Often sleepy. What is the reason?

Question 1: I often feel sleepy. What causes drowsiness? If you want to guess a physiological reaction, everyone has experienced it, and it must be dozing off.

Why are you dozing off?

In addition to what can generally be thought of, the air is not circulating, there is no oxygen in the house, life is late, and long-term sleep is insufficient. It may also be that the body is sending a warning signal.

Especially when I have enough sleep time, I am still sleepy the next day. The most famous sleepy can be traced back to thousands of years ago. Confucius scolded them for killing rotten wood because they often dozed off in class.

Revenge for the massacre.

"Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequent dozing off indicates poor spleen and stomach function." Wu Changxin, who has been engaged in traditional medicine for more than 30 years and was once employed as a visiting professor at Beijing and Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said with a smile that it is time for Zaiyu to take its place.

It has long been recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books that the spleen and stomach are cold and lazy and prone to lying down. Sleepiness in summer, because the heat consumes vitality and is harmful to the spirit; If you are often sleepy in winter, it means "yang deficiency or spleen deficiency and damp heat", said Guo Zongzhen, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor at Chang Gung Hospital.

People who often think too much, use their brains or have improper diet control often hurt the spleen and nourish its transport and transformation ability. When the spleen and stomach function is not good, it is easy to lack qi and blood. Due to the deficiency of both qi and blood, the brain lacks oxygen and is prone to drowsiness.

Spleen and stomach are like twin brothers with complementary functions. The function of spleen is to digest food and transport nutrition. "The spleen of traditional Chinese medicine is actually the pancreas of western medicine," explained Dr. Guo Zongzhen. As for the stomach, it is responsible for absorbing food.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, another important function of the spleen and stomach is to metabolize moisture. The spleen and stomach function is poor, and when the constitution is damp and hot, it is often impossible to effectively dissolve the moisture, and symptoms such as heavy body, listlessness, lethargy or chest tightness will appear.

Moisture is characterized by being sticky and heavy, which is not easy to remove. Guo Zongzhen suggested that moisture intrusion can be reduced from the outside and inside. For example, the home environment should avoid too wet, less rain, cold food such as ice water, and eat as little as possible.

Beware of the potential danger of excessive sleepiness.

According to Dr. Chen Ninghong, director of Linkou Chang Gung Sleep Medicine Center, at present, about 4-5% people in China suffer from narcolepsy. In addition to being unable to concentrate in class or at work, memory is declining, and there are even security risks, such as falling asleep while driving, which is full of danger.

Frequent sleepiness during the day is caused by spleen and stomach dysfunction, lack of sleep or depression, and may also be caused by sleep disorder, which needs further diagnosis.

Chen Ninghong said that there was once a boss of a small and medium-sized enterprise in his 40 s who fell asleep "unconsciously" while driving and had three consecutive car accidents. He thought he just dozed off because of lack of sleep, and didn't know he had sleep apnea until he went to the sleep center for diagnosis.

This symptom is caused by respiratory problems, respiratory obstruction, waking up several times a night, but tired after waking up, easily sleepy during the day, and even falling asleep unconsciously, which is quite dangerous.

Sleep experts suggest that adjusting diet or exercising more can improve dozing. Exercise can strengthen the heart and kidney, promote blood circulation and help the lungs breathe. Strong lungs and strong spleen. Even if there is dampness in the body, it can eliminate dampness one by one.

When the frequency of dozing off is too high, you have to consult a doctor. We offer several measures to help you get rid of drowsiness, and attach an evaluation scale to test whether you are at the level of consultation.

1 trick: eat well.

If there is a meeting in the afternoon, in order to avoid dozing off, it is best not to eat too much and too fast, so as not to affect digestion. Eat less fried food and eat fresh food to clear blood and avoid stagnation of qi and blood.

In the order of choosing food, it is suggested to eat protein food such as meat or eggs before eating carbohydrate food such as rice or noodles for lunch, so as to avoid the increase of serum growth-promoting hormone, which will lead to drowsiness and affect the reaction.

For people who are often used to dozing off and have a hot and humid constitution, Guo Zongzhen suggests diet therapy, but it is best to know what kind of constitution they belong to first.

What kind of constitution do you belong to?

