Chinese medicine health care “three points of adjustment, seven points of nourishment”, refers to the imbalance of the internal organs of the human body, although the use of special food, health products or drugs to regulate, can play a certain role, but there are seven points, through the daily sleep, diet, mood, exercise and other aspects of good habits, so that the body as soon as possible to restore balance and Maintain balance. If you want to balance the internal organs, physical and mental health, you must follow the natural laws of heaven and earth, “eat and drink in moderation, get up and live in a regular manner, do not make delusional labor”, to “harmonize the yin and yang, adjust to the four seasons”, and can “end its natural life, a hundred years and then go away”!
During the recuperation period and later in life, it is important to pay attention to the “seven points of nourishment”, now on the sleep-related issues are summarized below.
A. What is the importance of sleep?
1. During the Warring States period, the famous doctor Wen Zhi told King Wei of Qi: “My way of health puts sleep at the top of the list, people and animals only sleep to grow, sleep helps the spleen and stomach digest food. Therefore, sleep is the first major tonic for health. If a person does not sleep one night, his loss will be difficult to recover for a hundred days.”
2, the Qing dynasty doctor Li Yu once pointed out: “the secret of health, when the sleep is the first. Sleep can return the essence, sleep can nourish the gas, sleep can strengthen the spleen and stomach, sleep can strengthen the bones and tendons.”
3, the people often say: “medicine is better than food, food is better than sleep.” People should follow the laws of nature, follow the sun, that is, the sky wakes me up, the sky sleeps me to sleep, develop the habit of early to bed and early to rise, do not go against the sun.
Second, what are the modern people’s misconceptions about sleep?
Most people have difficulty in developing the habit of going to bed early and waking up early, in addition to some people’s own bad sleep habits, mainly because there are many misconceptions about sleep.
1, some people think that they only need to sleep for seven or eight hours a day, so they think it does not matter if they stay up late at night, they can make up for it during the day.
2, many people sleep late or sleep poorly, only know that the next day will feel mentally tired, but do not know how much damage to the body.
3, many people think that insomnia, sleep difficulty is only a small problem, take a few sleeping pills on the line, will not think that it is due to the imbalance of the internal organs caused.
4, some people like to read books, write articles at night, etc., think that after 23:00 quiet, people are also very spiritual, high efficiency.
□ To get out of the above several misconceptions about sleep, we must first know the damage of bad sleep habits on the human body and what time sleep is good for health.
Third, long-term late sleep or sleep deprivation on the body what harm?
9:00 pm to 3:00 am is the best time to take care of the liver and gallbladder. If people do not sleep past the time of the son for a long time, it will hurt the gallbladder and liver. The initial manifestations are dark circles under the eyes, dry eyes, fatigue, inner sunken, dizziness, headache, mental fatigue and lack of concentration, etc. Serious imbalance will also appear imbalance of the internal organs and various diseases.
1, eye disease: liver open orifice in the eyes, past the son of the hour does not sleep easy to cause liver deficiency, blurred vision, presbyopia, wind tears and other symptoms, but also the formation of glaucoma, cataract, fundus arteriosclerosis, retinopathy and other eye diseases.
2, bleeding symptoms: liver has the function of blood collection and blood regulation, not sleeping past the zipper will cause liver blood deficiency, which will also cause bleeding symptoms such as vomiting, nosebleeds, subcutaneous bleeding, gum bleeding, bleeding under the eyes, ear bleeding.
3, liver and gallbladder disease: bile to replace the bile at the time of the son, the bile meridian when people do not sleep, bile replacement is unfavorable, too thick and crystallized into a stone, a long time will get gallstones. Now there is an average of about 5 people in Guangzhou who are hepatitis B virus carriers, mostly because of the violation of the natural law of not sleeping after the zipper. Hepatitis B virus carriers means that in the future 40-60 of them have cirrhosis, and in serious cases, liver cancer is formed.
4, emotional and mental illnesses: not sleeping past the hour of the son is prone to depletion of bile, “Huangdi Neijing” said “gas to strengthen the bile”, bile a deficiency of people will be prone to vigilance, suspicious, timid, and in the long run, the formation of depression, anxiety and other emotional problems, and even anorexia, suicide. Now more and more teenagers suffer from depression and even suicide, mostly because often stay up late to hurt the liver and gallbladder gas.
5, cardiovascular system diseases: not sleeping past the time of the son, can cause liver blood deficiency. As the heart is the main blood vessels, the liver’s storage and regulation of blood function is damaged, will cause insufficient blood supply to the heart, thus causing heart disease, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
6, the lungs: not sleeping past the son, can not nourish Yin and Yang, liver Yin loss, causing liver fire overload burn lungs, dry cough, or cough, coughing phlegm and blood and other symptoms of wood and fire penalties gold, easily lead to various skin diseases such as psoriasis.
