medicine believes that it is due to lack of courage, uncertainty and sensitivity to external reactions. I always feel that my heart is pounding and I have no energy. When I go to the toilet, my urine is clear, which is a bit inexplicable but not very serious. Because of sudden fright, or hearing loud noise, foreign objects, or encountering danger, it is manifested as nightmares, easy to wake up at night, timid palpitations, and easy to be surprised when something happens. Timid people and the elderly are prone to this type of insomnia, and the most common symptom is frequent nightmares. I always feel very flustered when I wake up. The specific symptoms are insomnia with palpitation, dreaminess and easy to wake up.
Recommended recipes:
Jujube porridge:
Ingredients: fried jujube kernel10g, keel10g, oyster10g, japonica rice10g.
Practice: First, stir-fry Ziziphus Spinosae, Os Draconis and Oysters, and filter to get juice for later use; Boil rice porridge with water, add medicinal juice when it is half cooked, and then cook until the porridge is thick instead of breakfast.
Recommended reason: Ziziphus jujuba seed nourishes the liver and gallbladder, nourishes the heart and spleen, and is a good medicine for treating heart and gallbladder qi deficiency, fright and insomnia; Oyster and keel are used for palpitation, timidity, panic, anxiety and insomnia, and the effect is outstanding. The combination of the three drugs will definitely make you bid farewell to your dreams and sleep till dawn.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a strong point in treating chronic diseases. Insomnia, we should gradually adjust, strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan, so that the body function will gradually return to normal. Pay attention to insomnia is not equal to insomnia! In addition to diet adjustment, we should pay more attention to mental adjustment, be happy and awake, and have a good rest for one night.
3. Life needs to be relaxed
(1) release the problems that are suppressed in your heart.
To survive in society, you will always encounter all kinds of problems. In fact, to put it simply, we were born to solve problems. For men, their inner capacity may be bigger and they don't like to express it, but this is not good, because long-term depression can't be released in their hearts, which will have serious physiological consequences, and insomnia is one of them.
Therefore, to solve the problem of insomnia, we must first know why we suffer from insomnia, solve that problem, and insomnia will be solved naturally. You can buy a notebook, keep a diary, or set up a private blog to write out all your unhappiness and list your problems. Or, you can call your good friends and invite them out for dinner. You will find that after spitting out the bitter water, although the problem is not over yet, your heart is much better.
(2) Try to solve the problems that bother you.
After you take the first step, you already know your problem. As we said at the beginning, we were born to solve problems. Never back down, because this is your life.
Some problems are lack of communication, some problems disappear with time, some problems can't be solved for a while, some problems can be solved by just a phone call, some problems can be solved by a hug, and some problems need help from others.
The terrible thing is not that you have such and such problems, but that you can't find your problems. If you can't find your own problems, I suggest you open your eyes on sleepless nights, look far away, talk to yourself in the dead of night, and talk to your heart, and you will gradually find the problems.
Through your own efforts and the help of others, you should start to solve your own problems and work hard for them. Maybe you will feel tired in the process of hard work, which is the best. After all, it will bring you sweet sleep.