A. Spleen and stomach qi deficiency type: dyspepsia, pale face, fatigue, soft stool, diarrhea and frequent drowsiness.

Eat Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction: it can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and refresh the brain. (Formula: Ginseng10g, Atractylodes macrocephala12g, Poria cocos12g, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch 6g, Pinellia ternata10g, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae 9g, Radix Aucklandiae 6g and Fructus Amomi 9g).

B. Damp-heat constitution: listlessness, lethargy, dizziness, bitter taste, irritability, chest tightness and dry throat.

Eating Longdan Xiegan Decoction can clear the liver, benefit the gallbladder, resolve phlegm and refresh the brain. (Formula: 9 grams of Gentiana scabra, 6 grams of Gardenia, 6 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 9 grams of Radix Plantaginis, 6 grams of Alisma orientalis, 3 grams of Akebia licorice and 6 grams of Angelica sinensis)

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Question 2: Why do you always feel sleepy? Always feeling sleepy may be three diseases. The office has felt a strong "spring sleep" atmosphere, and many people yawn all day. Why are you still sleepy after sleeping enough? Experts say that this shows that people have "internal fire" in their bodies and are also in an unhealthy state. Some spring sleepiness is due to pathological reasons, so don't be indifferent. Experts have diagnosed that 1 the cause of internal fire in winter and spring is not only a temporary physiological phenomenon caused by natural climate and temperature rise. External cause: In cold winter and early spring, under the influence of low temperature, sweat glands on the skin contract, reducing the heat emission in the body. With the gradual increase of temperature, the skin pores expand, the blood supply increases, and the oxygen supplied to the brain decreases accordingly, which affects the work of the brain and makes the biological clock less accurate. In winter, due to the lack of ultraviolet rays and sunlight, the body lacks enough vitamin D, which reduces the body's immunity and working ability. Spring has come, and most of the body functions are in a semi-lethargic state. Internal cause: Eating too many "hot" foods in winter: spicy, fried and roasted foods, dog meat, mutton, wine, hot pot and so on. It is easy to cause stomach fire to rise, leading to swollen eyes and swollen face. In severe cases, it will be accompanied by flushing and even rising heart fire. Internal fire will affect people's mental state and work mood, causing problems such as fatigue, lethargy, insomnia, dizziness and inattention at work, which directly leads to the emergence of "spring sleep" syndrome. However, many families or office buildings turn on air conditioning in a closed environment, which leads to a high content of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide in the air, which will also aggravate the symptoms of "spring sleep". Etiology 2 Brain-deficient mental workers, such as office white-collar workers, are also vulnerable to "harassment" of spring sleep and need special attention. External factors: just coming from winter, there are still some stereotypes in many offices, such as the windows are not open wide and the ventilation equipment is not open. Poor air circulation, increased carbon dioxide and extreme hypoxia in the brain are one of the reasons. Internal cause: mainly living habits. If you sit in a chair for a long time, your legs droop and your blood can't get venous pressure, you will often stagnate your feet and cause cerebral ischemia. Once sedentary, the blood circulation function will be weakened, and you will feel tired and sleepy unconsciously. Your brain is a mess, and you can't improve your work efficiency at all. Reason 3 Narcolepsy When the human body gradually adapts to the rising temperature, there will basically be no more spring sleepiness, which is why it is called "spring sleepiness". But how long will it take to get rid of the lingering external cause of spring sleep? Experts believe that the time to adapt to the temperature is related to people's physique. It only takes a few days for a person with good physique to adapt, so for him, spring sleep will last for a few days. Some people don't even feel sleepy in spring at all, because their physical condition and blood vessels are in good condition, and it is easy to adapt to the weather changes in a very short time. Internal cause: Psychological problems also cause spring sleepiness. Some people are particularly sleepy in spring. For example, some teenagers may fall asleep at any place in the day, such as walking, eating, riding a bike, having a meeting or even exercising. This short sleep may last for 5 to 10 minutes, and then people will be more awake, but you should be careful when you have attacks several times a day. Because this situation may be suffering from "narcolepsy", not just spring sleep. Narcolepsy is easy to appear in teenagers, and its attack is irresistible and needs psychological treatment to solve it. Practical prescription Office workers who exercise more every day and lie at their desks all day long should always stand up and walk, and pay attention to the circulation of indoor air, which will help alleviate the fatigue caused by spring sleep. When you are sleepy at work, you can do your head properly to relieve symptoms, or go outdoors to absorb fresh air and improve the function of the cerebral cortex, thus making people feel comfortable and refreshed. In terms of eating more spicy and bitter food, spicy and bitter food helps Chunyang, while warm food helps to protect Yang Yang. Ginger, onion and leek should be eaten in moderation. Eat yellow-green vegetables such as carrots and Chinese cabbage often. As for the cold, greasy and sticky products that are easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, try to eat as little as possible, otherwise it will aggravate the phenomenon of spring sleep. You can also eat some American ginseng in your daily nursed back to health, because American ginseng has obvious anti-fatigue and refreshing effects, and it also has certain nourishing and tonifying effects. Whether drinking American ginseng tea with water, eating American ginseng slices with water or drinking American ginseng boiled water, its effects of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis can refresh qi, calm the mind and soothe the nerves, and relieve spring sleepiness, which can be said to be immediate and suitable for more than 90% people to drink. Experts emphasize that, for example ... >>

