Don't stay up late as long as you sleep for 8 hours?Come and listen to what Chinese medicine experts say

Recently, the topic, "Sleeping late and late, or staying up late for 8 hours" has caused heated discussion among netizens, and the reading volume is as high as 100 million. With questions, on July 15, the reporter interviewed Feng Lei, deputy director of the Department of Brain Diseases of Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (First Affiliated to Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine).

Nourishing the day during the day is not helpful

Feng Lei introduced that the two key factors affecting sleep are "rules" and "sleeping enough". Also sleeping for 8 hours, getting up early and getting up early in accordance with the biological rhythm of the human body, and sleeping late and late, especially at night without sleep, it belongs to staying up late. Long -term staying up late can cause damage to the function of the organ, especially damage the liver.

When people sleep at night, qi and blood will be attributed to the liver, the liver gets a good rest, and the heart can be nourished by blood in the liver. In Chinese medicine, the time of the liver rest should be at the time of the child, that is, from 11 o'clock to 1 am from the evening. If you do not get a good rest or sleep during this time, you will lose liver and blood, causing liver blood to be unable to help your heart. Blood is a yin fluid, and the yin liquid is stranded to the liver for a long time, and naturally it will damage the liver.

"Even if it is tonic, it does not play the role of repairing organs. Long -term staying up late and insomnia will not only damage the organs, but also cause fatigue, decreased attention, memory loss, irritability, depression, and even mental problems." In clinical practice, Feng Lei has admitted too much patients who have problems with insomnia and irregular sleep, and these patients have begun to be younger.

Sleep problems have troubled many people

The "China Sleep Research Report (2022)" was released in March this year. The report shows that the Chinese people have fallen asleep for more than two hours in the past 10 years, and the average sleeping time has been reduced from 8.5 hours in 2012 to 7.06 hours in 2021. According to the survey, only 35%of Chinese people sleep enough for 8 hours. Among them, the sleep problems of novice mothers, students, and workplace people are particularly prominent.

Feng Lei's patients with insomnia are only young only at the youngest age. The little patient was in a bad spirit in the school and was easy to argue with his classmates. After the teacher found the problem, he informed the parents to take it to the hospital for treatment. "Before coming to our hospital for treatment, his mother took him to other hospitals. The doctor prescribed western medicine, but his mother didn't want to give her children." Feng Lei found that the child was tired and depressed.

After many inquiries, the child opened his heart to tell his own questions: the parents' requirements were high, and the time of learning took the sleep time. Gradually began to dream and have nightmares, and then it was difficult to fall asleep, and often lying down for three or four hours to fall asleep. For a long time, there was no spirit and irritability during the day.

"After understanding the situation, I communicate with the parents. Don't force your child too tightly. After 11 pm, you should let the child sleep. Otherwise, the child has no spirit during the day and can not listen to the teacher. It's not good. "At the same time, Feng Lei prescribed a traditional Chinese medicine prescription to the child, combined with ears, moxibustion, scraping and other external treatment methods, and instructed parents to make dietary porridge for their children. Two weeks later, the child's insomnia problem was eased.

Good sleep is important

Insomnia, it is called "the eyes are not stunned, they are not sleepy, and they must not be lying." It is not easy to fall asleep. After sleeping, it is easy to wake up, dreams, or fall asleep.

According to the diagnostic criteria formulated by the "Guidelines for Insomnia and Treatment of Adult Insomnia", the sleeping time is more than 30 minutes; the quality of sleep is decreased, the sleep maintains the disorder, and the number of awakenings all night is greater than equal to twice, early awakening, and the quality of sleep decreases; the total sleep time is reduced, and the total sleep time is reduced. It is usually less than 6 hours and is insomnia.

"Traditional Chinese medicine believes that emotional abnormality, overeating, labor and disorders, and post -illness will cause insomnia." Feng Lei said that the sleep time will be reduced when people grow old. If they wake up the next day , Not insomnia. However, if you sleep less than 5 hours, you must pay attention to the help of doctors in time. Otherwise, long -term insomnia and insufficient rest time will cause chronic organs damage.

In addition to the elderly, more and more young people now have sleep because of their study or work, or lying on the Internet with their mobile phones, and sleep disorders have occurred. For this part of the patient, Feng Lei suggested that if you affect life due to sleep problems, you must go to the hospital in time. Usually pay attention to try not to lie on the bed and play mobile phones. Don't eat too much before going to bed. You can soak your feet for 20 minutes. Do not try to rely on tiredness to sleep. If you do fierce exercise before going to bed, it will make your brain excited and it is more difficult to fall asleep.

Kunming Daily All Media Reporter: Zhang Xiaoli

Edit: Zhang Jie

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