Heartburn insomnia. Take lotus heart rock sugar drink

Li Yanru, chief physician of the emergency department of Beijing Xuanwu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital□ attending physician Jiang Nan

Insomnia is mainly manifested as insufficient sleep time and depth, difficulty falling asleep in the light, or sleeping without soundness, waking up when sleeping, and not being able to fall asleep after waking up, and difficult to fall asleep all night. Insomnia belongs to the category of "sleeplessness" in Traditional Chinese medicine, and there are relatively many patients with heart fire inflammation, which are mainly manifested as upset, difficulty falling asleep, dreaming, accompanied by dizziness and tinnitus, impatience, frequent mouth ulcers, dry mouth, etc. The main cause of insomnia is that the mood is uncomfortable or the mood is unbalanced, such as mood and anxiety, resulting in a fiery heart, disturbing the mind, and an imbalance between the body's qi, blood, yin and yang. Patients can take Lotus Heart Rock Sugar Drink to improve.

Specifically: take 10 grams of lotus seed hearts, 2 pieces of rock sugar, boiling water for 30 minutes, after the taste is light, you can change the medicinal herbs, change 1 to 2 times a day. In Fangzhong, the lotus heart is the green and tender germ in the lotus seed, which is bitter in taste and cold in nature, and has the effect of purifying the heart and stopping the bleeding and astringent essence. Rock sugar has the effect of nourishing yin. The two are combined to exert the effect of nourishing yin and clearing fire and adjusting yin and yang, so that the heart fire goes, yin and yang are flat, and sleep is peaceful.

Patients with insomnia should also pay attention to: avoid fatigue and excessive thinking, and should combine work and leisure, relax appropriately, and work and rest on time; Avoid agitation and nervousness, and keep a calm mind; Avoid overeating, eat on time, and eat lightly, especially the elderly with weak spleen and stomach function. ▲