1, millet
Millet, also known as corn, is sweet, salty and cold in nature. Chen millet is bitter and cold. Li Shizhen said in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” that millet “boiled porridge food benefit Dantian, replenish deficiencies, open the stomach and intestines”. Its function is to “strengthen the spleen, stomach, and sleep”.
According to modern medicine, the degree of sleepiness after meals is often related to the tryptophan content in food protein. Tryptophan can cause the brain nerve cells to secrete a kind of serotonin that makes people sleepy – 5-hydroxytryptamine, it can make the brain thinking activity is temporarily inhibited, people will produce sleepy feeling. The more nerve cells in the brain secrete this substance, the more difficult it is for people to feel. The content of tryptophan in millet is the highest among all cereals, containing up to 202 mg of tryptophan per 100 grams of food, which is incomparable to other cereals. In addition, millet is rich in easily digestible starch, which can make people feel warm and full after eating, and can promote the secretion of human insulin, further increasing the amount of tryptophan in the brain.
2.Milk
Milk, also known as cow’s milk, is sweet and flat in nature. Milk is a more ideal food for insomnia. Milk contains the biochemical substance tryptophan that makes people feel sleepy, which can have the effect of making people sleepy, plus the warm feeling of satiety produced by the nutrition of milk, which can increase the effect of hypnosis, skimmed milk and non-skimmed milk have the same effect.
Modern medical research has confirmed that during the day when people exercise muscle stimulation nerve endings release calcium, and blood carries it into the sleep center, when the sleep center stored a certain amount of calcium, people feel sleepy ruffled. This means that there must be enough lactic acid in the blood to drive calcium to the sleep center with the blood flow, skim milk contains calcium and lactic acid, especially the elderly, the body is difficult to obtain these two effective ingredients at the same time, therefore, taking calcium tablets at the same time as skim milk, can enhance its effectiveness.
The test also proved that: the effect of general sleeping pills is gradually weakened, while the hypnotic effect of milk is gradually strengthened, especially in the second half of the night sleep more sweet, more ideal for the treatment of insomnia in the elderly.
3, lily
Lily has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, clearing the heart and calming the mind. It is mostly used clinically for treating consumption, cough, spittle and blood, residual heat after fever, false annoyance and palpitations, mental trance, and swollen feet. It is said in the “Rizhuazi Materia Medica” that it “reassures the mind, fixes the gall, and benefits the will ……” After clinical observation, lily has a better effect on palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess caused by neurosis and menopausal syndrome.
4, lingzhi
Ganoderma lucidum, sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm. It has the effect of benefiting qi, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, stopping cough and calming asthma. It is used for insomnia, palpitation and forgetfulness due to deficiency of heart qi or qi and blood. Ganoderma lucidum is sweet-tasting and calm, which can benefit the heart qi, tranquilize the mind and increase wisdom, so it is used to treat the above-mentioned symptoms and can be widely used in all cases of weakness. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, it “cures deficiency labor”. The Chinese Medicinal Plants Illustrated says that Ganoderma lucidum “treats chronic diseases such as neurasthenia, insomnia and indigestion”. In the Food, Chinese Medicine and Recipes, it is described that for neurasthenia, 6-10 grams of Ganoderma lucidum should be decocted in water, or made into Ganoderma lucidum syrup and taken 20 ml each time.
Modern research data confirms that Ganoderma lucidum can enhance the function of the central nervous system, improve coronary blood circulation, increase myocardial nutrition and blood flow, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and sugar consumption, and enhance the tolerance of the myocardium and the body to hypoxia; Ganoderma lucidum can lower blood lipids, regulate blood pressure, protect the liver, and have an expectorant effect on cough. Lingzhi has good therapeutic value. Because Lingzhi has good calming effect, it has obvious clinical efficacy for long-term insomnia and neurasthenia caused by atrophy, palpitation, mental fatigue and emaciation.
5.Pig heart
Pig heart, sweet, salty and flat in nature. It has the effect of calming the mind, nourishing the heart and replenishing blood. Pig heart has a long history as a nutritional and medicinal dish. There is a popular saying that “the heart nourishes the heart”, which is also justified. The protein content of pork heart is twice that of pork, while the fat content is only one-tenth that of pork. In addition, it also contains more calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, niacin and other components. It can be used to strengthen the nutrition of the heart muscle and enhance the contraction of the heart muscle. It can treat palpitations, palpitation, palpitation, spontaneous sweating, insomnia, etc.