Question 3: What is the reason for being sleepy often? As the saying goes, spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking. When people are tired and affected by the outside weather, people will inevitably feel sleepy. It is recommended to go to bed early at night and take a lunch break at noon (either lack of sleep or too much sleep). Another reason is poor physical fitness. If you are a little tired, you will obviously feel sleepy. Suggest more exercise.

No matter what causes you to feel sleepy, you can try the following methods to get relief or relaxation.

1. Press the fist to release fatigue

Clench your fists, put them behind your ears, close to the skull in the middle of your neck, close your eyes and tilt your head back. You will feel the strength of your fist supporting your head, which will make you feel relaxed and release fatigue.

Step 2 flick your fingers to get rid of fatigue

(1) When you feel dizzy, it is a good way to refresh yourself by tapping (tapping) your head with your fingertips. Tap the top of your head first, then divide the back of your head into two areas, and pat gently and carefully. There is no specific technique, but the force should be gentle, otherwise it will be more dizzy.

(2) From the lower part of the neck, you can draw a golden triangle from the thymus to * * *. You can tap this piece with your fingers, which can relieve the stagnation of chest tightness and make your chest generous and full of energy.

3. Hot stone has a comfortable neck.

Choose wet and smooth stones, preferably with flat sides. Put it in hot water to make the stone have a warm heat. Slide the stone slowly along the shoulder and neck line to make the heat reach the shoulder and neck, which is warm and comfortable and sweeps away fatigue.

4. Smelling essential oil is refreshing.

The benefits of essential oil are relieving stress and strengthening the brain. Because the dull air makes people feel dizzy and confused, you might as well choose lemon citronella or camphor, rosemary essential oil and other cold-smelling essential oils to make the surrounding air fresh.

In addition, lemon and grapefruit can improve work efficiency by more than 50%, and the smells of lemon, verbena, citrus and grapefruit can make people full of energy and have a stronger refreshing effect.

5. Dry brush to refresh yourself.

You are dizzy and listless. Don't be afraid. Use your hands to help lift your spirits. Dry brush the position of lymphatic drainage by hand, and brush 10 times from the end of the limb to the heart (remember to brush the whole arm when the arm rotates).

The leg is divided into two areas, (1) ankle to knee and (2) thigh to hip, in the same way as above. Brush (2) first, then (1) for each area, and then switch legs. Without the boss's supervision, you might as well stand up and move. By the way, it can excrete waste from the body and promote metabolism. You can kill several birds with one stone. You might as well try next time. Everything can be done by hand, but also by scraping board or commercially available exfoliating gloves, and the effect is just as good.

Step 6 refresh yourself with mint to relieve summer heat

In midsummer, people are dizzy with heat. Many people wear peppermint oil or peppermint sticks, which not only covet short-term coolness, but also refresh their minds. Moreover, the mint fragrance has a hearty feeling and can relieve the heat.

7. Soak your feet with coarse salt to refresh yourself

Sometimes the feeling of fatigue is not only in class, but also when I come home from school. Please add 2 ~ 3 tablespoons of sea salt or rock salt and 3 ~ 4 drops of your favorite essential oil to the bowl and stir well. Then put it into a washbasin filled with warm water to dissolve and soak your feet in it. The temperature of hot water can not only relieve foot fatigue, but also make the whole body relaxed and comfortable. Water temperature should be higher than body temperature. If you don't know what essential oil to choose, it is recommended to use lemon or citronella in summer.

