It is said that "it is good to go to bed early and get up early", but waking up too early can also affect the quality of sleep.
Especially on weekdays, if you always wake up before 4 o'clock in the morning and can't sleep after waking up, then you should be extra careful.
Waking up too early could be a disease!
Most people who wake up early do not get enough sleep, and the next day they will feel tired, have difficulty concentrating, and be inefficient.
Long-term early awakening may also cause some physical discomfort, such as palpitations, chest tightness, diarrhea, etc.
This situation is very common in the middle-aged and elderly population, and many people think that it is "old", but in fact, it may also be "sick".
Depression and anxiety
Typical depression and insomnia have a characteristic of early awakening. Wake up at least an hour earlier than usual, and more often wake up two hours or more early.
In a certain area of the brain, if the level of the neurochemical transmitter serotonin is low, the person will be depressed, and at the same time, if the level of serotonin is insufficient, the sleep time will be shorter, which is manifested as early awakening.
Thyroid disease
An overactive thyroid gland causes a rapid heartbeat and a surge in adrenaline production, causing insomnia and anxietyAn underactive thyroid can increase the likelihood of developing sleep apnea by 35%.
Acid reflux
The discomfort of heartburn makes it impossible to sleep, and even when there is no feeling of heartburn, the acid in the esophagus can trigger a reflex that disrupts sleep.
Breathing problems
Seasonal allergies, colds can cause tossing and turning at night or early awakenings, and other factors can narrow the airways, such as a deviated septum, nasal polyps, and enlarged tonsils.
In addition to the above-mentioned diseases, problems such as drinking alcohol before bedtime, playing with mobile phones before bedtime, and vitamin D deficiency can also cause "early awakening".
If you are troubled by this problem for a long time, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time to find out**.
How to adjust "early awakening" in traditional Chinese medicine
Waking up early after going to bed and making it difficult to fall asleep again after waking up is believed in traditional Chinese medicine to be related to the deficiency of yin and yang caused by long-term poor sleep.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the essence of the human body circulates day and night every day, and there are different meridians at different times, which can be corresponded to according to the time period of early awakening.
1:00-3:00 early awakening
This is ugly, according to the meridian flow theory, at this time the liver meridian is in order, and people who wake up early at this time often have the problem of insufficient liver blood.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver and blood can nourish the spirit, the liver blood is sufficient, and the spirit can be nourished by blood, so that they can sleep well and sleep well.
However, the liver blood is insufficient, and the blood does not nourish the spirit, not only does it not sleep well in dreams, but it is also easy to wake up in the middle of the night.
If you want to improve sleep, you should start by nourishing the liver meridian, and you can push the liver meridian to help you sleep.
Method: Sit on a chair and use your right hand to push your left inner thigh from top to bottom for 20 30 reps at a time, alternating between legs.
Suitable for people: people who have a big liver fire, love to lose their temper, or people who have stagnation and stagnation of liver qi and love to sulk.
3:00-5:00 Wake up early
According to the theory of meridian flow, the time of yin is the time when the body's lungs are full of qi and blood flow, and the ease of waking up is related to the lack of lung yin.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the lungs hide the spirit, and only when the lung yin in the body is sufficient, can the spirit be nourished.
If the lung meridian qi and blood are insufficient, or the lung meridian is not smooth, it is easy to have insomnia, wake up early, and be difficult to fall asleep after waking up during the time period of 3-5 o'clock.
Such people are often accompanied by symptoms of cough and phlegm, bursts of fever (that is, hot flashes) on the body, and are often prone to wind and sweating, etc., and some even have problems such as roughness and rashes.
For early awakening at this time, you can push the lung meridian to help you sleep.
Method: Use the thumb of the left hand to push from the Zhongfu acupoint and Yunmen acupoint on the inside of the right shoulder joint to the thumb of the right hand, 20 to 30 times each time, alternating bilaterallyThen tap the elbow fossa with your hands, 20 to 30 reps at a time, alternating on both sides.
*: Life Times, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, CCTV Health Road, Health China, etc.