as the saying goes & ldquo; Spring sleeps, autumn sleeps and summer sleeps& rdquo; Many people are sleepy during the day and sleepy at night. However, at the same time, many people will also feel that spring is also prone to insomnia. Spring sleepiness, autumn fatigue and summer nap are only temporary physiological reactions that occur when people’s physiological functions do not adapt to seasonal climate change. It can also be said that this is a physiological phenomenon with scientific basis. Let’s take a look with you.
1、 Spring sleepiness
1. The temperature will be higher and higher in spring. After the temperature rises, the pores of human skin will stretch and the blood supply will increase, but the oxygen supply to the brain will decrease accordingly, resulting in lethargy and drowsiness, It is a phenomenon of inhibition of the central nervous system.
2. With the warming weather, the metabolism of the body is gradually vigorous, the oxygen consumption is increasing, and the oxygen supply to the brain is relatively reduced. Coupled with the benign stimulation of warm temperature, the brain is inhibited, which is also easy to cause sleepiness in adults.
3. The sunshine time is long in spring. The biological clock formed in winter cannot fully adapt to it in spring. Spring gets up about an hour earlier than winter. If you don’t get enough sleep, you naturally feel sleepy.
II. Autumn is lack of
1. Autumn is different from spring. It changes from hot to cool. At this time, the body enters a periodic rest stage, and the hidden dangers caused by huge consumption in summer appear. In fact, autumn fatigue is a kind of physiological function recovery after excessive consumption of human body in summer & ldquo; Compensation & rdquo;.
2. Autumn fatigue is a temporary phenomenon. It can disappear after a period of time by adjusting sleep, diet and physical exercise.
III. summer nap
1. Summer & ldquo; Take a nap & rdquo;, It is because the summer days are short and the nights are long, and the summer nights are hot and dry, which affects the sleep quality.
2. High temperature also makes human skin blood vessels heat and expand, and a large amount of blood flows in, which can increase the body consumption, feel tired and produce drowsiness.
3. Many people have a high incidence of insomnia in spring
& ldquo; Insomnia is not seasonal, but it is most serious in spring. Recently, more than 30% of the patients in the outpatient department of Neurology of Jiangsu Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine suffered from sleep disorder with depression and anxiety, nearly twice as much as usual& rdquo; Wu Minghua, director of Neurology Department of Jiangsu Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, introduced.
it is understood that the reason for the high incidence of insomnia in spring is that Yang Qi develops in spring, which is also the time when liver fire is the most vigorous. If you do not pay attention to regulating your emotions, it is easy to lead to stagnation of liver qi, irritability, dreaminess, difficulty in sleeping, headache, dizziness, discomfort and other symptoms. In addition, modern people have a fast pace of life, high work pressure, emotional tension and less usual activities. If they encounter some setbacks, they are more prone to insomnia.
for the prevention and treatment of insomnia, Wu Minghua suggested that drugs should be selected according to the severity of the disease. Patients with mild insomnia may wish to use traditional Chinese medicine and use drugs according to their physical state. For example, for insomnia patients with excessive liver fire, traditional Chinese medicine for calming the liver and reducing fire and calming the heart and calming the mind can help alleviate insomnia and improve stomach discomfort caused by liver fire invading the stomach. If the symptoms of anxiety and insomnia are serious, it is suggested to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine. On the basis of taking anti anxiety and anti depression drugs, traditional Chinese medicine should be used in combination to improve the discomfort symptoms, reduce the dosage of Western medicine and reduce the side effects to a certain extent.
how to & ldquo; Run away & rdquo; Insomnia?
for patients with insomnia, Wu Minghua suggested that in addition to drug treatment, daily life also needs to be adjusted. Specific suggestions are as follows:
1. Develop good sleep habits and try not to make up sleep during the day even if you have insomnia; 2. Do some physical exercise between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. every day to help sleep; 3. Don’t watch thrilling TV and novels before going to bed, and don’t get too excited; 4. In terms of diet, do not eat spicy food and avoid drinking tea or coffee. Today’s popular milk tea also contains caffeine, which should be avoided as much as possible. If you want to stay awake, it is recommended to drink it before 12 noon; 5. Take a hot bath or foot bath before going to bed to promote the blood circulation of the whole body, relieve fatigue and help sleep; 6. Keep the bedroom environment quiet and comfortable, avoid light and sound, and the temperature is appropriate to create a good sleeping environment.
medicinal tonic is not as good as food tonic
. An appropriate diet prescription does have a certain hypnotic effect. Wu Minghua recommends several diet prescriptions. You might as well try:
Yuanzhi Zaoren porridge
materials: 15g Yuanzhi, 10g fried sour Zaoren, Japonica rice 75g.
efficacy: this porridge has the effects of calming the heart, calming the mind, strengthening the brain and benefiting intelligence. It can treat the panic, insomnia, amnesia and other diseases caused by blood deficiency in the elderly.
Ganmai jujube soup
materials: 60g floating wheat, 20g licorice and 15 jujubes (enucleated).
efficacy: Although this prescription is ordinary, it has remarkable effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind.
Baimai Anshen drink
materials: 25g wheat and Lily, 15g lotus seed meat and Shouwu vine, 2 jujubes and 6G licorice.
efficacy: This drink has the effects of Supplementing Qi, nourishing Yin, clearing heat and calming nerves. It can cure restlessness, irritability, insomnia, dreaminess, palpitation, shortness of breath, hyperhidrosis, etc.
Longan and Euryale ferox porridge
materials: 25g longan and Euryale ferox respectively, 100g glutinous rice, 20g sour jujube kernel and 20g honey.
efficacy: this porridge has the functions of strengthening brain, intelligence, kidney and essence. It can treat neurasthenia, mental decline, liver and kidney deficiency and other diseases in the elderly.