6, sour date kernel
Sour date kernel, sweet in nature, flat. It has the effect of nourishing the liver, nourishing the heart, calming the mind and astringent sweat. It is used for treating sleeplessness, palpitation and anxiety, thirst, and sweating.
Pharmacological studies have confirmed that the decoction of sour date kernel given orally or intraperitoneally to rats showed sedation and drowsiness, regardless of day or night, normal state or coffee-induced excitement, sour date kernel has sedative and hypnotic effects. Clinical application proved that raw, fried with hypnotic effect.
7, poria
Poria, taste sweet, light, flat. Have water percolation damp, spleen, the effect of tranquilizing. The materia medica derivative “said:” poria, poring, poring, the function of more water, benefit the heart and spleen can not be queued. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” also said: “later treatment of heart disease must use Fu Shen, so Jie ancient Zhang’s in the wind dizziness heart deficiency, non-Poria can not be removed, but Fu Ling has never treated heart disease.”
8, lettuce juice
Lettuce juice, taste with lettuce, bitter, sweet, cool. The “herbal pick-up” said that its “five viscera, through the meridians, open the chest and diaphragm. According to the information, lettuce stems, leaves and skin of the milky white pulp, has a sedative, calming effect, can help children, middle-aged and elderly sleep. Before going to bed, the effect of food and drink is obvious.
9, wheat
Wheat has the effect of nourishing the heart and mind, benefitting the heart’s energy, especially suitable for women with neurasthenia, restlessness, insomnia, or like sadness and desire to cry, the number of poor stretching (that is, what Chinese medicine called women’s dirty mania disease) eat. The ancient formula has Ganmai jujube soup, with 60 grams of wheat, 15 jujubes, 10 grams of licorice, 3 bowls of water, decoction to 1 bowl, served once before bedtime.
10, glutinous rice
Glutinous rice nourishes the blood, warms the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for all people with physical weakness and neurasthenia to eat, especially to boil thin rice, or with red dates with thin porridge is best, can nourish the deficiency, warm the five organs, and benefit the qi and calm the mind.
11, west grain rice
West valley rice can nourish the spleen and benefit the qi, suitable for all people with physical weakness, or postpartum sickness neurasthenia. The citrus garden small knowledge of the cloud: “strengthen the spleen and stomach, long-standing illness and weakness, cooked porridge food is most appropriate.” If with red dates, lotus seeds or walnuts and other cooking porridge food is even better.
12, quail eggs
Quail meat and eggs, its nutritional value than the chicken, quail meat contains 24.3% protein, 4?6% higher than the equivalent amount of chicken, quail eggs contain 13?5% protein, 1?7% more than the equivalent amount of eggs, especially quail eggs rich in lecithin, is the senior nerve activity is indispensable nutrients, so people with neurasthenia should often eat some quail eggs and meat.
13.Toad oil
Clam dry toad oil is also called field chicken oil. Rich in protein, fat, a variety of vitamins and hormones, is a better tonic strong food, suitable for energy depletion, neurasthenia, long illness and postpartum weakness, folk more for the treatment of neurasthenia. For example, “Liaoning main medicinal materials” contains: “treatment of physical weakness, neurasthenia.” “Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine” also cloud: “treatment of neurasthenia: toad oil, earth bird’s nest, steamed and served.”
14, oyster meat
Oyster meat can treat insomnia and annoying heat, restlessness. The “Medical Forest compilation” that: oyster meat “clear the lungs and nourish the heart, nourish Yin and nourish blood.” Cui Yuxi’s “Food Classic” also contains: “To cure sleeplessness at night and uncertainty of will.” Therefore, it is very suitable for people with neurasthenia.
15.Eel
Meng Monk, a famous food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, considered eel to be “very beneficial”. The “Materia Medica” says that it can “nourish the five organs” and was commonly used by the ancients to treat pulmonary consumption. It is good for people with neurasthenia, and can be cooked often to nourish weakness.
16.Locust
The farmers in the north of China often scald it to death and then fry it as a dish, tasting like shrimp. It is rich in protein and has the effect of nourishing and strengthening. Professor Ye Orange Quan has been introduced in the “food Chinese medicine and recipes”: “neurasthenia, locust powder, 6 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day, served after eating.”
