Yang Peirong, an attending physician at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, advocates that traditional Chinese medicine foot baths can help sleep. (Picture/Reported by reporter Weng Yisen)
Reporter Weng Yisen/Chiayi report
55-year-old Ms. Liu has long-term insomnia, poor sleep quality, low energy, cold hands and feet, and is prone to repeated colds due to high work pressure. As COVID-19 is approaching, I am deeply worried about my weak resistance in case I accidentally win the bid. I heard from my colleagues that Chinese medicine can adjust the body constitution and improve sleep quality, so I came to see a Chinese medicine doctor for consultation. Yang Peirong, an attending physician at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said that recently, more and more worried patients like Ms. Liu have come to the outpatient clinic for treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath can help you sleep well and can also effectively improve your immunity. (Picture / Reprinted by reporter Weng Yisen)
Yang Peirong pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine discusses "if the essence is not stored in winter, the disease will be warm in spring." Regarding the epidemic that has caused panic among people recently, in addition to taking self-protection measures such as washing hands frequently and wearing masks, How to maintain good health and enhance immunity to avoid the invasion of external evils and epidemics is also an important topic. A proper diet, regular exercise and adequate sleep are all effective ways to enhance immunity. However, due to the high pressure of modern people's lives and abnormal work and rest, which affects the quality of sleep, they often have difficulty falling asleep, dreaming and easily waking up , difficulty falling asleep after waking up, and even light sleep and easy fright. Over time, this may also affect their own resistance. Immunity.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, sleep is dominated by the human mind. A person's normal sleep schedule is due to the natural and regular transformation of the body's yin and yang energy. If this pattern is disrupted, it may lead to The occurrence of insomnia. Traditional Chinese medicine treats sleep mainly to adjust the balance of yin and yang in the viscera, qi, blood and yang, emphasizing the approach of calming the mind and calming the mind based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. Dr. Yang pointed out that in addition to the oral use of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture or massage on acupoints such as Neiguan point and Shenmen point can help a lot with the symptoms of insomnia patients.
Yang Peirong also suggested that you can use traditional Chinese medicine foot bath to soak your feet before going to bed, such as mugwort to warm the menstruation and dispel cold, add some albizia bark to soothe the nerves and promote sleep, put it in a pot and bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Pour into the basin and add cold water Bring the temperature to a suitable temperature. Before soaking, add roses that soothe the liver, regulate qi and relieve depression, and soak for 10-15 minutes. This is also a good way to improve sleep quality and improve peripheral circulation, especially in this period of warm and cold weather and the change of seasons. Very suitable for spring.
Yang Peirong said that there are many reasons for insomnia, but they are closely related to emotions, so try to maintain emotional stability. In addition, it is not advisable to overeat or drink stimulating products such as caffeine before going to bed. At the same time, avoid excessive use of brain power at night to avoid If there are related problems due to the occurrence of asthenia and hyperactivity, it may be combined with the conditioning of traditional Chinese medicine, which will be more conducive to the improvement of sleep quality and physical fitness.
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