Prevention and treatment of insomnia Sleep care methods of Chinese medicine (six)

(1) “Meridian sleep” method of health: is an ancient saying. Zi, refers to the son of the hour (11-1 o’clock at night), noon, refers to the noon hour (11-1 o’clock during the day). The ancients believed that this time is the time of yin and yang, people should enter the quiet to adapt to this change. To often do abdominal rubbing at bedtime and before getting up. The method is: lying flat, relaxed, with the left hand heart press abdomen, the right hand folded on the back of the left hand, rotate counterclockwise 64 weeks, then clockwise 64 weeks, then from the chest to the abdomen, from top to bottom, press line 64. The force should be gentle and penetrate under the skin, and not too much force, this method twice a day. Pan Xiaorong, Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang
(2) daily scalding feet before bed rubbing Yongquan point: hot water scalding feet before bed, scalding feet with the heated water, first warm after hot, so that the feet scalded red. Subsequently rubbing the feet Chung Chuan point, first with the right foot toes with the bottom of the basin, so that the heel exposed in the water, with the left foot heart rubbing the right foot heel, play rubbing the role of the left Chung Chuan point. This number of days rubbing a hundred, and then rubbing the right Yongquan point for a round of a hundred. To hot water so that the water temperature hot feet. So do a total of three rounds around three hundred times that is. This method can accelerate the process of falling asleep.
(3) combing method: can refresh the brain, eliminate fatigue, improve thinking skills and work efficiency. There is also the prevention of insomnia, neurological headaches and other effects. Method: Comb your hair with a comb, direction: ① front hairline, top of the head, back of the head, neck, left, middle and right three lines; ② top of the head as the starting point, in a radial pattern to the corners of the head, solar plexus, hairline on the ear, hairline behind the ear, respectively. Same for left and right. 3-5 times a day, at least 5 minutes each time.
(4) One-minute practice method: sit calmly, don’t start a thought; use the intention to guide the qi, lead the qi downward; return to the root of the breath, intention to keep the Dantian; silence, don’t interrupt. Through a minute practice, adjust breathing, convergence of the spirit, you can quickly fall asleep quietly.
(5) single knead Shen Zhe points: knead the right palm stand up, with the palm after the horizontal line with the point, turning movement. This transverse little finger side Shen Men point belongs to the heart meridian. Shenmen point for heart heat and epilepsy insomnia, so rub this point unconsciously that sleep. When kneading silently count one hundred times for a round. From a few to many, up to thirty rounds can be rubbed. Can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate the stomach in the food, so that the chest and diaphragm smooth, morning can breakfast more food for the effect.