Once a patient came to see me. He is the vice president of a big company. He said that he might have severe insomnia. Lying in bed tossing and turning every night, I can't sleep, either thinking about the company or thinking about all kinds of things I encounter every day.
He goes to bed early every day, but he doesn't fall asleep until 12. Many times, he can't go to bed until two or three o'clock, which seriously affects his spirit and his work is not as smooth as before.
People who have seen him say that he looks older than his actual age 10 years old, so he is very upset and asks me what good methods can help him sleep and treat insomnia.
I said to him, "Why is it difficult for people to fall asleep?" It is because the whole body's blood is rushing to the head and thinking, so the head is too heavy to sleep. "
He seemed to hear some doorways and quickly asked me, "How can I stop the blood from rushing to my head?"
I said mysteriously, "Guess what, we almost do this before going to bed." He said, pointing to his own feet.
"Wash your feet!" He seems to understand something.
Yes, the way to keep blood from running to the head and flowing downwards is to wash your feet. But washing feet is also very particular. The most important one is the demand for hot water. It is best to pour boiling water into the basin. At this time, of course, you can't put your feet in. First put your feet on the water and smoke them with steam.
At this time, steam directly fumigates the soles of the feet, and six meridians pass through the feet. One of the more important meridians passes through the soles of human feet, which is the kidney meridian. There is an important point in the kidney meridian, called Yongquan point. Fumigating Yongquan point with hot air can make all the yang in the body dive, which is called igniting the fire to the source.
After fumigation with hot air for a period of time, put your feet into the water tentatively and slowly, and put them down slowly. As the water temperature decreases, put the whole feet in. At this time, your feet will feel very hot and comfortable. The blood circulation of the soles of the feet is also very good, and both feet seem to be congested. This effect is very good.
People's feet have meridians such as liver, spleen, kidney, gallbladder, stomach, bladder, etc., so people's feet are also called "the second heart of the human body", and soaking feet is also very helpful for treating qi and blood deficiency in the elderly.
Besides soaking feet, you can also help virtual fire sink by practicing Yang Gong. Yang's latent skills are simple. First, the golden rooster is independent. Close your eyes. Note here that it is very important to close your eyes. Many people can stand still with their eyes open and stand still with their eyes closed. You must close your eyes and practice from the beginning.
Most people tremble when they stand for a long time. As long as you stick to it, you will stand longer and longer, which will calm your heart. Because when the golden rooster is independent, all your attention is focused on your feet, and your brain has no time to think. Attention, everyone, where your mind is, your blood is there.
When the golden rooster is independent, the qi and blood will dive, the yang will drop, and it is easy to fall asleep. So standing for 30 minutes before going to bed every day is very helpful for falling asleep quickly. But you must wear flat-heeled shoes, otherwise it will not only fail to achieve the effect, but also easily sprain your ankle.
The patient took out his pen and wrote down these methods very carefully. A week later, he came to me again. I think his spirit is obviously better than when he came last time, and his voice is sonorous.
He said: "I smoke my feet in your way every day, and I also lead my son and wife to do the work of hiding Yang together to see who can persist for a long time." After doing this every day, I really want to sleep when I sleep. 12 I will never fall asleep again. "
In the process of studying sleep, I found that the choice of sleeping place is actually very particular. What kind of bedroom is good for sleeping? A square little bedroom is good for your health.
Four words, called "hide the wind and gather the gas." This environment is very beneficial to your health. Because the human body is a small universe with an aura. If the room is large, it will dilute the gas field of the human body and the gas will dissipate. In a smaller environment, gas can easily polymerize. When the qi of the human body is aggregated, the body is healthy.
So the bedrooms of the rich in ancient times were not big. The emperor is the richest. In the northwest of Gan Qing Palace, the study of Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong is very small, with screens outside. There is a curtain inside, which is two thick curtains. The purpose is to collect. In this environment, sleeping is very practical.
You can go and see it sometime. Suzhou Gardens, Guangzhou Gardens and other ancient gardens were built by very rich people. There is a whole set of living space in the garden, and all the bedrooms are small. The ancients attached great importance to the layout of the bedroom because it directly affected health.
Do you think it is practical to sleep in big warehouse with a small bed in the middle? As long as people are not practical, the quality of sleep will be poor, they will not be able to enter deep sleep, their five internal organs will not be rested, their endocrine will not be adjusted, their skin will not be well repaired, and their face will be poor the next day.
The most taboo to sleep is through flow, which is very harmful to the body. When people sleep, the essence of the sun begins to go inside the body, and the body will form a protective layer outside to protect the body from external pathogens. This protective layer is called Wei Qi in Chinese medicine. Stephy protects his body from external harm.
If you sleep with through flow, the wind will keep blowing away Wei Qi. After being blown away, the body will generate a new Wei Qi, which will keep gathering and then be blown away. The body has been fighting against the wind, how can people sleep well? Stephy is produced by kidney yang. Therefore, if you sleep under ventilated conditions for one night, you will feel backache and backache, and you will be particularly tired after waking up.
I met many patients with cervical spondylosis in clinic, many of whom were blown out by hair dryers. In summer and autumn, many people will have facial paralysis, which is because too many air conditioners are blown, leading to blockage of meridians.
In addition, there is another thing to pay attention to when sleeping, that is, don't let your stomach be particularly full before going to bed, because "stomach disharmony is uneasy." If you eat very little at dinner and feel stable, you will usually sleep well.
On the other hand, before going to sleep, if you eat a certain diet, your stomach and intestines will start to move, and these jobs will be processed and digested, and the stomach gas that should have fallen will be mobilized and excited, and the sleep effect will of course decline.
So don't eat too much before going to bed, try to keep your stomach empty, so that your stomach will drop, you can sleep well and improve your sleep quality.
A good sleep can nourish the liver and kidney. The liver stores blood and the kidney stores essence. If you have enough sleep, sufficient blood and energy, your complexion will be good, your skin will be smooth and your body will be healthy naturally.