Clinic often encounter insomnia patients ask what they need to pay attention to in daily life, what diet and exercise to help sleep, now will be commonly used in daily life to treat insomnia some small methods recommended to you, you can choose 2-3 methods according to their own situation, I hope it can help you. A, foot bath method every day before bed with warm water or use the following foot soak for 15-30 minutes, you can add coarse salt (sea salt), the water should not exceed the ankle, preferably up to the calf position. Scalding feet with hot water, first warm and then hot, so that the feet are hot and red. Then sit quietly in bed, with the heart of the left hand (Laogong point, after clenching the fist of the middle finger on the location) on the heart of the foot Yongquan point (the intersection of the two small balls of flesh on the bottom of the foot), rub, and then the other hand rub the other heart of the foot Yongquan point, to rub hot as degree. Pregnant women should not be used, diabetes, heart failure, skin diseases to be used with caution. The temperature of the water to their own comfort, soak without excessive sweating, slightly out of the law is better. Deficiency formula: 10 grams of cinnamon, 60 grams of nightshade, 30 grams of cow’s knee, for weakness, easily tired, cold, easy to sweat, lumbago, frequent urination, etc. Actual symptoms: Chai Hu 6g, Scutellaria Baicalensis 6g, Fa Xian Xia 6g, Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae 6g, Roasted Licorice 6g, Fu Ling 30g, Dragon Bone 30g, Oyster 30g, Mother of Pearl 30g, Cinnamomum Cassia 6g, Yu Jin 6g, Xiang Shen Shen 6g, Sheng Di 6g. Indicated for irritability, bitter and dry mouth, chest tightness and palpitations, fear of cold and heat, swelling and pain on both sides of the ribs, difficulty in relaxing with tongue extended and long tongue tip. A dose can be boiled and put in the refrigerator to be soaked in 1-3 days depending on the economic situation. In addition, according to the experience of famous veteran Chinese medicine Zhu Liangchun, you can also use the foot pedal bean massage method: 1500 grams of adzuki beans, 1000 grams of wheat, put a total of iron pot every night before bed, frying heat, pour into the basin, barefoot and sitting, left and right to take turns stepping on the beans and wheat, half an hour each time. Can be used repeatedly. Stimulate the bottom of the foot acupuncture points, dredge the whole body qi and blood, warm the kidneys to please the spleen, warm the liver and stomach, adjust the qi. Second, pat the pericardium meridian The pericardium meridian is located on the median line of the inner side of both upper limbs. From the top to the bottom, pat the circulation area of the pericardium meridian on both upper limbs with an empty palm for 5-8 minutes, to the extent that redness or petechiae appear. The focus is on the inner elbows, because according to Chinese medicine, “when there is evil in the heart of the lungs, its qi stays in the elbows”. It is suitable for patients who suffer from insomnia with dark lips, dull face, occasional tingling in the body, and those who have a lot of thoughts, stress and emotional tension. The degree of patting (pat out to wait for it to disappear naturally before patting the other side of the hand, while patting both hands is easy to too much dissipation of Qi and blood, weariness and dizziness and other discomfort). Third, combing method famous literary scholar Su Shi of the Song dynasty, combing the hair as a “sleeping pill”. He said: “combing more than a hundred combs, scattered head sleep, ripe sleep to the light.” By combing the hair, can refresh the brain, eliminate fatigue, improve thinking ability and work efficiency. In addition, there is the effectiveness of preventing insomnia, neurological headaches and baldness. Operation method: comb your hair with a comb in the following directions: (1) the front hairline, the top of the head, the back of the head, the neck, left, middle and right three lines; (2) from the center of the top of the head as a starting point, in a radial pattern to the corners of the head, solar plexus, hairline on the ear, hairline behind the ear. The left and right are the same. Comb your hair for at least five minutes before going to bed. If you do not have a comb, you can finger-knock, hands bent, in addition to the thumb, the remaining four fingers knocking vertically on the scalp, the direction and requirements of the same comb comb method. Fourth, food therapy to help sleep (1) vinegar millet porridge: boil millet into rice porridge, eat 1 hour before bedtime, and take 10ml of rice vinegar half an hour after eating, once a night. Depending on the situation, we can add jujube, longan meat, sour date, lily, lotus seed, Huai Shan, etc. The amount varies from person to person, and it is suitable for the general public. (2) Angelica ginger lamb hot pot: for people who are weak and afraid of cold, like to drink warm water, do not like air conditioning in summer, have a light mouth without bitterness, and have cold limbs in winter. Available angelica 15-30 grams, ginger 15-30 grams, Huai Shan 30-60 grams, wolfberry 15 grams, jujube 10-15, with lamb bones for the bottom of the pot, into suitable for autumn and winter. (3) Lily lotus seeds and silver fungus soup: for dry mouth, bitterness, irritability, mental hyperactivity during the day, like to drink cold water, sweaty palms. The material] 3 silver fungus flowers, 20 grams of lotus seeds, 20 grams of dried lilies, 100 grams of rock sugar, 10 grams of wolfberries, the appropriate amount of water [Method] are soaked in warm water, put the silver fungus into a casserole dish, add water and seasoning appropriate amount, boil for 2 and a half hours over moderate heat. When the fungus is thickened, add the rock sugar and stir well, then pour in the lotus seeds, cover the pot and cook for half an hour on low heat, and finally add the lily and wolfberries and cook for about 15 minutes to remove from the heat. (4) cinnamon lotus seeds pig heart soup: lotus seeds 30, cinnamon meat 15-30 grams, 15-30 grams of sour dates, half of the pig heart stewed with a little salt, 1 hour before bedtime, once a night. It is suitable for insomnia patients with poor appetite, abdominal distension after eating, sleepiness after eating, panic and shortness of breath, shriveled face, lack of luster, excessive dreaming, extreme sensitivity to sound during sleep, low menstrual volume and pale color in women, etc. Weak spleen and stomach, blood deficiency cannot nourish the mind.