17.Longan meat
Longan meat can nourish blood and tranquilize the mind, benefit brain power, is a kind of nourishing brain food, especially suitable for people with neurasthenia, forgetfulness and insomnia, panic and heartbeat, dizziness and weakness caused by excessive thinking and loss of nourishment of the mind. Longan meat is rich in glucose, sucrose, tartaric acid, vitamin A, vitamin B and other substances, which can nourish the nerves and brain tissue, thus adjusting the function of the cerebral cortex, improving or even eliminating the symptoms of insomnia and forgetfulness and enhancing memory. The ancient Chinese medicine recipe “Yu Ling Paste” is made from longan meat and sugar, which is used for people with brain decline and neurasthenia. In folklore, 4-6 pieces of longan meat and equal amounts of lotus seeds and gorgonians are commonly used in soup with water and taken before bedtime. There are also 15 grams of longan meat, 6 grams of sour dates, soak 1 cup of boiling water, drink as tea before bed at night.
18, mulberry
Mulberry can not only replenish blood, but also calm the mind. The “Suixiju diet recipe” also said mulberry “nourish the liver and kidneys, blood, ears and eyes, and calm the soul.” It is suitable for people who suffer from neurasthenia and insomnia due to the lack of blood in the heart and mind. Most people with dizziness and insomnia are caused by blood deficiency or excessive nervousness. You can eat mulberry “mulberry honey”, “mulberry cream”, “mulberry wine”, or take 30 grams of mulberry every night before going to bed, it is quite beneficial.
19.Grapes
Grapes not only contain a lot of sugar, but also contain lecithin, protein, amino acids, pectin, vitamins and minerals, which have a nutritional and strengthening effect. The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing says that it “benefits the energy and strengthens the will.” Grapes can strengthen the brain, strengthen the heart, appetite, increase energy, so it is suitable for people with neurasthenia, wine drinking is also good.
20.Walnut
Generations of doctors regard it as a fitness and longevity, kidney and anti-aging food, often eat pecans, the human brain nerve is also very beneficial. It is rich in fatty oil, the main component of unsaturated fatty acids, containing vitamin A, B?1, B?2, C, E and phospholipids, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, magnesium and other trace elements. For people with neurasthenia, it is advisable to eat 2 to 3 pecans in the morning and evening on an empty stomach. The folk also useful peach kernel, black sesame, white sugar research as a powder, morning and evening each serving 1 tablespoon, quite effective.
21.Cypress seeds
The cypress seeds are flat, sweet, and can nourish the heart and calm the mind. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” said: cypress kernel to nourish the heart, moisten the kidney dry, educational and tranquil. The ancient formula “Pai Zi Yang Xin Wan” treats “overwork, heart and blood loss, mental trance, strange dreams at night, palpitations, forgetfulness and spermatorrhea”, with Pai Zi Ren as the main ingredient, “often taken to nourish the heart and calm the mind. “. It is an ideal nourishing and strengthening food, where neurasthenia are suitable for consumption.
22, jujube
Jujube is often used as a blood tonic food in folklore, and can benefit the qi, nourish the heart and calm the mind. The ancient doctors often used to treat neurasthenia, such as the “Thousand Gold Formula” to treat “false labor and boredom can not sleep”, with twenty jujube and seven stems of white onion decoction, equivalent to modern medicine said neurasthenia insomnia. This is the same as the modern medical term for neurasthenia and insomnia. The Materia Medica Hui Yan also states, “To treat palpitations and palpitations, forgetfulness and trance, drowsiness of will, mental restlessness, or lack of harmony in the middle qi, tasteless diet, laziness and heaviness of the body and leanness of the muscles, this is a disease of loss of the heart and spleen, and must be treated with jujube.” These are all manifestations of neurasthenia, and it is advisable to consume jujube to nourish the heart and spleen and calm the mind. The main reason for this is that it is a good idea to take jujube regularly, for the weakness of the body, neurasthenia, a great benefit.
23, lotus seeds
Lotus seeds have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind. The “Shennong Ben Cao Jing” said it “main tonic, nourish the gods, benefit energy.” Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen said it can “cross the heart and kidneys, benefit essence and blood.” It is suitable for people with neurasthenia to eat with gravy and glutinous rice to make thin porridge. Cao Tingdong, a health scientist in the Qing Dynasty, said in “Lao Lao Heng Yan”, “Lotus meat porridge, nourishes the middle and strengthens the will, and nourishes the mind and benefits the spleen.” Folk mostly use lotus seeds 30, add a little salt, water decoction, and served every night before bed.
