Young people: like to stay up late and sleep for a short time;

Office workers: mental stress, many dreams;

Business people: frequent overtime on business trips is stressful, and the time difference is not suitable for changing the environment;

Middle-aged people: menopause or menopausal symptoms;

Old people: With the increase of age, the number of nerve cells will decrease, which will cause sleep disorders in the elderly.

Insomnia is a common symptom. According to the survey of China Sleep Research Association, the incidence of insomnia among adults in China is as high as 38.2%, which means that more than 500 million people have different degrees of sleep disorders.

First, why "insomnia is like blood loss"?

How terrible is insomnia?

There is a sentence that vividly describes this point-insomnia for 3 days, physical collapse; 10 day insomnia, alopecia, frequent urination; 3 years of insomnia, qi deficiency and blood deficiency, riddled with diseases, at least 20 years less life!

Why do people with insomnia have symptoms of blood deficiency and fatigue? Because of qi deficiency and blood deficiency! Aside from the spleen and stomach factors, today we will change our perspective-the kidney governs the bone, the bone produces marrow, and the marrow produces blood.

In other words, hematopoiesis is the responsibility of the bone marrow system, and the bone marrow is dominated by the kidney. When does the kidney work most efficiently? Just from 9 pm to 3 am, hematopoiesis is basically concentrated at this time. If you don't sleep at this time, the kidney will not be able to dominate the bone, produce marrow and produce blood. After a long time, it must be blood deficiency-so, "insomnia is like blood loss."

Second, sleep is the foundation of health.

Throughout ancient and modern times, doctors of all ages regarded sleep as the key to health preservation. During the Warring States Period, Wen Zhi, a famous doctor, once said to Qi Weiwang, "My way of keeping in good health is to put sleep first. Sleep is the first supplement to health. If a person stays up all night, it will be difficult to recover even if he loses one hundred days. "

In the opinion of health experts, sleep is the foundation of health care, and it is listed as the three major things of human health care along with eating and defecation. If these three points are normal, the human body will not get sick easily, and after getting sick, it will have the strength to fight against the disease, even without drugs.

Third, why do you have to pay attention to "sometimes" when sleeping?

The process of sleeping is actually the process of replenishing yang. Yang is the foundation of life, and we are consuming it when we work, study, think and act. There are many ways to consume yang, but few ways to supplement yang, only three: sunbathing, sleeping and moxibustion.

Pay attention to "sometimes" when sleeping. What is "sometimes"?

First of all, Shihai (9: 00 p.m.-1 1 p.m.) must sleep. The triple energizer meridians are orderly in the sea, but the triple energizer is connected with the pulse, and the pulse needs rest. So sleeping in the sea can nourish the pulse.

Secondly, Zi Shi and Chou Shi (23:00 p.m.-3: 00 a.m.) must go into deep sleep. Deep sleep has the highest blood return efficiency!

That is to say, when entering a deep sleep state, it is easiest to filter out toxic blood and produce fresh blood, so that diseases such as gallstones, hepatitis and liver cysts are not easy to occur.

Insomnia patients are advised: even if they are not sleepy, it is best to lie down at 9 pm, keep quiet and don't talk. If you can keep quiet for an hour or two, it will be much easier to fall asleep.

Fourth, the same insomnia, but the reasons are very different!

1, difficult to sleep, suitable for the liver.

Symptoms: it is difficult to sleep. The tongue of such people is often sharp and red, and there are symptoms such as bitter mouth, dry mouth, dizziness, loss of appetite, chest tightness and palpitation.

Reason: Liver governs storing blood, corresponding to the soul in the Five Gods. When the soul enters the liver at night, people go to normal sleep. If the liver fire is too strong or the liver is depressed, the soul will easily lose its hiding place and find it difficult to sleep.

Methods: Shun liver qi. First, we should pay attention to maintaining peace of mind and thinking less. During the day, you can make tea with chrysanthemum, Ophiopogon japonicus and Prunella vulgaris to soothe the liver and clear heat.

