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Worrying Over Long Nights and Insomnia

🔑 Keywords: Pharmacological Diet · Insomnia is mostly caused by emotional frustration, mental tension, or post-illness dysfunction of internal organs. Clinical symptoms include difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings during the night, early morning awakening, and excessive dreaming, leading to dizziness, fatigue, forgetfulness, irritability, and anger. Clinically, it can be categorized into types such as heart fire ascending, heart-spleen deficiency, and heart-kidney disharmony.<br>There are many clinical treatments for insomnia, including psychological adjustment, environmental regulation, oral medication, acupuncture, gua sha, cupping, and massage. Here we introduce dietary therapy for insomnia:<br>Lianxin Tea: Suitable for heart fire ascending and restlessness-induced insomnia.<br>Two grams of lotus heart, three grams of raw licorice. Brew with boiling water as a tea. Drink several times daily.<br>Baihe Porridge: Suitable for insomnia due to insufficient heart yin (dry mouth, dry cough).<br>One hundred grams of fresh lily bulbs, one hundred grams of rice. Wash thoroughly, add 1000 ml of water, and cook until rice is soft. Consume twice daily.<br>Suanzaoren Porridge: Suitable for insomnia, palpitations, forgetfulness, and nightmares due to heart-spleen deficiency.<br>Fifty grams of sour jujube seeds, crushed and concentrated into juice. Use one hundred grams of rice, cook with water until half-done, then add the jujube juice and continue cooking until porridge is ready. Serve warm, optionally adding sugar according to personal taste.<br>Wuweizi Paste: Suitable for various types of neurasthenia-related insomnia (especially effective for those with elevated transaminase levels).<br>Two hundred fifty grams of schisandra berries, washed, soaked in water for half a day, then boiled until soft, filtered, and mixed with honey to form a paste. Take 20 ml twice daily.<br>Cishizhi Ren Porridge: Suitable for insomnia, palpitations, dizziness, tinnitus, and hypertension due to kidney yin deficiency and liver yang excess (common in elderly people).<br>Sixty grams of magnetite, crushed and decocted for one hour, then filtered. One pig kidney, cleaned and sliced after removing membranes. Use one hundred grams of rice, washed, add magnetite decoction, cook until half-done, then add pig kidney slices and continue cooking until rice is soft and meat is cooked. Consume once or twice daily.<br> Huanglian Ajiao Jidan Tang: Suitable for insomnia due to yin deficiency with hyperactive fire, or insomnia following febrile diseases or blood loss with yin deficiency and yang exuberance.<br>Five grams of yellow dock root, ten grams of white peony root. Decoct in 100 ml water, filter out residue, mix with 30 ml of melted donkey-hide gelatin, let cool slightly, then take two fresh eggs, remove egg whites, beat yolks into the medicine, and consume all at once before bedtime each evening.<br>Those who frequently suffer from insomnia should maintain a diet that is light and nourishing, such as lilies, lotus seeds, and yam, often combined with rice, glutinous rice, and coix seed to make porridge. Avoid drinking strong tea, coffee, and other beverages that stimulate the central nervous system.<br>Psychological well-being is crucial for insomnia patients. Maintain a broad-minded attitude, avoid worries and anxiety. Pay attention to balancing work and rest, avoid prolonged sitting or working on computers. After one or two hours of work, stand up, stretch, or do office exercises. In daily life, moderate sexual activity and preserve heart and kidney health. Avoid eating right before sleep. Some people have a habit of drinking milk before bed—this can be scheduled one hour before sleep. After drinking, rest briefly, clear your mind, and enter sleep in a calm and peaceful state.<br> ○ Chief Physician Li Jian, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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