Why is it easy to sleep when people are tired?

The key to the problem is that we have a misunderstanding, that is, we don't necessarily sleep too much, but the key lies in whether we adjust our brain to a sober state. You can try to run every morning to get your body moving. After running, let your body and mind relax and do something that can mobilize many body organs. If you are a student, it is recommended to read English aloud and add actions. The most important thing is to keep your mind active in class (pay attention not to concentrate, you will fall asleep blindly). Go to bed early at night, and it is best to lie down and fall asleep. Stick to it for a while, let it become your habit and form a virtuous circle, and you can overcome the problem of wanting to sleep during the day and not being able to sleep at night.

don't take tonic blindly, it's not good for your health. It's a three-point poison, especially a refreshing drug, which is harmful to the brain.

if you want to guess a physiological reaction, it is something that everyone has experienced, and it must be dozing off.

why do you doze off?

In addition to the commonly thought, the air is not circulating, the room is short of oxygen, the life is late, and the sleep is insufficient for a long time, it may also be that the body is sending out warning signals.

Especially when I have enough sleep time, I am still sleepy the next day. The most famous sleepy people can be traced back to thousands of years ago. Because they often doze off in class, Confucius scolded them for killing rotten wood.

vindicate Zaiyu

"Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequent dozing indicates poor spleen and stomach function." Wu Changxin, who has been engaged in traditional medicine for more than 3 years and has been employed as a visiting professor in Beijing and Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said with a smile that Zaiyu is not lazy, but his spleen function is poor, so it is time to rehabilitate Zaiyu.

It has long been recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books that the spleen and stomach are deficient, and they are lazy and prone to lying down. Sleepiness in summer, because the heat consumes vitality and is harmful to the spirit; If you are often sleepy in winter, it means "insufficient yang or spleen deficiency and damp heat," said Guo Zongzhen, a Chinese medicine practitioner at Chang Gung Hospital.

People who often think too much, think too much, or have improper diet control often hurt the spleen, which can nourish the spleen's transport ability. When the spleen and stomach function is not good, it is easy to be deficient in qi and blood. As a result of deficiency of both qi and blood, there is insufficient oxygen supply to the brain and it is easy to feel drowsy.

Spleen and stomach are like twin brothers, and their functions complement each other. The function of the spleen is to digest food and transport nutrition. "The spleen in Chinese medicine is actually the pancreas in western medicine," explained Dr. Guo Zongzhen. As for the stomach, it is responsible for absorbing food.

from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, another important function of the spleen and stomach is to metabolize moisture. When the spleen and stomach function is poor and the constitution is damp and hot, it is often impossible to effectively dissolve moisture, and symptoms such as heavy body, listlessness, drowsiness or chest tightness will appear.

the characteristics of moisture are sticky and heavy, and it is not easy to remove. Guo Zongzhen suggested that moisture intrusion can be reduced from the outside and the inside. For example, the home environment should avoid foods that are too humid, get less rain, and are wet and cold, such as ice water, and eat as little as possible.

Beware of the potential danger of excessive sleepiness

According to Dr. Chen Ninghong, director of Linkou Chang Gung Sleep Medical Center, at present, about 4-5% people in China suffer from sleepiness. Apart from being unable to concentrate in class or work, memory loss, there are even security concerns, such as dozing off while driving, which is dangerous.

Sleepiness often occurs during daytime, which is caused by dysfunction of spleen and stomach, lack of sleep or depression, and may also be caused by sleep disorder, which requires further diagnosis.

Chen ninghong said that there was a boss of a small and medium-sized enterprise in his forties who fell asleep "unconsciously" in the middle of driving, and had three consecutive car accidents. He thought that he was just dozing off because of lack of sleep, and he didn't know that he had sleep apnea until he went to the sleep center for diagnosis.

This symptom is caused by respiratory problems, and the breathing is blocked. After waking up several times a night, I am exhausted, prone to drowsiness during the day, and even fall asleep unconsciously, which is quite dangerous.

Sleep experts suggest that adjusting diet or exercising more can improve dozing. Exercise can strengthen the heart and kidney, promote the circulation of qi and blood, and help the lungs to exchange gas. The lung is strong, and the spleen is also strong. Even if there is dampness in the body, it can eliminate dampness one by one.

when the frequency of dozing off is too high, you have to consult a doctor. We offer a few tricks to help you get rid of the drowsiness, and attach an evaluation scale to test whether you are at the level of consultation.

the first trick: eat well.

if you have a meeting in the afternoon, you'd better not eat too much or too fast to avoid dozing off, so as not to affect your digestion. Eat less fried food, and eating fresh will help clear blood and avoid stagnation of qi and blood.

In the order of choosing food, it is suggested to eat protein food such as meat or eggs before eating carbohydrate food such as rice or noodles for lunch, so as to avoid the increase of serum promoting hormone, which will lead to drowsiness and affect the reaction.

Guo Zongzhen suggested dietotherapy for people who are often used to dozing off and have a hot and humid constitution, but it is best to know what kind of constitution they belong to first.

what kind of constitution do you belong to?

a. spleen-stomach qi deficiency type: indigestion, pallor, lack of physical strength, soft stools, diarrhea, and frequent sleepiness.

