Why does Chinese medicine say it's difficult to fall asleep?

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The human body needs enough rest to keep vigorous, insomnia may not be a situation that two people will appear, and it is not a symptom that old friends will appear. Many young people sleep late and have insomnia, which shows how bad their mental state will be the next day. There are some differences between western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine in talking about the causes of insomnia, so what is the reason for the difficulty in falling asleep in traditional Chinese medicine? I'd like to share my views with you.

Why does Chinese medicine say it's difficult to fall asleep?

Reason 1: heart kidney disharmony: it's difficult to fall asleep when you are upset. In traditional Chinese medicine, "heart kidney disharmony" usually means that heart fire (fire of thoughts and emotions) can't go down, and kidney water (hormones, vitamins, etc.) can't go up. If heart fire does not fall, people will have more dreams and insomnia; Kidney water does not rise, people are easy to mouth hot tongue dry. The manifestations of disharmony between heart and kidney are dreaminess, upset, and soreness of waist and knee; I feel hot at night, but my feet are cold; The lower abdomen is not warm, some people are also accompanied by palpitations, tongue sores and so on. Heart and kidney, should be nourishing heart, can eat some purple rice, cherry, black beans, duck blood, jujube, carrots, longan meat, Flammulina velutipes and other food, can help blood. Keeping the mood smooth and the mind gentle can also prevent insomnia to a certain extent. When the temperature is right, you can go to outdoor activities to enjoy your body and mind.

The second reason is the rise of false fire; It is what we often call "virtual hyperactivity". Excessive heart fire is real fire, belonging to "real hyperactivity". But this second kind of etiology is the deficiency fire, it's performance is a lie on the bed is upset, can't sleep, get up and what things are not willing to do; Or the hands and feet are hot, and the tongue is red without coating.

Reason 3: liver fire disturbing heart: irritable, sleepless all night; People with a strong temper tend to be irritable and anxious. When the liver fire disturbs the mind, it will cause insomnia. This kind of insomnia is characterized by being upset, having many dreams, waking up in a dream, not easy to fall asleep after waking up, and feeling bitter mouth when it is serious.

matters needing attention

After we understand the reasons why it is difficult for us to fall asleep in traditional Chinese medicine, we need to make targeted improvement in combination with our own actual situation. Everyone has different causes of sleep, so there are great differences in the methods that need to be improved. The same way to improve insomnia may be an inappropriate way for you, Naturally, we can't get good results.