Insomnia can easily lead to dementia and obesity. Chinese medicine recommends 5 natural methods to improve sleep, among which cervical spine therapy is original. (Shutterstock)
Long-term poor sleep will not only make people prone to gain weight and skin aging, but also weaken immunity and increase the risk of dementia and cardiovascular diseases.
Compared with using sleeping pills with relatively large side effects to help sleep, Chinese medicine uses corresponding Chinese medicine and acupuncture treatment methods for different types of sleep disorders, which are safe and effective. I will also introduce several traditional diet therapy methods, as well as simple and practical natural remedies to help you improve sleep disorders.
Generally speaking, if there are sleep problems on 3 days out of every 7 days, or insomnia lasts for a month, it is a sleep disorder. If it is only a few days of insomnia, it is not completely a sleep disorder.
Clinically common sleep disorders are divided into 5 types:
1. Difficulty falling asleep
Beginning with eyes closed, if a child or adolescent does not fall asleep within 30 minutes, and an adult within 1 hour, they are classified as having trouble falling asleep.
When some people have severe insomnia, they toss and turn in bed for several hours and cannot fall asleep. The more irritable they become, the more they cannot fall asleep. In this case, it is recommended to get up and walk around to relax your mind before going to sleep.
2. Sleep and wake
It means waking up more times during the night, and it takes more than 30 minutes to fall back to sleep each time. Under normal circumstances, the number of waking up at night should be less than 2 times.
3. Long-term light sleep type
These patients are not unable to fall asleep, but are in a light sleep state for a long time, and the deep sleep time is very short, so even after sleeping for 7 or 8 hours, they still feel tired in the morning.
People with nasal allergies are prone to nasal congestion, so they will breathe through their mouths, resulting in dry mouth. They will wake up at night because they want to drink water, resulting in intermittent awakening or long-term light sleep. Such patients should consult a doctor for nose problems.
For nasal congestion and nasal polyps, Chinese medicine has a good effect. In clinical practice, I acupuncture and moxibustion Bitong, Suliao, Yintang, Shangxing and Baihui points for patients, which can make the nose unobstructed quickly. With the help of traditional Chinese medicine, the symptoms of nasal allergies will be quickly improved, and sleep quality will also improve. .
4. Premature wake-up type
It refers to waking up more than 1 hour earlier than the usual habitual time, or the overall sleep time is less than 5 hours. The normal sleep time should be 6.5 to 8 hours. Sleeping too little or too much will make people tired easily.
5. Dreamy type
It refers to having a lot of dreams while sleeping, some people are chased and killed, running desperately, etc. in their dreams, and they feel very tired after waking up. Chinese medicine treats this type of sleep problem, acupuncture and moxibustion at the Laogong point or taking Chinese medicine Coptis chinensis are direct and effective methods.
Children or adolescents who do not fall asleep within 30 minutes, and adults who do not fall asleep within 1 hour, are classified as having trouble falling asleep. (Health 1+1/The Epoch Times)
Poor sleep damages the brain and endangers health
The human body can best repair itself in the sleep state, so sleep disorders are very harmful to human health.
1. Impair brain function and increase the risk of dementia.
When you don’t sleep well, your brain function declines and your memory becomes poorer. Because the short-term memory stored in the hippocampus on the side of the brain will only be stored in the frontal lobe and become a permanent memory when the sleep is deep and good.
If you don’t sleep well, it will affect the function of the hippocampus to store memory, which may cause problems such as dementia, and even cause the brain to shrink and degenerate.
2. Decreased immunity.
If you do not sleep well, the nervous system and endocrine system function will be disordered, resulting in decreased immunity.
3. Affect metabolism, prone to obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Sleep disorders can affect the body’s metabolic problems, causingmetabolic syndromeincrease the probability of obesity, and seriously increase the risk of diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia and stroke.
If you have taken a lot of cholesterol-lowering drugs, but your blood fat still cannot be lowered, you should check whether you have sleep disorders. After solving the sleep problem, the metabolism will become better, which will help improve the three high problems (high blood pressure, high blood fat, high blood sugar).
4. Dull skin and premature aging.
The human body will start the mechanism of cleaning and repairing the skin at around three o’clock in the morning to keep the skin shiny and white; if you don’t sleep well, your skin will easily age prematurely.
People often say that they want to “sleep for beauty” and want to have a younger body and appearance. It is recommended to go to bed at 10 o’clock in the evening every night, and you can fall asleep deeply at 3 o’clock in the morning. This will fundamentally allow the skin to get the best maintenance. It’s better than how many skin care products you use.
If you do not sleep well, the skin is prone to premature aging. (Shutterstock)
Insomnia is caused by multiple psychological factors
Sleep disorders are mostly caused by psychological problems. Anxiety, depression, and high mental stress can all cause insomnia. That’s why the ancients said “sleep the mind first and then the eyes”, which means to calm down and relax the mind first, don’t think too much, and then close the eyes, so that it is easy to fall asleep.
