Insomnia refers to insufficient sleep or incomplete sleep, and does not mean complete insomnia. The main reason is due to long-term excessive mental activity. As a result, the brain's excitement and inhibition function are out of balance, and the mental activity ability is affected. Its main clinical features are insomnia and dreaminess, often accompanied by headache, dizziness, chest tightness, palpitation, abdominal distension and inattention. Its clinical manifestations include difficulty in falling asleep, dreaminess, easy waking up and difficulty in falling asleep after waking up.

What to eat for insomnia?

Suitable food

1, choice of staple food and beans: choose foods rich in minerals such as wheat and buckwheat.

2, the choice of meat, eggs and milk: quail, pig heart, pig brain, lecithin, cephalin-rich food.

3. Choice of vegetables: yam, onion, day lily and other foods rich in calcium, magnesium and phosphorus.

4, the choice of fruit: insomnia due to excessive fatigue, you can eat some fruits such as apples, bananas, pears, etc. These fruits are alkaline foods and have the effect of anti-muscle fatigue.

5. Others: Pay attention to eating more foods that help the brain calm down.

Dietary taboo

1, avoid spicy and irritating foods, such as peppers, which can excite nerves and aggravate neurasthenia and insomnia.

2, avoid eating indigestible food, such as fried food, fat, sticky rice, sticky noodles, stay in the stomach for too long, affecting sleep.

3, avoid exciting foods, such as cigarettes, wine, coffee, tea, cocoa.

4, to ensure reasonable and moderate eating, don't eat too much before going to bed.