Chinese Folk Health Tips

Four women, three sleep well

According to the National Sleep Foundation surveys indicate that 30 to 60-year-old woman, alone among the three of four to sleep less than eight hours a day; and the mothers who must work outside the home, there are always three-quarters feel very tired. Georgetown University Hospital psychiatrist Suzanne Griffin said that this is a serious problem, but the situation will only get worse, women insomnia can be described as almost an epidemic.

For the family the burden of young professional women, work, family must be balanced, too much responsibility to carry their candles burning at both ends, lack of sleep is almost become a norm. Middle-aged women in the lifetime of the burden of unloading, the children are also living away from home, living though leisurely, yet faced with the challenges of menopause – hormone changes brought about discomfort and sleep, melatonin, reduce the direct impact on sleep; while the years later, the older, the more I can not sleep, and many older women in the early morning four or five, after waking up, they never sleep.

The long-term insomnia, health-impact

The long-term lack of sleep or insomnia, the impact on women, not just the face of sagging bags under the eyes will not pretty and black eye only, lack of sleep for health damage, including:

1, fatigue, depression, inability to concentrate, low efficiency.

2, Fibromyalgia (Fibromyalgia), sleep apnea (Sleep apnea), the night myoclonus disease (Nocturnalmyoclonus).

3, the skin is not good, old quickly.

4, likely to be obese. I can not sleep at night, stomach easy to feel hungry, hungry, unable to stop eating, weight unconsciously will increase.

5, secretion of stress hormones, are associated with insulin resistance, which is pre-diabetes symptoms (prediabeticcondition, make weight loss more difficult.

6, increase the risk of heart disease. “Archives of Internal Medicine” reported a study indicated that 45 to 65 years less than women who slept five hours a day on average, compared to an average of eight hours sleep in women, which raises the incidence of heart disease higher than 39%.

Seek medical attention, sleep can be improved

How to solve the problem of women’s sleep? Experts suggest that in addition “on their own,” as far as possible outside of changing lifestyles, if necessary, have recourse to a doctor. Although the women’s sleep problem is serious, really seek medical attention for nothing but only 6%. Severe insomnia and not to see doctors, which is one of the main reason is that women who do not believe that physicians will be treated seriously, or be tracked.

In fact, insomnia population, an increasing number of cases, physicians are increasingly patients with insomnia to disregard; Moreover, advances in medical technology, allowing doctors to patients sleep less and less treatment side effects , short-term use will not only not harmful, but also effective in improving sleep. However, there are experienced doctors would give patients a number of life following recommendations:

Number of proposals, from the start of life

1, limiting consumption of beverages containing caffeine.

2, through mental relaxation, regular exercise, re-establish regular sleeping habits.

3, moderate exposure to sunlight below to help regulate the biological clock.

4, to get up every morning for half an hour after the walk to help regulate sleep patterns.

Say goodbye to the days of counting sheep, and did not imagine the difficulties.

Pain with Huoxue Tongluo paste, cut into 1 cm square small, at bedtime Xuan posted 10 points with both hands, Shenmen evening can improve sleep, a course 7 days, rest 2 days paste, paste at night during the day tear out, simple and convenient.

Many people have this kind of feeling: the bath rubbing back, the body will be a lot of easy comfort. In fact, it’s not only because cleaning the back of the dirt, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital, Massage, director Liu Changxin, said Cabei itself is a good health care approach, and is particularly suitable for frail elderly.
First of all, the human body back, the main yang of the Du channel, may play inspired them to stimulate the yang, promoting blood circulation Tongluo, the raising of the role of Anshen and thus to achieve a balance of yin and yang, good health and longevity purposes. Second, often Cabei can stimulate the back skin and subcutaneous tissue, promote blood circulation in vivo, through the nerve conduction and enhance endocrine function and body immunity. Third, the activities of Cabei shoulder movement itself is the process of training they are able to play the role of the shoulder joints. In addition, the Cabei can right neurasthenia, insomnia, gastrointestinal disorders caused by constipation, as well as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases play a better role of adjuvant therapy.
Cabei simple, at home, can be carried out. First, to prepare a dry towel, towel as thick and soft. Off T-shirt, put a towel on the back of one hand in the one hand and pulling back and forth in the next few minutes later, a change in their hands; can also be driven back and forth horizontally, until the heat back up. Generally continued to 5-10 minutes, the time is too short if it offered no fitness effect. In addition, in order to avoid the flu should be controlled at 20 degrees Celsius above room temperature.
Cabei can be carried out every day, wiping when the force should be appropriate and suitable for comfortable and not graze the skin, Cawan feeling tired after the if you can use a minute or two shake the waist, neck, help relieve fatigue.