August 4, 2019
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【人人也失眠】睡過後卻更疲累
#壓力傷肝難入眠
#睡得好才有精神
#星期一BlueMonday
兩招減壓好入眠
近來睡得很少，又比平時更難入睡？睡臥不寧，多夢易醒，伴有煩躁易怒，胸脅脹滿，常常嘆氣等，屬於中醫不寐中的肝膽鬱熱型。最近社會氣氛緊張，意見分岐，大家都被負面新聞包圍，身心俱疲，但諷刺地晚上閉上雙眼也不能入眠。怎麼不是越困倦越能睡？肝膽鬱熱型的不寐是由惱怒傷肝，肝氣疏泄功能失調，氣鬱於體內日久而化火；或因為心情不好而喝多了酒、吃多了煎炸油膩重口味食物，溫熱聚於肝膽，蘊積化火。火熱上炎，擾亂神明，神明不能潛藏於心，心神不安，故睡臥不寧，多夢易醒。肝膽氣鬱所以煩躁易怒，胸脅脹滿，身體要透過唉聲嘆氣或放屁來疏導氣鬱。這時候如果被身邊人與事影響，睡前更應放下電話，稍微停止周邊資訊，讓自己身心休息一下。睡前拉拉筋舒展身體，另外解鬱更是調理重點，一杯疏肝理氣的茶療就最適合不過。
簡單睡前一招放鬆拉筋
瑜伽中有一個式子名為「嬰孩式」，大多數在瑜伽練習完畢前又或是較複雜的式子之中進行，以作放鬆身體和心情。式子如其名，像嬰孩在媽媽肚子裡的姿勢，有安心鬆弛的作用，可紓緩肌肉及情緒壓力，改善失眠，不妨在臨睡前在床上做5分鐘吧！
動作：跪在床上坐在腳跟上，臀部緊貼腳跟。上身扒下，雙手可輕放身旁或向前伸展，胸部緊靠大腿，慢慢呼吸。
洋甘菊桂花茶
材料：洋甘菊、桂花、適量蜂蜜（可自行選擇）
做法：將所有材料放入保溫瓶中，以熱水沖洗一次，加入熱水焗約5分鐘至有香氣，待茶變暖就可倒出加入蜂蜜即成。
功效：疏肝解鬱，紓緩精神壓力及鬱悶心情。
Two way to reduce stress for better sleep
Are you sleep less recently, and find it harder to fall asleep? Restless, frequent dream, easily awoken, accompanied by irritability, chest pain and frequent sighing are symptoms of insomnia. This is caused by liver and gallbladder qi stagnation and heat from the perspective of Chinese medicine. Recently, the social atmosphere is tense with divided opinions. People are often surrounded by negative news, and it is both physically and mentally exhausting. Ironically, you can not sleep at night. Why can’t you sleep even though you are exhausted? Insomnia caused by liver and gallbladder qi stagnation and heat is caused by anger that hurt liver, liver qi dysfunction, qi stagnation in the body for a long time will cause heat. If you are drinking more due to your moods, eating more fried, greasy and heavy taste food, it further created heat in the liver and gallbladder and accumulates fire in the body. At this time, if you are affected by people and things around you, you should put down the phone before going to bed, stop the flow of information, and let yourself rest. Before going to bed, do some stretches. Reducing stress is also important so have a cup of tea to soothe your liver.
A simple stretch to do before sleep
There is a posture in yoga called “Child’s pose”, mostly done before the end of a yoga sessjon or in a more complicated posture to relax the body and mind. As the name suggests, like a child in the mother’s belly, which can calm the mind, relax your muscles, relieve stress and improve insomnia.
So let’s do this 5 minutes before going to sleep!
Method: Kneel on the bed and sit on your heels, hips should touch your heels. Bend down your upper body forward with hands forward or along the side of your body. Your chest should be on top of your thighs.
Sweet osmanthus tea with chamomile
Ingredients: chamomile, sweet osmanthus, appropriate amounts of honey (You may decide how much to add)
Preparation: rinse all ingredients thoroughly and place into thermos, rinse with hot water once. Then add in hot water again and steep for 5 minutes and add honey to taste when tea is warm.
Effects: relieves mental stress and depression
