How to treat insomnia with diet

  Insomnia: manifests as difficulty in falling asleep, waking up more often at night, waking up early in the morning, dreaming at night, and therefore causes dizziness, fatigue, forgetfulness, irritability and other symptoms.  It can be clinically classified into Chinese medicine evidence types such as heart fire on inflammation, heart and spleen deficiency, and heart and kidney disconnection.  There are many treatments for insomnia, including psychological adjustment, environmental adjustment, internal medicine, acupuncture, Gua Sha cupping, massage, etc.  Insomnia diet therapy: lotus heart tea: for heart fire on the inflammation, irritable sleeplessness.  Lotus heart 2 grams, raw licorice 3 grams. Brew with boiling water and drink as tea. Drink several times a day.  Lily porridge: For dry mouth and sleeplessness due to deficiency of heart yin.  100 grams of raw lily, 100 grams of round-grained rice, wash, add 1000 ml of water, cook until the rice is rotten, take twice a day.  Sour date nut porridge: For heart and spleen deficiency, palpitation and forgetfulness, insomnia and dreaminess.  Take 50 grams of sour date palm, pound it, and decoct it thickly to get the juice. Add 100 grams of round-grained rice, add water and cook the porridge until it is half-cooked, then add sour dates and fry until the porridge is ready, take it while it is hot.  Wu Wei Zi paste: for all types of neurasthenia and insomnia (better for those with high transaminases).  Wash 250 grams of schisandra, add water and soak for half a day, boil and remove the residue, add honey and collect the paste. Take 20 ml per serving, twice a day.  Magnet kidney porridge: for insomnia, palpitation, dizziness and tinnitus, hypertension (insomnia in the elderly) caused by weak kidney yin and hyperactive liver yang.  Add 60 grams of magnet, break it into pieces, decoct for 1 hour, then remove the residue; 1 pig kidney, remove the sinew, wash and slice it; use 100 grams of japonica rice, wash it, add the magnet water, boil it until it is half cooked, then add the pig kidney slices, boil it until the rice is rotten and the meat is cooked, take it 1-2 times a day.  Huang Lian Agaricus Chicken Root Yellow Soup: For insomnia due to yin deficiency and fire, or insomnia due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity after heat illness or blood loss.  Huang Lian 5 grams, 10 grams of peony, decoction of 100 ml of water, dregs, to 30 ml of molten Agaricus juice, wait for warm, take two fresh eggs, remove the egg white, stir the yolk into the juice, and take every night before bedtime.  Frequent insomniacs. The usual diet should be light tonic, such as lily, lotus seeds, yam, often with japonica rice, glutinous rice, barley porridge, etc.. In addition, you should avoid drinking strong tea, coffee and other beverages that excite the central nervous system.  Insomnia is also very important in the spiritual conditioning, should pay attention to keep an open mind, avoid worry, anxiety; also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, to avoid working at the desk, using the computer for too long, can work for about an hour or two, stand up and activities, do interval exercises. In life should abstain from sexual desire, maintenance of the heart and kidneys, it is best not to eat before going to bed, some people have the habit of drinking milk before going to bed, can be arranged to drink an hour before going to bed, rest a little after eating, to exclude distractions, keep in a state of mental calm and comfort to sleep.