Question 4: Why are you always sleepy when you want to sleep? Do you have such an experience? No matter how many days you rest or how many hours you sleep, you always feel exhausted. Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? You may have persistent fatigue syndrome. According to the survey data, one-third of women are troubled by this symptom. The following are the possible reasons for the continuous fatigue of 10 and the corresponding solutions.

Regarding the way of keeping in good health, it can be said that we should know ourselves and ourselves step by step. Eat enough fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly, and quit bad habits such as staying up late, but what does it feel like to wake up in the morning? You still feel as if you haven't slept enough. Persistent fatigue syndrome is an epidemic in 2 1 century, and women are the main force in this tired army. In a recent survey, as many as 86% of women claimed that they still felt tired even after sleeping all night. What caused this space? The answer is absolutely amazing.

1, desk work

Do you sit at your desk every day? Being still for a long time makes you unable to keep yourself in a positive state with mental strength, which may be one of the reasons why you feel tired. A normal human body should consume body energy through the activities of joints and muscles, thus causing fatigue.

How to deal with it: Taking yoga classes can help you adjust your body shape and mental state, but this kind of practice takes a long time. Simple methods can be adopted, such as getting up and exercising every few hours, stretching your limbs, walking around a small area in the office, and restoring energy and eliminating fatigue by increasing blood circulation in the lungs, heart and brain.

2. sleepy

Sleepiness is also the reason why you have no spirit. People's sleep nerves have a 90-minute cycle. If you fall asleep when the sleep nerve is turned off, you can have a good sleep. The cerebral cortex has a function that can control you to get ready to wake up once within 90 minutes, but if you fall into a deep sleep state within 90 minutes, it is not easy to wake up. People who wake up from a deep sleep will feel very tired, just like they have just experienced a hangover, and it is difficult to recover their strength.

How to deal with it: keep regular sleep and get up. If you want to catch up on sleep on weekends, it is much better to take a nap in the afternoon than to stay in bed in the morning. Lying down for a while on the weekend morning will disrupt the cycle of your sleep nerve work, and when you start working again on Monday, you will still feel insufficient sleep.

3. Liver function is inhibited

The liver is a detoxifier that comes with the human body. Every day, the toxins ingested by the human body are eliminated through the liver. If the detoxification function of the liver declines, the human body will be tired and weak. If your body continues to be tired, accompanied by symptoms such as edema and headache, it is likely that there is something wrong with your liver function and you should go to the hospital as soon as possible.

How to deal with it: adjust liver function in time and drink some pre-meal wine to help restore liver function. Would you say that alcohol will not increase the burden on the liver? But drinking a small amount of aperitif before meals can promote the function of digestive system. Although a small amount of alcohol will be ingested, the bitter taste of alcohol can regulate the anxiety system of human body, promote digestion and absorption, accelerate metabolism and help the body detoxify. Eating more vegetables such as bitter gourd and lettuce can also have the same effect.

4. Insufficient sunshine

People who rarely bask in the sun are also prone to symptoms of persistent fatigue syndrome. Sunlight plays an indispensable role in the mediation of human emotions, and you are not easy to feel depressed or tired in the sun. Lack of sunlight will lead to the lack of serotonin, a chemical component that can control happy mood in the human body, which is also related to insufficient intake of vitamin D. Vitamin D can help us absorb sunlight, and it is also the main source of compound amine components.

How to deal with it: Make sure to stay outdoors for 20 minutes every day. If it's not easy, try moving around the window in the room. In addition, drugs can be used to adjust the deficiency of serotonin, but remember to take it under the guidance of a doctor. If you are taking birth control pills, don't choose the method of drug regulation. There are other drugs to help you improve your mood, such as B vitamins, especially folic acid, or vitamin D, which can be selected under the guidance of a doctor as needed.

5. Insufficient water supply

Lack of drinking water will seriously affect your mental activity, which can be understood as a blank state of the brain. Because the body is short of water, there is less body fluid that can supply the brain, and the oxygen and nutrition that brain cells can absorb are reduced, so they can't have it normally ... >>

Question 5: Why do you always feel sleepy? It is mainly caused by deficiency of qi and blood, slow metabolism of blood, contraction of blood vessels due to low temperature, weakened blood reflux ability, poor blood circulation, fatigue or excessive toxins in the body. You might catch a cold? Still weak, lack of exercise, poor sleep quality! Too angry! When the pressure is too great, the mood is too depressed, the online time is too long, the physical strength of tobacco and alcohol drops too much, and the temperature and humidity change greatly, people's physical strength will drop and their resistance will also drop. The most common symptoms are cold, cough, dry mouth, stuffy nose, sore throat and fever, mild cold, fatigue, irritability, physical pain, difficulty in concentration, headache and a series of respiratory infections, all of which are caused by cardiopulmonary function. Or have you talked about nothing in space and can't do anything?

