June 19, 2019
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【睡不安寧】最近總是會發惡夢？
痰熱惹來惡夢
同學仔：「最近總是覺得睡不好，有時候更會發惡夢半夜驚醒，早上醒來疲累得很，是因為天氣熱嗎？有甚麼方法可以解決呢？」
在成年人身上發生的惡夢及半夜夢中驚醒，中醫稱這種症狀為「多夢」及「夢魘」，主要是與「心」有關的症狀。首先問問自己，近來有沒有份外的容易煩躁及鬱悶，生氣時會感到頭暈及心悸，即突如其來的心跳加速？伴隨又有沒有胸悶、痰多、口苦、舌苔帶黃等偏熱症狀？假如有的話，你可能是因為痰火內擾而形成的多夢！主要是由於憂鬱惱怒而引起的氣滯，生痰化火。近來天氣悶熱，人本來就易上火，兩者夾攻下更易出現多夢、惡夢及睡不寧的症狀。這時候你需要好好的化痰清熱，自然「有覺好睡」！
惡夢拜拜茶
材料：浙貝母6克、淡竹葉5克、蓮芯3克、蜜棗1枚
做法：浙貝母搗碎，將材料先放茶袋再放入保溫瓶，注入熱開水沖洗一遍，再注入熱開水焗約10分鐘，此茶可沖泡至味淡。可連續飲用3天為一個療程。
Phlegm heat can cause nightmare
“I have not been sleeping well recently and get awoken by nightmares in the middle of the night. I feel quite tired in the morning when I wake up. Is this happening because of the heat? What can I do about it?”
When adults wake up in the middle of night from dreams, Chinese medicine believes this is related to the “heart”. First of all, ask yourself if you feel extra irritable and depressed lately. When you are angry, do you feel dizzy with heart palpitations and sudden rapid heart beat? Thus might be accompanied by symptoms such as chest tightness, phlegm, bitterness in taste, yellow tongue coating, etc. If these are true, you may suffer from frequent dreams caused by phlegm and heat inside the body. Mainly due to the qi stagnation caused by depression and anger, which leads to phlegm and heat. The weather has been quite, and people are prone to heat in the body. These two factors combined can lead to increased frequency of dreams, nightmares and poor sleep quality. At this time, you need to clear phlegm and heat to get a good night’s rest!
Tea remedy for nightmares
Ingredients: 6g Chekiang fritillary bulb, 5g lophatherum, 3g lotus seed, 1 candied date
Preparation: Crush Chekiang Fritillary Bulb. Put all ingredients into tea bag then place into thermos, rinse with hot water once. Then add in hot water again and steep for 10 minutes. It can be re-brewed until flavor weakens. For best results, drink consecutively for 3 days.