24, sesame seeds
Sesame is an anti-aging food, neurasthenia people should also eat it. The Shennong Ben Cao Jing contains: “to replenish the five internal, benefit energy, fill the brain marrow.” The Materia Medica also says that it “moistens the five organs and fills the bone marrow.” According to modern research, sesame seeds are indeed rich in unsaturated fatty acids, rich in vitamin E, lecithin and other nutrients to nourish and strengthen the brain and prevent decline.
25, silver fungus
Silver fungus has the effect of nourishing the kidney, moistening the lung, generating fluid, refreshing the mind, benefiting the qi, strengthening the brain and rejuvenating the skin, etc. It can also nourish the brain and strengthen the heart and eliminate fatigue. According to analysis, silver fungus is rich in gum, multivitamins and 17 kinds of amino acids, silver fungus polysaccharide, protein and other nutrients, which are beneficial to people with neurasthenia.
26.Bee milk
Professor Ye Orangequan of the Chinese University of Pharmaceutical Sciences once said, “Nervous weakness, bee royal jelly served effective.” This is not only due to the extremely rich nutrition of bee milk. According to modern research, the brain function improves significantly after taking bee milk, has a regenerative effect on cells, increases tissue respiration, and promotes metabolism. For the various symptoms caused by neurasthenia, have improved the effect.
27, Chinese wolfberry
Chinese wolfberry is a medicinal and food product. The nature of medicine contains: “can tonic marrow all deficiencies, calm the mind.” Regimen secret profile” in the formula “wolfberry round cream”, the main treatment of neurasthenia, that there is “tranquilize the mind and nourish the blood, nourish the yin and Yang, educational, strong tendons and bones, the skin, in color” effect, is made of wolfberry with equal amount of longan meat boiling. In folklore, the neurasthenia of people used to use wolfberry 30 grams, sheep brain 1 pair, plus the right amount of water stew. Also useful wolfberry 20 grams, red dates 6, eggs 2 with boiled, eat eggs drink soup, once a day, for neurasthenia, dizziness, mental trance, palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia is quite suitable.
28.Ginseng
Ginseng has the effect of nourishing the vital energy and tranquilizing the mind. It has been recorded in Shennong Ben Cao Jing: “Ginseng is the main tonic for the five viscera, calms the spirit, stops palpitations, and makes people happy.” According to recent research, ginseng has some specific effects on the central nervous system, especially its higher nervous system, which can improve the flexibility of the neural activity process, strengthen both the excitation process of the cerebral cortex and the inhibition process at the same time, and can improve the general brain and physical functions of people. For the treatment of neurasthenia, the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Journal of Pharmacy have successively introduced that ginseng has a significant excitatory effect on the nervous system, which can improve the body’s activity and reduce fatigue, and has certain therapeutic effects on different types of neurasthenia patients, making the patients gain weight and eliminating or reducing the symptoms of general weakness, headache and insomnia.
29.Wormwood and summer grass
Cordyceps has the effect of replenishing deficiency and benefiting essence, which is especially suitable for people with neurasthenia. In ancient times, Cordyceps is often used with male duck with ginger, onion and ingredients, stewed and eaten. If you can use 10-15 grams of Cordyceps, fresh placenta 1, stewed in water and eaten with ingredients, which is quite beneficial to people with neurasthenia.
30, He Shou Wu
He Shou Wu has prominent nerve-strengthening and blood-supplementing functions, and Chinese medicine says it can nourish the liver and kidneys and benefit the essence and blood. This is because He Shou Wu contains more lecithin, which promotes the renewal of blood and has a strong cardiac effect, which is more significant for improving heart fatigue.
31.Yellow fish
Insomniacs should often cooked food, Cui Yuxi “Food Classic” recorded: “Shishou fish main down, bright eyes, calm the mind.” It is the yellow fish, so it is suitable for those who do not sleep.
Milk, turkey, millet, walnuts, sunflower seeds, dates, vinegar, and whole wheat bread are all foods that help you sleep.
Milk: milk contains two kinds of hypnotic substances: one is tryptophan, which can promote the brain nerve cells to secrete the neurotransmitter that makes people drowsy – pentothal; the other is a peptide that has a regulatory effect on physiological functions, in which the “opium-like peptide” can combine with the central nervous system to play a similar opium narcotic, analgesic effect, so that people It can make people feel comfortable all over the body, which is good for relieving fatigue and falling asleep. For people who suffer from physical weakness and neurosis, the sleeping effect of milk is more obvious.