Sleep is an important guarantee for human health, if the quality of sleep is not good, it will not only affect the mental state and work efficiency of the next day, but also damage various organs and systems of the body, increasing the risk of disease.
Some people have a hard time falling asleep at night, others always wake up naturally in the middle of the night and then have a hard time falling asleep again. This condition may be that there is something wrong with the body that needs attention.
The time to wake up in the middle of the night is related to different organs. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, the human body has twelve meridians, each meridian has a time period, if a certain time period always wakes up, it may be that there is a problem with the corresponding meridians or organs.
Let's take a look at the 3 organs that may be involved in waking up in the middle of the night:
1. Wake up at 23 o'clock ~ 1 am the next day, you may have a gallbladder problem
It may be related to excessive gallbladder fire and disturbing the mind, and this period corresponds to the bile meridian when the child is born. The gallbladder is an important organ for storing and excreting bile, and is involved in food digestion.
In the early hours of the morning, the gallbladder is cooperating in digestion and excreting metabolites outside the body. If you often wake up during this time, it may be because of gallbladder problems or eating irritating foods at night.
2. Waking up at 1~3 a.m. indicates liver problems
It may be related to the liver fire and liver qi, and this period of time corresponds to the liver meridian when it is ugly. When the liver is hot and the liver is not loose, the mental state of the human body will be affected, and it will be difficult to fall asleep, shallow sleep, and easy to wake up from dreams. In addition, hepatitis can also cause easy wake-up at night, most commonly viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, and drug-induced hepatitis.
3. Waking up at 3~5 a.m., or having lung problems
It may mean that there is a problem with the lungs, and at this time the lungs are ordered. Poor lungs, reduced lung function, and inadequate ventilation can reduce sleep quality. People with poor lungs often wake up during this time and are accompanied by symptoms such as nasal congestion, sneezing, poor breathing, coughing and wheezing.
Two ways to get a good night's sleep
Fragmented sleep can lead to problems waking up in the middle of the night and making it difficult to fall asleep again. This quality of sleep is even more dangerous than the short duration of sleep.
An experiment conducted by Tel Aviv University showed that after 8 hours of fragmented sleep, people performed worse at work than people who slept only 4 hours a night.
In addition, a nighttime sleep study found that for women, waking up easily in the middle of the night and dying from cardiovascular disease were twice as high as those who slept normally; For men, the risk of cardiovascular disease and the risk of all-cause mortality were 13.4% and 33.7%, respectively.
Two ways to improve sleep quality:
1. Small sachet for sleep: mash the sour jujube kernel, Fu Shen, Yuanzhi, Acacia flower, rose flower, night rattan, amber and raw white art to make a sachet and put it at the bedside for use. These herbs help calm the mind and treat restlessness.
2. Add the following foods to dinner:
Vitamin B: Whole grain foods rich in B vitamins can promote sleep.
Tryptophan: Foods such as millet, pumpkin seeds, curd bamboo, seaweed, and black sesame seeds are rich in tryptophan, which helps inhibit central nervous system excitability.
Calcium and magnesium: Milk is rich in calcium and nuts are rich in magnesium, which can be used together to relax and calm them.