In modern social life, the pace of people's life changes very quickly, which also leads to insomnia symptoms at night. Many people are troubled by insomnia, so which acupoints are effective for insomnia massage? What acupoints do you massage for insomnia? Chinese medicine massage has the best effect on insomnia. Let's take a look!

1. acupoints for treating insomnia

1. shaohai acupoint

bends the elbow, and shaohai acupoint is located at the depression of the tattoo head at the inner end of the elbow. Shaohai point belongs to the heart meridian of hand-shaoyin, which mainly has the functions of regulating qi, dredging collaterals, benefiting the heart and calming the nerves, and reducing turbidity and clearing away heat. Under normal circumstances, the heart and kidney coordinate and restrict each other, but the hyperactivity of heart fire is lost in decline, which in turn causes the loss of kidney yin, causing insomnia, dreaminess, fatigue and other symptoms, which can be solved by massaging this point.

press shaohai point with the middle finger pulp, with moderate attention, 5 minutes each time and twice a day.

2. Shenmen point

Shenmen point is located on the wrist striation on the palm surface, at the radial depression of flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, which can extend from the little finger to the depression at the end of the palm root. This point is the gateway of heart and qi, which can nourish and soothe the nerves, replenish heart and qi, regulate autonomic nerves, help sleep, and also help treat heartache, upset, forgetfulness and carsickness.

The Shenmen point can be pinched, rubbed and stimulated, especially when it feels slightly sore, which is most suitable for operation before going to bed at night.

3. Neiguan point

adopts the posture of sitting upright and raising the palm. Neiguan point is located on the palm side of the forearm, from the center of the transverse wrinkle near the wrist to the center about two fingers wide upward. Neiguan point is the point on the pericardium meridian, which has the effects of calming the heart, calming the nerves, regulating qi and relieving pain. It can help people to relieve fatigue, regulate autonomic nerves, reduce their excitability, and then make people sleep better. In addition, it can also improve chest pain, palpitations, night sweats and other symptoms.

Hold the lower end of the other massaged arm with one hand, so that the thumb of this hand can be pressed vertically on Neiguan point, and press and massage with fingertips rhythmically until it feels sour, numb and bloated. Massage for about 3 minutes each time, twice a day.

4. anming

anming is located in the nape, at the midpoint of the connecting line between the retroauricular depression and the suboccipital depression. It has the effects of calming the liver and calming the wind, and can be mainly used to treat insomnia, headache, dizziness, palpitation and so on. Massage this point can effectively relieve tension and help you fall asleep. Pressing and rubbing the middle finger tip of both hands for 2 minutes can play a role in calming and helping sleep.

2. Diet therapy for insomnia

1. Lily jujube kernel tea

3g of lily, 3g of jujube kernel, 15g of longan pulp, 5g of medlar, 1g of poria cocos and 5g of wheat. Put them together in a casserole, add water and decoct them, or you can directly make tea with lily and Ziziphus jujuba seeds. Clear the heart and soothe the nerves, and treat anxiety, insomnia, irritability and so on. You can drink it 1 hour before going to bed, which has a good effect on insomnia.

2. drink longan pulp and jujube kernel

drink 1 grams of longan pulp and fried jujube kernel, and 12 grams of gordon euryales before cooking soup. Sedation, hypnosis and analgesia can treat insomnia, palpitation and other symptoms.

3. drink walnut kernel

appropriate amount of walnut kernel, mash it with skin, boil it with brown sugar in boiling water, and then add brown sugar to take it together. Relieve fatigue, resist stress and improve insomnia.

4. Euryale ferox porridge

15g of dried longan pulp and Euryale ferox, 1g of japonica rice, 6g of heart-removed lotus seeds and proper amount of sugar. Gordon Euryale seeds are cooked, shelled, mashed into rice grains, washed and put into a pot, and then added with lotus seeds, longan pulp, Gordon Euryale seeds and clear water, and boiled into porridge, and then added with white sugar once a day, which can improve the symptoms of insomnia, easy to wake up and so on.