TCM treatments for insomnia

I believe many people have had this experience: because of being too tired from work or life, high pressure, too many worries, overeating, increasing age, etc., you toss and turn in bed at night and cannot fall asleep, and your mind becomes more and more clear, and sometimes you even have symptoms such as dizziness and headache. Yes, these are all symptoms of insomnia. Because we have to live or work every day, the feeling of insomnia is often very painful.

When facing insomnia, everyone takes different approaches. Some choose to take medicine, some use psychological suggestion, and the most negative approach is to do nothing and let things run wild. The consequences of this are often the most unacceptable. There are many medical methods to treat insomnia, such as traditional Chinese medicine.

In fact, in general, insomnia refers to the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep, resulting in insufficient sleep. Also known as sleep onset and maintenance disorder (DMS), it is a common disease caused by various reasons, such as difficulty falling asleep, too short sleep depth or frequency, early awakening, insufficient sleep time or poor sleep quality. Insomnia often brings great pain and psychological burden to patients, and can also damage other aspects of the body due to the abuse of insomnia drugs. Here is an introduction to the methods of TCM treatment of insomnia. TCM treatment of insomnia often uses diet therapy:

1. Daylily

Also known as "calming vegetable", it has the effect of calming the nerves. In addition to cooking soup, it can also be stir-fried with other vegetables to make various delicious dishes. To improve insomnia symptoms, the main thing is to drink day lily soup with three meals a day. When cooking, blanch the day lily in hot water for half a minute to remove allergic substances on the surface. Then add water and boil it over high heat, then continue to simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Filter the residue to get the soup, and then add some salt. You can also add some other vegetables, such as celery, tofu skin, mushrooms, etc. to make the taste better.

2. Jujube

Jujube is a traditional Chinese medicine, and its kernel is famous for its sleep-inducing effect. If you want to use Chinese jujube seeds to treat insomnia, the method is very simple, just use it to cook soup or make tea. People who suffer from insomnia can drink sour jujube seed tea regularly. They can also use sour jujube seed soup to cook millet porridge. Since millet also contains tryptophan which can help you sleep, this porridge will have a significant effect on improving insomnia.

Of course, in addition to the two dietary therapy methods introduced above, there are many Chinese medicine methods that can be used to treat insomnia. At present, due to the diversity of causes of insomnia, friends should not do nothing if they accidentally suffer from insomnia, and should not take medicine blindly. It is best to go to the hospital and let the doctor check it first. When the cause of insomnia is determined, take the corresponding correct treatment method.