In addition, factors that cause insomnia include working shifts or long-distance travel, which can mess up the biological clock; smoking or stimulants such as caffeinated tea and coffee before going to bed can also make people sleep poorly.
In addition, physiological factors, such as polyuria, cough, sleep apnea, body pain and other diseases, can make people sleep poorly.
There are also some environmental factors, such as noise, too hot, too cold, too bright light, mosquito bites, etc., can also affect people’s sleep.
Daily diet easy and good sleep
Traditional Chinese medicine has different methods of treatment and recuperation for sleep disorders caused by different reasons, and it also has advantages over Western medicine. Here are a few medications or diets:
● Xiaoyao powder to help sleep
If you can’t sleep well due to tension and anxiety, you can take Xiaoyao Powder. If you are easily irritable because of poor sleep, you can use Xiaoyao Powder with added flavor, that is, Xiaoyao Powder is added with peony bark and gardenia. For patients who have trouble falling asleep, Liuwei Dihuang Wan can be added on the basis of Jiawei Xiaoyao San. If you have heart palpitations and chest tightness, you can use Jiawei Xiaoyao San plus a little Tianwang Buxin Dan, the curative effect is very good.
If you can’t sleep well due to tension and anxiety, you can take Xiaoyao Powder. (Shutterstock/Epoch Times Cartography)
● Ganmai Dazao Soup to prevent nocturia and sleep well
There is an ancient sleep aid diet therapy in China called Ganmai Dazao Decoction. Drinking it can stabilize emotions and help you sleep peacefully.
Use 30 grams of floating wheat, 4 or 5 jujubes, 9 grams of raw licorice, add 800ml of water, boil for 30 minutes and drink. Drink 200ml about one and a half hours before going to bed, you can urinate before going to bed, and it can also prevent nocturia, and avoid getting up at night to affect sleep.
● Millet jujube porridge
Another way is to drink millet jujube porridge. Use 100 grams of millet, 15 grams of wild jujube kernel powder, and 30 grams of honey, and cook them together into porridge, which can calm the mind and calm the nerves, and help sleep.
No need to take medicine!5Natural Remedies to Improve Sleep
Recommend 5 natural remedies to improve sleep quality, which are simple and easy to do.
1. Basking in the sun
Sunbathing for at least 30 minutes in the morning can regulate the autonomic nerves, adjust the pineal gland of the brain, and normalize the function of melatonin secretion. An hour in the sun in the evening can also be helpful.
2. Soak your feet in hot water before going to bed
modern scienceThe study found, the closer the temperature of the internal organs of the human body to the temperature of the hands and feet, the more conducive to sleep. The temperature of human internal organs is higher than that of hands and feet, so soaking feet in hot water can reduce the temperature difference between them and internal organs, which is conducive to falling asleep.
The temperature of the foot bath should be between 39 and 40 degrees Celsius, and should not exceed 42 degrees, otherwise the sympathetic nerves will be excited, people will be excited, and it will be more difficult to fall asleep.
3. Take a hot bath
When taking a hot bath, the temperature of the internal organs will rise slightly, and after taking a bath, the temperature of the internal organs will drop to a lower level than usual, which will narrow the gap between the temperature of the internal organs and the temperature of the hands and feet, and help sleep. And after taking a bath, the parasympathetic nerves will be excited, people will be more relaxed, and it will be easier to fall asleep.
The temperature of the bath is the same as that of the feet, about 39 to 40 degrees Celsius. It is recommended to take a bath one hour before going to bed, and soak for 15 minutes. Drink a little water after taking a bath to relax your body and make it easier to fall asleep.
4. Stretch before bed
Doing stretching exercises such as stretching before going to bed can relax the bones and muscles, calm the mind and make it easier to fall asleep. If your muscles are tense before bed, it can be difficult to fall asleep.
5. Original cervical spine self-rehabilitation method
People with long-term sleep disorders usually have very stiff cervical spine, which will affect their ability to fall asleep.
My original treatment method with the best clinical effect is to adjust from the cervical spine.You can refer to my previousprogrammeandarticleThe “Cervical Spine Self-Rehabilitation Method” introduced in the article, practicing these nine movements will be very helpful for sleep.
There was once a woman in her 70s who suffered from sleep disorders and still couldn’t sleep well after taking melatonin. After seeing another Chinese medicine doctor, although there was some improvement, she still needed drugs to help her sleep.
She accidentally discovered my previous “Cervical Spine Self-Rehabilitation Method” program, and after three days of following it, she was able to sleep well without medication. Later, she came to see me, and through further cervical spine treatment, her sleep disorder quickly improved. @
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Responsible editors: Wu Michen, Li Fan
2023-09-02 01:10:05
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