I have seen an interesting statistic before, if you calculate the time spent in a person's life, then the time spent sleeping will account for 20 years, eating for 6 years, going to the toilet for 1 year... Enough to see the importance of sleep!
However, today's fast-paced life makes many people "lack of sleep", some people work three shifts because of work reasons; some people stay up late at night because they are busy during the day, and they can't put down their mobile phones; and some people have poor sleep quality and often insomnia.
Regardless of the reason, not sleeping well will leave an opportunity for cancer, so how can we protect our bodies and prevent cancer from attacking? In fact, the ancients have already given the answer - sleep well for a meridian.
What is a meridian?
-sleep-
Chinese medicine believes that falling asleep on time during the hour of the child (11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.) and noon (11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) every day is called "meridian", and its main principle is "big sleep at the child's time, nap at noon".
According to the "Meridian Flow" theory of the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic", when the bile is ordered, the bile is generated, and the qi and blood of the whole body can rise, and the best way to nourish the bile sutra is to sleep. If you miss this time because you stay up late, the liver and gallbladder will not get enough rest, which can easily lead to yellowing, rough skin, long pigment spots, etc. If you can't sleep at the time of the Child, you should also close your eyes and recuperate for a while.
At noon, the heart is ordered, and at this time, a nap can nourish the heart. When the heart meridian is given, it can promote the normal operation of the blood and make people full of vitality. Especially at night, when the work is busy, you must sleep for a while at noon. Even if you can't sleep, you should "go into silence", close your eyes and recuperate, so that the body can balance the transition, refresh the mind, and replenish energy.
If you force yourself to get rid of drowsiness at noon and continue to work, it is easy to consume sadness and blood, and your heart is on fire, resulting in upset and insomnia, but reducing work efficiency. The time of nap is half an hour, up to 1 hour, otherwise it will disturb the body's biological clock and easily insomnia at night.
In addition to the time of sleep, the depth of sleep also greatly affects the quality of sleep, such as people sleep shallow, even if they sleep for a long time, they still feel dizzy and tired after getting up. Therefore, in order to ensure good sleep quality, the ancients also summarized many "sleeping parties".
Sleeping party | lying down
In life, many people like to sleep with their heads covered in a quilt, which is not good for their health. As early as the Tang Dynasty, the medicine king Sun Simiao proposed in the "Thousand Golden Formulas": "If the winter night does not cover its head, it will lead to longevity." "Chinese medicine believes that the head is the meeting of the yangs, the place where the yang meridians converge, and the qi and blood run vigorously.
"Lying down with your head over" not only easily affects the operation of qi and blood, but also may cause sweating in the head, thus making the disease and evil take advantage of the void. From the perspective of modern medicine, "lying on top of your head" will also affect the smoothness of breathing and reduce the quality of sleep.
Sleep party two| not annoyed before going to bed
There is a cloud in the Yellow Emperor's Neijing Su Qing and Theory of Lifting Pain: "Anger is angry, joy is slow, sorrow is dissipated, fear is angry, and thinking is angry." Any change in mood will cause disorders of qi and blood, which will lead to insomnia and even disease. Therefore, before going to bed, not only should not be angry, sad, but also to prevent any excessive emotions.
In short, abundant sleep is the process of repairing damage and recuperating the body, and it must not be for some things, because of small losses, wait until the loss of health and then repent!