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Seven Soups for Better Sleep

🔑 Keywords: Health Food Recipes · Diet is the safest method. Using herbs with sedative and calming effects through proper dietary adjustments can naturally and healthily induce sleep. Here are seven recommended soups—give them a try:<br>1. Sour Jujube Seed Soup:<br>Crush 3 qian of sour jujube seeds, boil in water, and take one hour before bedtime. Sour jujube seeds inhibit the central nervous system, providing stable sedative effects. Highly effective for insomnia caused by blood deficiency, restlessness, or palpitations.<br>2. Calm Mind Soup:<br>Use 3 qian each of longan flesh and Salvia miltiorrhiza, boil with two bowls of water until reduced to half a bowl. Drink 30 minutes before bedtime. Offers sedative effects, especially beneficial for those with heart blood deficiency-related insomnia.<br>3. Spirit-Calming Soup:<br>Steam 5 qian of fresh lily bulbs until soft, mix with one egg yolk, blend with 200 c.c. water, add a little rock sugar, boil, then mix again with 50 c.c. water. Consume one hour before bedtime. Lily has clearing-heart, calming spirit, and sedative effects. Regular consumption yields immediate results.<br>4. Three-Ingredient Sleep Aid Soup:<br>Use 3 qian of sour jujube seeds, 1 qian each of ophiopogon and polygala, boil 500 c.c. water down to 50 c.c., and drink before bedtime. These three herbs all calm the heart and spirit, collectively producing a hypnotic effect.<br>5. Longan and Lotus Seed Soup:<br>Boil 2 liang each of longan and lotus seeds into soup. It nourishes the heart, calms the spirit, strengthens the spleen, and tonifies the kidneys—ideal for middle-aged and elderly people, and those suffering from chronic insomnia.<br>6. Heart-Nourishing Porridge:<br>Use 35 g codonopsis, 10 pitted red dates, 10 g ophiopogon, and 10 g polygala. Boil with 2,000 c.c. water until reduced to 500 c.c., strain out residue, then cook with washed rice and water. Once rice is cooked, add brown sugar. This nourishes blood and qi, calms the spirit, significantly improving palpitations (rapid heartbeat), forgetfulness, insomnia, and vivid dreams.<br>7. Lily and Mung Bean Milk:<br>Use 25 g each of lily and mung beans, a small amount of rock sugar, cook until soft and mushy. Add milk when serving. Particularly effective for those unable to sleep in summer, it clears heart-fire, relieves irritability, and calms the mind. Milk contains tryptophan, which converts to serotonin in the brain, promoting sleep.

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