Insomnia troubles many people, but have you ever deeply understood the real reasons behind it? This article will start from the traditional health wisdom to reveal different types of insomnia and their deep physiological and psychological roots, and provide a series of simple and effective conditioning methods to help you regain high-quality deep sleep.
Our body is a complex system, and insomnia is often an external manifestation of internal imbalance. Here are some common types of insomnia and their possible causes
Common types of insomnia and potential causes
Difficulty falling asleep, tossing and turning: often related to “excessive internal fire” and “excessive thinking”, restless and difficult to calm down.
Easy to wake up at night:
Waking up at 1-3 am: This period corresponds to the operation of the liver meridian. If you wake up frequently at this time, it may indicate that the liver meridian is not smooth, your mood fluctuates, you are irritable or depressed.
Waking up at 3-5 am: This is the time when the lung meridian is in season. It may be related to insufficient lung qi, low mood, sadness or difficulty breathing.
Easy to wake up from dreams, poor sleep quality: usually points to “insufficient heart function” or “deficiency of heart blood”, which makes the mind restless.
Poor sleep due to abdominal distension and indigestion: This type of problem is mostly caused by spleen and stomach dysfunction, heavy burden on the digestive system, and affects the body’s repair at night.
Still feeling tired after waking up (shallow sleep): It may be related to “insufficient kidney function”, “overall vitality weakness” or “neurasthenia”, and the body cannot get enough rest.
Insomnia caused by excessive work and mental stress: manifested as mental tension, fragmented sleep, and feeling tired even when asleep.
Diversified conditioning program to improve sleep
According to the above different causes of insomnia, we can take a variety of effective methods to intervene and regulate
According to different symptoms, different acupoints can be pressed to relieve
Perform full body tapping to relax the body and mind and promote sleep
You can learn systematically according to the courses we offer to improve your sleep
1. Acupoint pressing and meridian dredging:
Calming the mind and helping sleep: You can try pressing Shenmen, Laogong, Yintang, and Yongquan points.
Liver and lung conditioning: For liver meridian obstruction, you can press Qimen and Taichong points, and pat the armpits, ribs, and inner thighs; for insufficient lung qi, you can press Yuji, Zhongfu, Yunmen, and pat the elbows.
Harmonizing the spleen and stomach: To improve insomnia caused by digestion, you can press Zhongwan, Zusanli, and Sanyinjiao.
Energy enhancement: To nourish kidney function and enhance overall energy, you can press Baihui, Shenque, Guanyuan, and Mingmen points.
2. Body patting and relaxation exercises:
Whole body relaxation: Perform whole body patting exercises every day to help relax the body and mind and relieve tension.
Qigong before bed: Practicing specific sleep qigong, such as “Huiyang Wo”, can help you quickly calm down and enter deep sleep.
3. Systematic courses and guidance:
For insomnia caused by liver and lung dysfunction, you can consider participating in the relevant “liver conditioning course” or “lung conditioning course”.
For spleen and stomach problems, learning the “abdominal massage course” can effectively improve digestion.
If the insomnia is of various types or there is a systemic imbalance, the comprehensive “night sleep aid course” will provide a more comprehensive solution, balancing the five internal organs, relaxing the body and mind, and replenishing energy through six sets of exercises.
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