Chinese medicine can help you get a good night’s sleep.
Insomnia, whether for a prolonged time or a short duration is a dreaded cycle that can drive us to the brink of insanity. There nothing worse than being so tired all day long that we just can’t think straight. Then, when you finally hit the pillow and sleep only a few hours, you wake up and can’t get back to sleep. People cope in different ways with this pattern. Some start there day at 4 AM because “there is just no sense in staying in bed.” Other’s rely on prescription drugs. Regardless of how you decide to cope with the lack of sleep here’s a quick look at insomnia from the Chinese medicine perceptive. This little insight or different perspective, may help you change whatever is going on in your life that’s affecting your sleep patterns.
Insomnia due to panic, anger and excessive worry will gradually lead to chronic insomnia. This pattern is especially worrisome because of it’s chronic, (ongoing) nature. Emotions that are buried and not addressed during the daytime hours may in a sense, haunt us at night. These emotions cause a deficiency of heart qi and transform and flare up disturbing the mind at night. Dealing with emotional problems during waking hours will prevent this type of insomnia.
