Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Liu Xinyu
Correspondent Pan Yingyuan
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"I often see adolescent insomnia patients, even kindergarten-age patients." Hong Min, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, said frankly that after practicing medicine for many years and including communicating with peers, insomnia can be described as encompassing the whole stage of life, it is no longer stereotyped to become the exclusive disease of some fixed groups, and the old, middle, young, young and young may join the large team of insomnia for various reasons.
Invariably, the Chinese theme of this year's World Sleep Day happens to be "good sleep, healthy walking together", more and more people are beginning to equate their sleep with the quality of their health, and "insomnia" is a signal that the body sends out unhealthy.
Long-term insomnia is not good for human health
There are two conditions where the basic lock is insomnia
Generally speaking, insomnia is also called sleep disorders, Hong Min introduced, medically believes that insomnia refers to an experience that people cannot meet the sleep time and sleep quality, and cannot be competent for daytime work. In layman's terms, insomnia has the following two diagnostic criteria:
First, the time to fall asleep is long: that is, it is difficult to fall asleep, and it has not fallen asleep for more than 30 minutes.
Second, sleep is not sinking: do not sink to see the short duration of sleep, and second, look at the overall sleep time is short. The former refers to waking up more than twice a night, for example; the latter means waking up at 2:00-4:00 and not falling asleep again within 10 minutes, that is, waking up early. Early awakening means that the overall sleep time is shortened, and Hong Min said that medically believes that the overall sleep time is less than 6 hours is insomnia.
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If the above two situations occur at least 3 times a week and last for at least 1 month, you should go to the hospital to see. But Hong Min also added that a good sleep condition is also a subjective experience, for example, some people only sleep four or five hours a day and do not delay the day work, they can not diagnose it as insomnia; there are people such as Gu Ailing, who sleep ten hours a day and do not feel any negative impact, which is also good sleep.
Age differences and characteristics of types of insomnia
How does TCM recognize insomnia? To sum up, it is "if the yang does not enter the yin, it does not sleep". At the same time, "yang does not enter yin" is also divided into two situations: virtual and real. "Some people are due to lack of insomnia, such as liver, spleen, kidney, heart and intestine function weakness, insufficient qi and blood yin and yang; others are due to real insomnia, such as liver qi depression, phlegm fever disturbing the heart, gastric qi disharmony, stasis and blood obstruction, etc., Chinese medicine needs to be dialectically divided." Hong Min said.
People in the workplace are often difficult to sleep under great pressure
The reporter learned that especially in the workplace youth and middle-aged people insomnia as an example, in the level of Chinese medicine is often "liver depression fire" (because of one of the types of "real" insomnia). Hong Min explained, "This kind of person is more stressful in work and life, and is often accompanied by various anxieties. And what dominates our emotions is the liver, and the liver is a wood in the five elements. Liver qi is depressed, and the five elements are born and the relationship between the wood is born and burned, which is called the liver depression fire. "How can liver depression fire be related to insomnia? A person who loves anxiety, irritability, and irritability will often be restless and unable to sleep peacefully, which will cause in the long run: inability to sleep deeply, reduced sleep time, insomnia and dreams.
Minors should be particularly vigilant for insomnia
After practicing medicine for many years, Hong Min also found that adolescent groups will also have the type of insomnia of "liver depression and fire" due to problems such as schoolwork pressure and adolescent irritability. In addition, some minors who suffer from certain mental disorders, such as depression, will also suffer from insomnia. Therefore, Hong Min especially reminded that insomnia is a relatively "easy to find disease", parents in addition to helping them solve the problem of insomnia, but also pay attention to whether there are other mental and psychological disorders, in short, starting from insomnia, often can find a lot of problems.
It is worth mentioning that even if Chinese medicine divides insomnia into real and virtual, insomnia is not a simple deficiency or a simple real disease.
The reporter learned that insomnia in the elderly often has both real and virtual diseases. Hong Min explained that people who are older are prone to arteriosclerosis, resulting in unobstructed blood circulation, which is considered by Chinese medicine to be a blood stasis blocker. At night, the blood should be returned to the liver and the soul, because the blood is blocked, the blood line is blocked, and the soul is uneasy, so the insomnia wakes up early. At the same time, the elderly are inevitably deficient due to the gradual weakness of kidney qi at an advanced age, and are often accompanied by various basic diseases, long-term medication, drug cutting of righteous qi, and overall insufficient heart, spleen, liver and kidney function, insomnia in this case is insomnia caused by the combination of virtual reality. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that any insomnia is not caused by a single real or virtual disease, it is usually a combination of each other, requiring professional doctors to diagnose and treat, medication.
Can household moxibustion instruments cure insomnia?
How does TCM treat insomnia? Hong Min introduced that dialectical Chinese medicine decoctions taken internally and with acupuncture, ear acupuncture beans, acupuncture point patches, etc. can achieve curative effects, and some people can be cured. In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to the patient's mental factors to help them relieve their troubles and eliminate their worries.
In addition, the reporter also paid special attention to some popular household moxibustion instruments on the market, claiming to help sleep. Here the doctor especially reminds that moxibustion is indeed a treatment method of Chinese medicine, but it has strict indications, such as weakness, cold, wetness can be used, if the constitution or illness is not suitable for use, do not rush to use. In addition, if the acupuncture points are not found correctly, it may also aggravate the condition. The same is true of other similar products, where everyone's condition is different and the product cannot be used universally. Therefore, if there is insomnia and other sleep disorders, it is still recommended that you go to a professional medical institution to find a professional doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
Sit quietly before going to bed to evacuate physical fatigue
At the same time, the doctor also reminds the majority of readers and friends that in study, life or work, they should adjust their mentality and not be too anxious. It is not recommended to do strenuous exercise or fitness before going to bed, and do not drink strong tea or coffee. You can also try to massage Yongquan Acupoint, Taichong Acupoint, Taixi Acupoint, Shenmen Acupoint, etc. for a few minutes to nourish water and fire, nourish the liver and kidneys, and improve the quality of sleep. You can also sit down appropriately on the bed, prepare a cushion about 5 cm high, naturally cross your legs, fold your hands under the navel, and cooperate with abdominal breathing, slightly close your eyes, and empty for 5-10 minutes. In the daily diet, you can choose the following tranquilizing ingredients, such as lotus lily to nourish the heart and calm the spirit, red jujube longan meat tonic blood and tranquility, walnut sesame tonic kidney tranquility, millet stomach tranquility. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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