Eating Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction: it can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and refresh the mind. (Formula: 1g of Ginseng, 12g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 12g of Poria, 6g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, 1g of Pinellia ternata, 9g of Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, 6g of Radix Aucklandiae and 9g of Fructus Amomi)

B. Damp-heat constitution type: listlessness, lethargy, dizziness, bitter taste, irritability, chest tightness and dry throat

Eating Longdan Xiegan Decoction can clear away heat. (Formula: 9 grams of Radix Gentianae, 6 grams of Fructus Gardeniae, 6 grams of Scutellariae Radix and Bupleuri Radix, 9 grams of Radix Rehmanniae, 9 grams of Semen Plantaginis, 6 grams of Alismatis Rhizoma, 3 grams of Radix Glycyrrhizae Akebiae and 6 grams of Radix Angelicae Sinensis)

Reminder: In order to avoid self-judgment errors, it is recommended to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner before use.

the second measure: good ventilation and enough light

keeping indoor air circulation is the basic condition to avoid yawning repeatedly.

Dr. Guo Zongzhen cited a study conducted in Chinese mainland. The researchers measured the carbon dioxide content in students' classroom environment, and found that the carbon dioxide content in the classroom was three times higher than that in ordinary places. "Improper ventilation equipment made the air exchange poor, and the oxygen content in the brain decreased, which made them sleepy," Guo Zongzhen said.

besides good ventilation, adequate light is also important.

When the eyes are stimulated by light, the secretion of melatonin will be suppressed. "When the secretion of melatonin decreases, it is easy to stay awake. On the contrary, if the secretion increases, you will want to sleep." Chen Ninghong, director of Chang Gung Sleep Center, explained the so-called "phototherapy".

If you apply this phototherapy principle to the work environment, if you feel sleepy at work or in a meeting, you might as well make the light brighter, which will help boost your spirits.

Step 3: Don't wear too much clothes

It's cold in winter, so you usually wear extra clothes to keep warm, but if you wear too much clothes, you will easily fall asleep.

Rao Huaiying, a senior coach of Taiji Qigong in Meimen Yiqi Popular Health Institute, stressed that even in cold winter, don't wear too much clothes, and avoid warming yourself in front of the electric heater, because "hot air will stimulate the body to be more stuffy and dry, and push the cold into the internal organs.

According to traditional medicine, the heart is forced by cold, which is prone to palpitation or respiratory infarction; When the cold reaches the liver, it is easy to be tired; When you go to the spleen, you will have indigestion; When cold air enters the lungs, the respiratory system is prone to problems and the probability of asthma is high; When I go to the kidney, I have kidney deficiency and my mental state is poor.

just keep warm. If you often stay indoors with closed doors and windows, in order to avoid becoming a sleepy person, you should not wear too many clothes except adjusting the room temperature to be neither too hot nor too cold.

the fourth trick: hand massage

when presiding over an important meeting or attending an important occasion, it is impolite to yawn or doze off. Massage the hand acupoints in time will help to restore vitality and boost the spirit.

Here are two hand point massages to quickly drive away the drowsiness and avoid being embarrassed in public.

a. Massage the brain reflex area

Efficacy: It can relieve the headache and discomfort caused by fatigue and help to refresh the mind.

Practice:

1. The thumb and forefinger of the right hand gently clamp the dents on both sides of the fingernail of the left thumb, and gently knead this acupoint in a vertical way, with the main massage point at the forefinger.

2. Knead slowly, don't use brute force, press your left hand and then press your right hand.

B. Massage the reflex area of the spleen

Efficacy: enhance the function of the spleen and stomach and avoid drowsiness.

Practice:

1. The thumb of the right hand presses the metacarpal surface under the thumb of the left hand, and this area that bulges like chicken leg meat is called thenar, which is also the reflex area of the spleen. Press the left hand first and then the right hand.

2. The massage method is very simple. After the thumb is pressed down, gently massage every place, and massage more where it hurts.

Traditional medicine in China believes that the cause of pain is stasis in the meridians in the reflex zone. As an ancient saying goes, "All diseases start from stasis". Pressing the tender points can disperse the stasis and promote the metabolic cycle of the body.

Hand massage is easy to learn and everyone can do it, which is very suitable for health care at ordinary times. However, there are still several principles to pay attention to:

▓ The more you press it, the more painful it will be.

No matter whether you press it yourself or others help you massage, you should not exert too much force, so as not to make the whole body tense due to pain, but for a long time, your blood will be blocked, or even local parts will be stiff, resulting in muscle fibrosis.

don't wash your hands with cold water after pressing.

you can massage every day and press it anytime and anywhere, but don't wash your hands with cold water after pressing, so as not to let the cold take advantage of the wide pores.

▓ During the massage, you can drink some water at room temperature to help activate qi and blood.

▓ You can also press during medication.

No matter Chinese medicine or western medicine, hand massage has no negative effect, so don't stop taking medicine suddenly. (Reference: Wu Changxin, the founder of the Hand and Foot Health Association of the Republic of China)

The fifth measure: refreshing the brain and keeping healthy

A. The left and right high throwing method

Efficacy: when you are in a bad mood, you can throw away the drowsiness in a short time and make your mood relaxed and happy.

Steps:

1. Stand on the ground with your feet parallel to shoulder width.

2. Inhale, turn left and waist, and throw your hands high synchronously.

3. Exhale, throw with both hands, turn right and waist, throw with both hands high and inhale.

4. Swing it back and forth alternately from left to right for 1 minutes at a time.

Pillow head method

Efficacy: it can refresh the mind and boost the spirit.

Steps:

1. Inhale, lift your hands up at your sides and cross your head.

2. Exhale and bow your head.

3. Inhale, get up slowly and exhale.

4. Put your hands slowly.