Sleep is very important to people’s mental state, and sleep is also very important to people’s physical condition. If many people don’t get good sleep, they may not have energy the next day, and some people Long-term poor sleep may cause some diseases, so you can usually eat food that helps you sleep. But what should you eat if you are not sleeping well? What foods should I eat if I have trouble sleeping?
1. Lily and mung bean milk
Ingredients: 25 grams each of lily and mung bean, a small amount of rock sugar, appropriate amount of milk
Method: Wash the lily and mung bean and cook When cooked, add appropriate amount of milk and rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Milk contains tryptophan, a biochemical substance that can cause fatigue in people. This tryptophan is converted into serotonin in the brain and can promote sleep. Moreover, milk has a strong hypnotic effect and can very well improve the quality of sleep.
2. Jingxin Soup
Ingredients: Longan meat and Sichuan Salvia miltiorrhiza three qian each
Method: Boil all the ingredients in two bowls of water into half a bowl. Take it half an hour before going to bed at night.
Efficacy: Taking Jingxin Decoction before going to bed can achieve a sedative effect, especially for people with insomnia who suffer from heart and blood deficiency.
3. Longan and lotus seed soup
Ingredients: 15 lotus seeds, 50 grams each of longan meat and white fungus, appropriate amount of rock sugar
Method: Combine lotus seeds and white fungus Soak the longan meat in warm water for five minutes and then rinse away the impurities.
Pour a little water and set aside. Rinse the soaked white fungus to remove the impurities, tear it into small pieces, and pour it into the pot with the longan and lotus seeds. Inside, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, add rock sugar, turn to medium-low heat and continue to simmer for an hour and a half.
Effects: Longan nourishes the blood and calms the mind, lotus seeds nourish the heart, and white fungus nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs. The three of them combined in soup can nourish the heart and calm the mind, strengthen the spleen and kidneys, and are suitable for middle-aged and elderly people who often work hard. People with low immunity can consume it to calm the nerves and help them sleep.
4. Wild jujube kernel soup
Ingredients: 15g fried wild jujube kernel, 3g licorice, 6g each of Anemarrhena, Poria, and Chuanxiong.
Method: Add the above five ingredients to 800ml of water and boil, take 600ml, then boil 300ml of the remaining flavor, and take it hot in three times.
Efficacy: Ziziphus seeds can inhibit the central nervous system, have an effective and constant sedative effect, and have a good effect on improving restlessness, insomnia, and palpitations caused by a weak heart.
5. Soothing Soup
Ingredients: Raw lily cost 5 cents, one egg yolk, appropriate amount of rock sugar
Method: Wash the raw lily and steam it, add one Mix egg yolks and 200 ml of water, add a little rock sugar and bring to a boil. Add 50 ml of water and mix well. Take it one hour before going to bed at night.
Efficacy: Lily has the effects of clearing the mind, calming the nerves, and sedating. If you drink this soup regularly, your sleep quality can be significantly improved.
6. Heart-nourishing porridge
Ingredients: 35 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, ten red dates, ten grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria god.
Method: Add 2000 ml of water to boil all ingredients into 500 ml of juice. After filtering out the medicinal residue, cook the soup with washed rice and water. After the porridge is cooked, add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Take.
Efficacy: Regularly drinking heart-nourishing porridge can nourish qi and blood, calm the nerves, and can significantly improve palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, dreaminess and other symptoms.
7. Sanwei Anshen Decoction
Ingredients: Three thousand jujube seeds, one penny each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Polygala root.
Method: Add 500 ml of water to boil jujube kernels, Ophiopogon japonicus and Polygala polygala into soup, and take it before going to bed at night.
Efficacy: Ziziphus seeds, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Polygala root have the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind. Mixing them together to make soup has a hypnotic effect.
8. Tea with jujube kernels
Before 8 o'clock every morning, take 15g of green tea and brew it with boiling water twice, drink it, and no longer drink tea after 8 o'clock; at the same time, add jujube kernels. Fry the kernels and grind them into powder. Take 10g and drink it with boiling water every night before going to bed. Take it continuously for 3 to 5 days to see the effect.
Tea can refresh the mind, and the bioactive substance caffeine contained in it can excite high-level nerve centers, make people energetic, active thinking, and eliminate fatigue. Therefore, it can adjust the listlessness and drowsiness of insomniacs during the day. Ziziphus seeds have the effect of nourishing the mind, calming the nerves, and suppressing the central nervous system. It has a good effect on promoting insomniacs to enter the sleep suppression process at night. One piece relaxes, one excites and then suppresses, and the effect is remarkable. Those who suffer from insomnia may wish to give it a try.
9. Salvia miltiorrhiza and rock sugar water
Add 30g of salvia miltiorrhiza and 300ml of water, fry over a slow fire (low heat) for 20 minutes, remove the residue, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook for a while, then take it in 2 times . Salvia miltiorrhiza is bitter and slightly cold, activates blood circulation and calms the nerves. It has a calming effect on people with long-term insomnia. It can also improve the original disease of patients with coronary heart disease, chronic hepatitis and other diseases.
10. Lily sugar water soup
Add 100g of lily to 500ml of water, cook over slow fire until cooked, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take it in 2 times. Lily is sweet, bitter and slightly cold. It can calm the mind and calm the mind, and treat restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess. This decoction can be used for insomnia caused by residual heat after illness and unrecovered physical weakness. It is especially suitable for patients with insomnia who have a history of tuberculosis.