Second, it is best to soak your feet with hot water before going to bed, and then moxibustion is carried out along the liver qi of the shoulder-Jianjing point, Zhongshan point in the chest, Qimen point, Taichong point in the foot and Xingji point.

2, easy to wake up and regulate the spleen

Symptoms: Unstable sleep, wake up several times a night, and it is more difficult to fall asleep after waking up, often accompanied by symptoms such as greasy mouth, pale mouth, anorexia and irregular stool.

Reason: It is mostly related to spleen and stomach dysfunction. As the saying goes, "stomach disharmony leads to anxiety." If the diet is improper or the spleen and stomach function is not good, it will cause abdominal distension and stomachache, which will make people feel difficult to sleep and wake up when they sleep.

Methods: Regulating stomach, invigorating spleen and calming nerves were the main methods.

First, don't think too much, so as not to hurt your spleen;

Second, pay attention to diet, eat more digestible and non-irritating foods at night, such as millet lotus seed porridge, which can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves and strengthen the spleen and stomach;

Thirdly, moxibustion, regulating the spleen during the day, moxibustion at points such as Pishu, Zhongwan, Zusanli and Taibai; Calm the nerves at night and moxibustion Dazhui, Shenmen and Yongquan points.

3, sleep is not heavy, adjust the kidney

Symptoms: I always feel awake and clear about the surrounding movements.

Causes: Deficiency of kidney yin and failure of yin essence lead to deficiency of fire, inflammation of upper jiao heart and lower jiao kidney, which will lead to disharmony between heart and kidney and excessive heart fire.

Methods: Starting from the kidney, eating more black food can tonify the kidney, such as black rice, black peanuts, black beans, black sesame seeds, medlar, yam, Polygonum multiflorum and so on.

In addition, you can also moxibustion Shenshu, Taixi and Yongquan points. Pay attention to the amount of moxibustion when starting moxibustion to avoid getting angry.

4, staying up all night, clearing away heat and purging fire

Symptoms: sleepless nights, often accompanied by dry mouth and bitter taste, impatience and irritability, dry stool, red tongue and yellow fur.

Reason: It is mostly caused by hyperactivity of heart and liver, which is more common in menopausal women. Full of qi leads to full of fire. When the liver is depressed for a long time, the liver fire will rebel, impact the liver soul, disturb the heart meridian, burn the heart pulse, and lead to restless sleep, which is what Chinese medicine often says: "Yang floats outside, the soul does not enter the liver, and the heart is restless, so insomnia."

Methods: The main methods were clearing away heat and purging fire, calming the heart and calming the nerves. It is suggested to pat the liver meridian and gallbladder meridian, or moxibustion at Xinshu, Ganshu, Neiguan and Taichong points.

5, often dreaming, nourishing blood and calming the nerves

Symptoms: MUBI seems to sleep all night, which leads to listlessness, forgetfulness, inattention and sometimes palpitations during the day.

Causes: Deficiency of both heart and spleen, spleen deficiency leads to insufficient biochemical sources of qi and blood, insufficient nourishing blood, and brain can't take it, leading to ventricular dystrophy and dizziness;

Heart governs blood, and deficiency of blood leads to endogenous deficiency of fire, which disturbs the mind. Deficiency of yin qi leads to insomnia, dreaminess and forgetfulness.

Methods: Nourishing blood and calming the nerves were the main methods.

The best method suggests moxibustion at Pishu, Xinshu, Neiguan and Anming.

Fifth, the best remedy for long-term insomnia: moxibustion!

So, for insomnia patients, how to regulate and remedy it? The best way is: moxibustion to tonify yang!

"The world fills Yang, burning moxa first.

Insomnia patients can be treated with moxibustion at night, that is, according to the different reasons of insomnia mentioned above, acupuncture points are given to treat them from the root. I hope everyone can have a good sleep and be healthy!