7, the kidneys: Hai Zi Ugly time for the day “winter”. Winter should be the kidney, the kidney is the main collection of essence, liver and kidney homologation, not sleep over the son time easy to deplete the liver, kidney gas, thus easily cause osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney failure, infertility and other diseases, serious will also affect the next generation.
8, habitual abortion: most female habitual abortion is the cause of men, most of these men sleep more than zero hours, injury to the liver is too heavy. Liver in the five elements of wood, wood is not strong, sperm as weak seed rooting force is weak, the fetus is very easy to slip.
Fourth, what time sleep is good for health?
Professor Liu Fengjun stressed: 9:00 pm to 3:00 am is the effective sleep time and the best sleep time. Half an hour less sleep at night (21-3), 3 hours more sleep during the day can not make up for it. Therefore, it is recommended that you grasp the effective sleep time, it is best to go to bed at 9 o’clock in the evening, and do not exceed 10:30 at the latest.
1, 21-23 o’clock every day for the Hai time, the most prosperous Sanjiao, belongs to the hand Shaoyang Sanjiao, “Sanjiao through the hundred veins”; 23-1 o’clock for the Zi time, the most prosperous bile meridian, belongs to the foot Shaoyang bile meridian. One is the hand Shaoyang and the other is the foot Shaoyang. What is Shaoyang? Shaoyang is the rising sun! If the Qi of Shaoyang does not rise, it is equivalent to no sun in the body! People can only have good physical and mental health if they are well rested and have enough Shaoyang Qi in their bodies for the sun to rise. Most centenarians go to bed at night before 9:00.
2, 1-3 a.m. for the ugly hour, the liver meridian is most vigorous. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says “people lie down then blood to the liver”, and the best time for the liver to nourish blood, blood is 21:00 to 3:00 am. If people stay up until 1:00 every day, the liver can not return to the blood, toxic blood can not be discharged, the fresh blood can not be born, the human organs can not be replenished with blood, it is easy to imbalance and cause disease.
Five, how to ensure a good sleep?
Insomnia is caused by a variety of reasons, but its root is the imbalance of the material body. In order to ensure a good sleep, you need to do before going to bed “five not”: 1.
1, but not full: Traditional Chinese medicine says “the stomach is not and bed rest”, because the night to rest, the spleen and stomach also need to rest, dinner eaten too much will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, disturbing the spleen and stomach of Yang Qi, which affects sleep. Therefore, dinner should be eaten seven or eight points full, and as light as possible, in order to care for the spleen and stomach clear Yang Qi.
2, but do not move: before going to bed should not be strenuous exercise and disturb Yang Qi, including watching TV, talking and chatting before going to bed and other activities that disturb the heart Yang. And the radiation from the TV, stereo and other electrical appliances themselves will interfere with the body’s autonomic nerves. Therefore, half an hour before bedtime should not do strenuous exercise, watching TV, chatting, etc.
3, but not think: the spleen is the main thought, more thought hurt the spleen, and more thought easy to disturb the heart and soul. Thinking, moving for Yang, quiet, sleep for Yin. Therefore, before going to bed, it is advisable to quietly nourish the mind, so that “first sleep heart and then sleep eyes”, help Yang into Yin to facilitate sleep.
4, but the point: 11:00 p.m. after the gallbladder meridian open Yang pneumatic, people are easy to spirit and sleep, and very easy to dissipate the liver and gallbladder gas, leading to the invasion of external evil into the body. Therefore, it is best to sleep at 9:00, not later than 10:30.
5, not wind: wind is the beginning of all diseases, pervasive. At night, open windows, open air conditioning, etc. will blow away the Yang Qi on the surface of the body guard, after blowing away the Yang Qi regeneration, regeneration and then blown away by the wind, so that overnight will dry the Yang Qi of people. Therefore, doors, windows and air conditioners should be closed before bedtime to protect the body’s yang energy.
Sixth, develop the good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
Must get up early in the morning, even in winter, not more than 6 o’clock, spring, summer and autumn try to get up before 5 o’clock.
The reason is that people get up at c (3:00-5:00) when the lung meridian is strong, so that the lung can be stretched, in order to comply with the Yang Qi Shu long, which helps to nourish the lungs and in line with the sun’s potential to raise the body’s Yang Qi, so that people have enough Yang Qi a day. 5:00 to 7:00 is the most prosperous time for the human colon meridian, the human body needs to discharge the metabolic turbidity out of the body. 7:00 to 9:00 the human stomach meridian is the most prosperous, 9:00 to 11:00 the spleen meridian is the most prosperous. From 7:00 to 9:00, the stomach meridian is at its peak, and from 9:00 to 11:00, the spleen meridian is at its peak.
Therefore, do not stay in bed. In addition, early rising can increase the effectiveness of work, as the saying goes: “three days early rising, a day of work”. Modern medicine proves that people who go to bed early and get up early have less mental stress and are less likely to suffer from mental illness.