Insomnia is an “old problem” that plagues many friends! In 2012, the Sleep Disorders Group of the Chinese Academy of Neurology formulated the “Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia in Chinese Adults” based on the available evidence-based medical evidence, in which insomnia refers to a subjective experience of unsatisfactory sleep duration and/or quality that affects daytime social functioning.
Hazards of insomnia
1.Inability to concentrate and emotional instability;
2, memory continues to decline, accelerating the body aging;
3, affect the endocrine, leading to metabolic disorders;
4, easy to neurasthenia, depression, anxiety complications;
5, destroy the body’s immunity, and even endanger life.
Insomnia misconceptions
1, before bedtime exercise, especially the movement of a large amount of exercise;
2, foot soak before bedtime;
3, drinking to help sleep, sleep is asleep, but it is easy to breathe, sleepless, stomach pain, thirst, wake up head heavy chaos;
3, read books that require the use of the brain before going to bed;
4, take some sleeping pills, a passive sleep, even after taking drugs to sleep throughout the night, you will still wake up feeling tired;
5.Forced to sleep enough 8 hours a day.
Chinese medicine understanding
The Song Dynasty “Cai Jitong Sleep Tips” tells people to “sleep the heart first, then sleep the eyes”, and the famous doctor Sun Simiao in his famous “Thousand Gold Formula”, also put forward the sleep theory about “can rest the heart, since the eyes”. It tells us that when we sleep, we must let our body and mind be at ease, do not think about the wrong things, and do not get distracted by future events. Do, “the sky is falling, there is still the ground” mentality, a day happy day. This way to grasp the emotions, to be the master of their own emotions, the heart is free of worries, naturally able to sleep peacefully.
Daily conditioning
1, reduce staying up late, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am is the best time for liver and gallbladder detoxification, this time rest is vital to human health;
2, to develop a good habit of early to bed and early to rise;
3, do not drink coffee, strong tea, smoking before going to bed, you can drink some milk;
4, often eat sour dates, red dates, corn, millet and other foods;
5, before going to bed, you can fold your hands on the belly, using abdominal breathing, the attention to the belly, can be combined with silent counting, can quickly fall asleep, and also the effectiveness of thin abdomen;
6, daily massage the solar plexus, the hundred points several times, with a health care wooden comb comb 5 minutes, so as to maintain a relaxed mood, to relieve worries, eliminate thought concerns;
7, press and knead the Hegu point, is not lost as a quick and easy to prevent insomnia trick Oh.