Chinese medicine doctors are awesome! Teach you the most correct way to take a nap

Nowadays, many office workers have the habit of taking naps to some extent, but due to different environments and time arrangements, most people tend to feel more and more sleepy the more they sleep, or feel that they cannot sleep well at all. Below we will introduce you to the most efficient way to take a nap.

Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches you how to take an efficient nap

It is best to sleep for 30 minutes from 12:00 to 15:00

The best time to take a nap is generally between 12:00 and 15:00, which is called the second sleep cycle. A short nap of about thirty minutes during this time can give your brain a good rest, and your performance in the afternoon will be significantly improved. It is best to take a nap within 20-30 minutes, not more than 30 minutes. Sleeping too long will easily lead to deep sleep, which will affect your sleep at night. You must pay attention to this.

Those who feel more tired after a nap should sleep for 10-15 minutes

For people who feel more tired after a nap, it is recommended to shorten the nap time appropriately so that your nap does not enter the shortwave sleep stage, because it is relatively difficult to wake up in the shortwave sleep stage. For this type of people, the nap time only needs to be controlled at 10-15 minutes. This length of nap allows people to experience the second stage of sleep, which is important for memory and health.

The sleeping position for a nap is not sleeping on your stomach

It is best to sit in a chair with your head leaning on the back seat, your knees stretched out, and your feet placed on a lower platform. This sleeping position is most suitable. If this is difficult to implement, sleeping in a chair is also a good option.

Even if you are not tired, you should lie down and rest.

Sometimes you feel like you can't fall asleep at noon, especially when you squeeze a nap time out of your busy schedule. Faced with this situation, you must not get up and continue working just because you feel no fatigue or cannot sleep. Instead, you should lie down and rest, because there is a big difference between lying down to rest and not resting. Even if we don't fall asleep and just lie down and rest for 20 minutes, it will feel like we have had a good sleep. Even if you don't notice it easily, just lying down and resting for a while can better restore your body's mental and physical strength.