March 9, 2020
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【戀愛生活】扯鼻鼾是伴侶頭號吵架原因
#鼻鼾音量猶如火車經過
#長期分開睡不是辦法
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調理體質趕走鼻鼾
有甚麼症狀是伴侶知道而你卻不自知？鼻鼾是也！當對方呼呼大睡時，你卻因為他發出的巨大鼻鼾聲而整晚輾轉反側，真的有苦自己知。其實打鼻鼾的人自己也不好受，他有可能患上睡眠窒息症，中醫稱之為鼾症/鼾眠症，「鼾眠者，眠裏喉咽間有聲也」，在睡眠中因為呼吸不暢順而發出聲響，嚴重的話睡眠時會間歇性停止呼吸，睡眠質素亦因此下降，會導致睡醒仍感疲累、精神難以集中、記憶力衰退等症狀。
形成鼻鼾的原因有可能是舌體肥大、鼻內黏膜腫脹等造成氣流堵塞；肥胖的人也容易有鼻鼾，因為胖人多為痰濕體質，脾虛濕盛易有鼻鼾；而肺氣弱的人也會由於氣道不暢順而產生鼻鼾。
想改善鼻鼾問題，可以從改變睡姿開始，以側睡取代平躺，令舌頭不容易後垂，減少呼吸道阻塞而產生聲響。平日少吃生冷、油膩、辛辣食物，因為會損傷脾胃的運化功能，令身體出現痰濕，痰濕型鼻鼾宜適量吃白蘿蔔、青蘿蔔、淮山、陳皮等化痰食材；氣虛型鼻鼾宜適量吃黨參、五指毛桃、白米等補氣食材；平日多按壓迎香、豐隆及足三里穴調理體質。如果睡眠窒息症症狀嚴重，宜就醫處理。
迎香穴
功效：通鼻竅、驅風、止涕、紓緩鼻敏感發作。
位置：鼻翼外緣中點旁。
豐隆穴
功效：去除痰濕，紓緩便秘水腫。
位置：小腿外側，外足踝尖上8寸，腓骨前緣外二橫指處。
足三里穴
功效：調理脾胃，清熱化濕。
位置：位於外膝眼（膝蓋側的凹位）對下4隻手指下的位置。
Condition your body to improve snoring
What are the symptoms your partner know about you but you don’t? Snoring! When your partner is enjoying his good night sleep, you might be tossing and turning due to the loud snoring coming out. In reality, the person snoring may be experiencing discomfort too if he or she has sleep apnea. It happens when the airways are not flowing smoothly during sleep making loud sounds of breathing. If it is severe, it will stop breathing intermittently severely affecting quality of sleep. It will cause symptoms such as fatigue after waking up, concentration difficulties, and memory loss.
The cause of snoring may be obstruction of airflow caused by fatty tongue, swelling of the nasal mucosa. Overweight people tend to snore because they tend to have phlegm and dampness body constitutions. The dampness in the body coupled with asthenic spleen can lead to fatigue and snoring. Those with weak lung qi are also prone to snoring due to weak respiratory system. People with weak breath may also develop nasal discharge due to a poor airway flow.
If you want to improve the snoring situation, you can start by changing your sleeping position. Try lying on your side to make your tongue less prone to going backward and reduce the obstruction of the airways. Eat less cold/raw, oily and spicy food because it will damage the spleen and stomach’s transport function and cause phlegm and dampness in the body. For snoring due to phlegm and dampness, it is advisable to eat ingredients that can dispel phlegm such as white/green radish, Chinese yam, dried citrus peel. For snoring due to qi deficiency, it is advisable to eat ingredients that can replenish qi such as codonopsis root, hairy fig root and white rice. You can also press on Ying Xiang Point, Beautiful bulge point and Zu San Li Point to condition your body type. If the symptoms of sleep apnea are severe, you should seek medical attention.
Ying Xiang Point
Effects: clears stuffed nose, expels wind and stops runny nose. Relieves nasal allergies
Location: at the level of the midpoint of the lateral part of the nasal wing
Beautiful bulge point
Effects: relieves phlegm and dampness, constipation and edema.
Location: outer calves above the ankle, two fingers widths from your tibia.
Zu San Li Point
Effects: strengthens the spleen and stomach, clears heat and dispels dampness
Location: on the anterior aspect of the lower leg, four-finger breadth below knee cap.
