Insomnia as soon as the season changes? This "sweet thing" will help you sleep till dawn.

Recently, friends have come to ask me one after another: What about insomnia in different seasons?

The so-called seasonal insomnia is generally like this: obviously sleepy, but as soon as I lie in bed, I start thinking and can't sleep. Even if I barely fall asleep, I will have many dreams and get up in the morning. ...

In this case, I don't even recommend that you eat all kinds of dietotherapy remedies directly. Because from the perspective of Chinese medicine, there are many reasons for insomnia. It is easy to hurt the body if you blindly choose without distinguishing the situation.

So today, I want to share with you a very fragrant medicine, which can be used by almost everyone regardless of their physique.

"Smell the fragrance.

It's actually a whole body sleep spa. "

The so-called fragrant medicine is the floorboard of fragrant medicine. Compared with diet therapy, this way of smelling incense to help sleep is more targeted and safer.

Because no matter what kind of food or medicine helps sleep, it needs a process of digestion and absorption after entering the body, and some nutrients of medicinal materials may be lost.

Moreover, people will be more worried that sleeping food or drugs will have side effects and cause harm to the body.

Smell different. It can permeate the effective volatile oil in the fragrant medicine into the body through breathing and skin, which is equivalent to making a sleep-helping spa for the whole body, and can directly regulate our sleep center.

Breathing: Breathing medicine gas through the nose to regulate the body is a commonly used "nose-sniffing method" in Chinese medicine.

Because the medicinal gas can be quickly absorbed by nasal mucosa after nasal inhalation, it enters the body and travels in the twelve meridians, regulating the whole body's qi and blood.

Skin: fragrant plants, their efficacy basically comes from their own volatile oil.

Volatile oil can produce "transdermal effect", that is, aroma can penetrate the effective components of plants into the skin, and the skin is the second largest respiratory system of the human body, so we will feel it in a soothing environment ~

Moreover, because smelling incense is less irritating to the body, basically, except pregnant mothers, friends with respiratory diseases or skin allergies can use it for a long time, which is very safe.

"About the choice of incense medicine.

I have three principles. "

Having said that, some friends may ask: What fragrant medicine should I choose? I will have three principles:

The efficacy of fragrant medicine should be based on "calming the nerves"

"Tranquilizing the nerves" is a common method of Chinese medicine to recuperate insomnia, which can calm down Pingyang.

Many sedative herbs, such as agarwood, have a downward smell. This kind of "sinking" can pull down our active yang, so when we smell agarwood, we will feel impetuous mood can be stabilized.

The main reason for insomnia in different seasons is that the yang is too active.

Because in the view of Chinese medicine, sleep means "Yang enters Yin and then sleeps", that is to say, at night, Yang and Yin in our body must be combined to fall asleep. But when the seasons change, the active yang will often disturb the integration, so it is easy for everyone to lose sleep.

People with insomnia are advised to smell the "natural fragrance"

It is suggested that you smell the aroma of fragrant medicine directly, such as sachet and thread incense.

They are all made directly from natural herbs, and there is no deep extraction, which is more suitable for many friends with sensitive sense of smell.

Because its fragrance is closer to the smell of the plant itself, it is not strong or weak, and it is not irritating. It can slowly calm the mood.

Like the processed and concentrated essential oil, it actually only extracts the essence of a certain part of the plant and cannot completely retain the original flavor of the plant, so it smells slightly different from the taste of the plant itself and generally needs to be diluted before it can be used.

I even suggest massage with essential oil. Because their fragrance and volatile oil are stronger and more penetrating, they directly act on the skin and have a better regulating effect on corresponding acupoints and diseases.

When changing seasons in winter and spring, you should choose "smell the incense but not the fire"

Among all kinds of fancy ways to smell incense, when winter and spring seasons change, I recommend you to choose sachets.

Because spring is a good time for liver qi to slowly wake up and start to flourish, it will drive the qi and blood in the human body to go out, and some sensitive or weak friends will feel "dry" because the qi and blood in the body pass away too quickly.

It is not recommended to smell incense with anger at this time. Like me, I am full of anger. I bought a lot of scented candles these days. When I smelled them, I obviously found some dryness around my nose. I feel much more comfortable after switching to homemade sachets.

For aromatherapy with fire, I would recommend you to use it in wet and cold weather, which also has a certain effect of eliminating dampness.

"Let's make a soothing paper sachet."

According to the above three principles, I prepared a paper sachet to help you sleep. Because its fragrance has a hint of My Sweetie, I named it "Sweet Dream".

This small paper sachet, also known as Wenxiang, was originally a pleasure for Japanese aristocrats in heian period, and was sent with the stationery.

In this way, the recipient will also feel happy. If you go to Kyoto now, you can still see such paper sachets for sale in some old shops ~

Besides putting it on the pillow, you can also put it on the table when you take a nap in the studio during the day, so that you will smell the fragrance when you take a nap and sleep will become very sweet.

In the sachet, the main medicinal materials I use are Semen Platycladi, Caulis Polygoni Multiflori, Cortex et Radix Polygalae, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Lavender and Flos Albiziae, all of which have sedative effects.

Semen Platycladi, Caulis Polygoni Multiflori, Radix Polygalae and Rhizoma Acori Graminei are all roots and seeds of plants.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the nature and taste of plant incense are related to its parts. The deeper you go, the thicker and darker the smell will be, the more melodious the aroma will be, the slower it will be, and the longer it will last, which is suitable for helping sleep.

Bai Ziren: It has the function of nourishing the heart. According to the medical meaning, it is "smelling the heart", which can alleviate impetuous emotions.

Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. : It's the stem of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Materia Medica Justice records that "it is very suitable for people who think too much at night and can't sleep at all". Polygala: The Records of Famous Doctors says that it "calms the heart" and has a good calming effect. Acorus tatarinowii: The Qing Dynasty medical book "Essays on Chongqing Hall" thinks it is "comfortable, relaxed, pleasant and beneficial to the heart", which has a strong conditioning effect on the mind.

In addition, I also matched flowers such as acacia and lavender. The fragrance of flowers will be lighter, mainly upward, which has the function of combing liver qi.

As auxiliary medicinal materials, their main function is to help liver qi stagnation in winter and express it smoothly in early spring.

Albizia Albizia: Chronicles of Sichuan traditional Chinese medicine record that it can "harmonize the heart", while Chinese herbal medicine says that it can "relieve depression and soothe the nerves" and can regulate anxiety and stagnation of liver qi at one time.

Lavender: The ancients also called Lingling grass, which has always been a commonly used sleeping herb.