Insomnia rubs your feet, wakes up early and rubs your hands! How much insomnia is rubbed like this!
Due to various reasons, there are more and more people with insomnia in modern society, and long-term insomnia has serious harm to our health. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to insomnia as "insomnia", believing that sleep is affected by qi and blood and the five organs, and that the body's qi and blood are harmonized and the five organs are beneficial, and sleep will be normal.
Today I recommend two very simple ways to manage insomnia - rubbing your feet and rubbing your hands, which may help you have a better sleep.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, early awakening is generally caused by heart and lung fire. In particular, people who often wake up around 3 a.m. are mostly on the rise. In summer, it is easier to feel hot, so there will be more people with insomnia.
▌There are two kinds of heart fire: virtual and real:
False fire is manifested as restlessness, lack of sleep, excessive dreams, hot hands and feet, night sweats, dry mouth or frequent tongue sores.
The real fire is manifested as palpitations, irritability, restlessness, nightmares, red face, dry and bitter mouth, preference for cold drinks, short urine, burning heat, red tongue, moss yellow, etc.
Both of these can lead to early awakening, and acupressure on the hands can relieve symptoms and help with conditioning.
And there is an acupuncture point in the palm of the hand - Lao Gong acupoint, Lao Gong acupoint is one of the "thirteen ghost points", and the acupuncture points that regulate mental illness in ancient times are headed by the word "ghost", so Lao Gong is also known as "ghost cave".
▌Rubbing the palms of your hands can make a "fire":
Rubbing the palms of your hands can make a "fire" and replenish yang. When the hand is clenched into a fist, the place under the middle finger is the Lao Gong acupoint, which is the acupuncture point of the pericardial meridian, and the nature is hot.
There is an idiom called "rubbing the palms", which generally describes the appearance of people who are eager to try before fighting or labor, and generally speaking, these attempts need to fully stimulate the yang energy of the human body, so they will rub the hot acupuncture points in the palms of the hands.
Many traditional Chinese medicine massage treatments will use the Lao Gong acupoint, such as rubbing the hands together and pressing on the waist, abdomen, eyes and other parts, hoping to use the heat of the Lao Gong acupoint to warm the weakened and tired parts of the human body.
There is a cool acupuncture point on the soles of the feet, rubbing the soles of the feet can nourish yin and replenish water, rubbing the soles of the feet with hot palms, can make water and fire blend, yin and yang balance, many people's insomnia is like this "rubbing" good.
The acupuncture points on the center of the feet are called Yongquan, which is the well point of the kidney meridian, and the so-called well point means that the kidney meridian originates from here.
Some people's eyes are always red and swollen, but massaging the soles of the feet has a good relief, this is because the fire here is a false fire, the appearance of the false fire is because there is less water, and it is necessary to replenish water to reduce the fire, and massaging the spring is equivalent to replenishing water to the body.
In addition to taking medicines, you can also rub the palms of your hands first, and then rub your feet with hot palms.
This method can make the heart and kidney intersect, so that the heart fire floating on the top of the body is lowered due to the kidney water, Chinese medicine calls it "fire return to the element", as long as you rub it for about 5-10 minutes before going to bed every day.
In addition, people with insomnia symptoms can also rub the "big fish" of their hands - this has a good relieving effect on early awakening, and many people will fall asleep unconsciously in the process of kneading.
The two meridians of the heart and lungs pass through the big fish, so rubbing the big fish often helps to "extinguish" the fire of the heart and lungs.
The method of rubbing the thenar is very simple, as long as the two palms of the thenar are opposite, one hand is fixed, and the other hand is rotated, so that the two palms of the thenar are rubbed in pairs, about 2~3 minutes, the whole palm will be hot, but it is necessary to rub until the thenar has no soreness, before it can take effect.
Difficulty falling asleep is actually a lack of liver blood;
It is easy to wake up, that is, the spleen and stomach are not compatible;
Poor sleep is a loss of kidney meridians!
1. Difficulty falling asleep, regulating the liver
Sleep-onset insomnia, which manifests as difficulty falling asleep, is the most common form of insomnia. Yang does not enter yin, and the intersection of yin and yang is blocked, causing mental restlessness and difficulty falling asleep, which is its pathogenesis.
Therefore, such insomnia can be supplemented with a little more liver-regulating food, such as mustard greens, mulberries, black sesame, ejiao, jujube, spinach, wolfberry, duck blood, etc., to regulate the problem of liver blood deficiency and improve insomnia from the root cause of insomnia.
Take 100 grams of duck blood, 100 grams of crucian carp and 100 grams of white rice to cook porridge to eat, which can nourish liver and blood, assist in the treatment of anemia, and this is also one of the liver-protecting dishes for liver cancer patients.
2. Easy to wake up insomnia, regulate the spleen and stomach
Many people are prone to sudden waking up during sleep, with greasy mouth, light mouth, anorexia, and unsmooth stool, mostly caused by disharmony of the spleen and stomach. If the stomach is not congruct, the patient can eat more yams, hawthorn, glutinous rice, sweet potatoes, coix seeds, etc.
50 grams of yam, 15 grams of coix seeds, 100 grams of japonica rice, boiled porridge to eat. It can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for loss of appetite, abdominal distention, insomnia and dreams caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach.
3. Poor sleep quality, regulates the kidneys
The kidneys are where people's essence, qi, and spirit reside. After kidney qi failure, it will cause unrestlessness and restlessness, and the lack of kidney essence in the human body will cause lack of sleep and poor sleep.
You can choose to cook porridge with yam, wolfberry and japonica rice to nourish the kidneys and help you fall asleep.
In addition, if you don't sleep well, you can listen to more light music on weekdays. Especially half an hour before bedtime, listen to more soothing soft music to help you sleep!