Even spread to major industries, such as IT, civil servants, teachers, medical staff, entrepreneurs, students and so on. But this kind of insomnia is not the way, what should I do? Long-term insomnia will bring many threats to the body. In confirmed studies, including lack of sleep will increase the risk of breast cancer, diabetes, and even greatly increase the probability of death.
According to official sources, as early as 2007, the International Agency for Cancer under the World Health Organization identified staying up late or working shifts as a Class 2A carcinogen. In the main research, the increased cancer risk due to irregular work and rest will involve a variety of cancers, thus affecting the final life span.
If you often can't sleep all night, toss and turn, and often can't sleep, you might as well use several folk methods to let you sleep until dawn.
Drink a glass of milk half an hour before going to bed;
Milk has always been the best drink to supplement calcium and prevent osteoporosis. Especially those who stay up late, almost everyone can't help eating supper at night. When you want to do this, you might as well use a glass of milk to solve it.
Milk has a strong satiety and low calories. In related research, it is also found that lysine, vitamin B, calcium and other components in milk have certain sedative and sleep-helping effects. You might as well try.
Drink a cup of longan and medlar water before going to bed;
Chinese medicine believes that longan tastes pungent and warm, and medlar tastes sweet and cold. The combination of the two can nourish the heart, strengthen the spleen, nourish blood and soothe the nerves, and can be used as an auxiliary treatment for overthinking, insomnia and difficulty in falling asleep. The most convenient way is to drink longan and medlar directly in water.
If you have enough time, you can add it to porridge and soup at night. It tastes delicious and helps you sleep.
Massage your head before going to bed:
People who often can't sleep and have a lot on their minds may wish to massage their heads frequently. There are many acupoints on their heads, such as Baihui and Sishencong. The specific method is to point your finger at your abdomen, put it above your forehead, and slowly walk to your temples until you reach your head.
Massage for 2 minutes before going to bed every day can relieve dizziness and make people relax.
Take a hot bath before going to bed;
People in China have a good habit of taking a bath before going to bed. If you are under a lot of mental stress recently and are often tired and weak, you can relax yourself by taking a hot bath. In a scientific experiment, it was found that people's tense nerves will gradually relax during bathing, thus stimulating people's sense of drowsiness.
Soak your feet before going to bed:
If you bathe too frequently in recent days and your skin is dry, you might as well switch to foot bath. The temperature of foot bath is close to human body temperature, 38 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius, which should not exceed 20 minutes, which can relieve depressed emotions.
Comb your hair before going to bed:
Combing your hair is a little skill to relieve tension. When you are uneasy and in a bad mood, gently combing your hair with a comb can improve the status quo.