These days, people often wake up late for large and small reasons such as study, work, and economic activities, or wake up often even if they sleep, and in severe cases, they cannot fall asleep at all. Insomnia is a disease in itself, but it can easily cause and worsen other diseases. In particular, it is closely related to neuropsychological diseases such as depression and physical diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, so attention should be paid to it.
In most cases, symptoms of insomnia disappear when triggers such as tests, business bankruptcies, and retirement disappear, but sometimes they become chronic in some cases. However, triggers and persistent factors may be different, and persistent factors such as wrong eating habits, sleeping habits, and misuse of drugs continue insomnia.
When stressed, a series of reactions occur, awakening the brain to avoid or break stress and supplying a large amount of oxygen and nutrients before other organs. Usually, the stress response stage is divided into 'warning period - recovery period', but if the reaction continues even after the trigger cause disappears, it proceeds to 'warning period - resistor - depletion'. Since then, the stress response reduces the supply of limited oxygen and nutrients to other organs and proceeds in the direction of the brain's monopoly, gradually leading to various physical symptoms and insomnia related to the closest and distant organs to the brain.
During the alert period, anxiety, irritation, frequent anger, and chest are stuffy, and in severe cases, liver cough accompanied by foreign substances, loss of appetite, and indigestion are the main symptoms. The resistor has many patterns of heat above and cold below. This includes heart palpitations, upper fever, heavy head, or negative internal heat, which causes pain. During the depletion period, when the whole body's energy is exhausted, the main symptoms are a lack of blood, which causes symptoms such as coldness or loss of appetite, and a lack of energy.
In addition, there are various other cases, so it is important to receive an accurate diagnosis and treatment through the treatment of an oriental doctor, and it is important to receive a checkup to confirm underlying diseases. For a good night's sleep, you should refrain from drinking alcohol, coffee, or soda just before bed because your body temperature drops slightly when serotonin is secreted. Serotonin requires vitamin B6 and tryptophan, so eggs, bananas, and warm milk are good, and kiwis with a lot of magnesium are also good. Lemon balm or lavender tea can stabilize the mind and induce sleep. In addition, it is recommended to go to bed at least before 10 o'clock and darken the lights without watching your smartphone or TV two hours before bed to reduce light stimulation. If you can't sleep for 20-30 minutes, it's better to wake up and move lightly under the subtle lighting or read a book and go back to bed.
Writer: Yeyoung Jeon
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