January 10, 2019
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【長假後眼光光】晚晚數綿羊斷千隻計⋯⋯
#打亂的生理時鐘需要時間調整
#喝碗安神湯水助好眠
#星期五湯水
酣睡安神素湯
/ 假期後症候群 病徵五：日間渴睡 晚上失眠 /
你放假時的睡眠習慣是怎樣的？因為恃著可以有時間補眠，要不玩到通宵達旦，要不日上三竿才起床，甚至昏睡半天直接起床吃晚餐，把生理時鐘打到亂七八糟！一到上班的日子，身體一時間未能調適，結果白天工作時極度渴睡，晚上該睡覺的時間卻眼光光！睡不好又會導致專注力不足、記憶力下降、煩燥等一連串問題。
遇上這種情況，不妨趁午飯時間補眠一下，乘車上下班時亦可閉目養神一會，以紓緩睡眠不足引起的不適。亦可以煲具養陰安神功效的湯水，改善睡眠質素。
安神助眠湯水小貼士：
適當地添加安神食材如蓮藕、茯神、紅豆、紅棗、柏子仁等。
舞茸菇紅蘿蔔柏子仁湯
功效：養陰安神，改善睡眠質素、盜汗等症狀。
材料：舞茸菇2朵、紅蘿蔔2根、柏子仁15克、浮小麥20克、蓮子20克、百合20克、桂圓乾10枚、紅棗4枚
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨，舞茸菇泡水約半日，紅蘿蔔去皮切塊。
2. 鍋中加入約2500毫升水，放入全部材料，武火煮至水滾，調文火煮約1.5小時，最後下鹽調味即可。
注意：感冒未清、身體有偏熱症狀不宜飲用。
Vegetarian soup for quality sleep
Post holiday symptom 5: tired during the day, sleepless at night
What was your sleeping pattern during the holidays? Your sleep schedule might be all messed up due to staying up until wee hours and sleep throughout the day just in time for dinner. As work starts back up, your body may have a hard time adjusting and you are tired during the then sleepless at night. Poor sleep can lead to poor concentration and memory and even irritability.
You can try taking naps during lunch and commute time to relieve the sleep deprivation discomfort. Try this soup to nourish yin and calm the mind to improve sleep quality.
Tips for soups to calm the mind and improve sleep:
Add in appropriate ingredients such as lotus root, poria with hostwood, Chinese red dates, and seed of oriental arborvitae
Maitake mushroom soup with carrot and seed of oriental arborvitae
Effects: nourishes yin and calms the mind, improves sleep quality and night sweats
Ingredients: 2 maitake mushrooms, 2 carrots, 15g seed of oriental arborvitae, 20g lotus seeds, 20g lily bulbs, 10 dried longan meat, 4 Chinese red dates
Preparation:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Soak maitake mushrooms for half a day. Peel carrots and cut into pieces.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2500ml of water and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 1.5 hour. Add salt to taste.
Note: not suitable for those recovering from cold or flu or those with heat related symptoms