Question 6: What is the problem of being often tired? It is caused by poor sleep quality. I suggest you go to bed early, live a regular life, drink a glass of milk before going to bed to help you sleep, and get up in the morning to do some exercise, which will change the status quo.

Question 7: I am sleepy all day. What should I do? Maybe it's illness.

Many people in the office yawn all day. Why are you still sleepy after sleeping enough? Experts say that this shows that people have "internal fire" in their bodies and are also in an unhealthy state. Some spring sleepiness is due to pathological reasons, so don't be indifferent.

Expert diagnosis

Etiology 1 Internal fire accumulated in winter

Spring sleepiness is not only a temporary physiological phenomenon caused by natural climate and rising temperature.

External cause: In cold winter and early spring, under the influence of low temperature, sweat glands of skin contract, reducing the heat emission in the body. With the gradual increase of temperature, the skin pores expand, the blood supply increases, and the oxygen supplied to the brain decreases accordingly, which affects the work of the brain and makes the biological clock less accurate.

In winter, due to the lack of ultraviolet rays and sunlight, the body lacks enough vitamin D, which reduces the body's immunity and working ability. Spring has come, and most of the body functions are in a semi-lethargic state.

Internal cause: Eating too many "hot" foods in winter: spicy, fried and roasted foods, dog meat, mutton, wine, hot pot and so on. It is easy to cause stomach fire to rise, leading to swollen eyes and swollen face. In severe cases, it will be accompanied by flushing and even rising heart fire.

Internal fire will affect people's mental state and work mood, causing problems such as fatigue, lethargy, insomnia, dizziness and inattention at work, which directly leads to the emergence of "spring sleep" syndrome. However, many families or office buildings turn on air conditioning in a closed environment, which leads to a high content of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide in the air, which will also aggravate the symptoms of "spring sleep".

Reason 2: Cerebral hypoxia

Mental workers, such as office white-collar workers, are also vulnerable to the "harassment" of spring sleep and need special attention.

External factors: just coming from winter, there are still some stereotypes in many offices, such as the windows are not open wide and the ventilation equipment is not open. Poor air circulation, increased carbon dioxide and extreme hypoxia in the brain are one of the reasons.

Internal cause: mainly living habits. If you sit in a chair for a long time, your legs droop and your blood can't get venous pressure, you will often stagnate your feet and cause cerebral ischemia. Once sedentary, the blood circulation function will be weakened, and you will feel tired and sleepy unconsciously. Your brain is a mess, and you can't improve your work efficiency at all.

Cause 3 narcolepsy

When the human body gradually adapts to the rising temperature, there will basically be no more spring sleep, which is why it is called "spring sleep". But how long will it take to get rid of the lingering spring sleep

External cause: Experts believe that the time to adapt to temperature is related to people's physique. It only takes a few days for a person with good physique to adapt, so for him, spring sleep will last for a few days. Some people don't even feel sleepy in spring at all, because their physical condition and blood vessels are in good condition, and it is easy to adapt to the weather changes in a very short time.

Internal cause: Psychological problems also cause spring sleepiness. Some people are particularly sleepy in spring. For example, some teenagers may fall asleep at any place in the day, such as walking, eating, riding a bike, having a meeting or even exercising. This short sleep may last for 5 to 10 minutes, and then people will be more awake, but you should be careful when you have attacks several times a day. Because this situation may be suffering from "narcolepsy", not just spring sleep. Narcolepsy is easy to appear in teenagers, and its attack is irresistible and needs psychological treatment to solve it.

Practical prescription

Exercise more every day.

If office workers who lie at their desks all day want to overcome the spring sleepiness, they should always stand up and walk, and pay attention to the indoor air circulation, which will help alleviate the fatigue caused by the spring sleepiness. When you are sleepy at work, you can do your head properly to relieve symptoms, or go outdoors to absorb fresh air and improve the function of the cerebral cortex, thus making people feel comfortable and refreshed.

A more spicy and bitter diet.

In terms of diet, because the yang is born in spring, spicy and bitter food contributes to the yang in spring, while warm food helps to protect the yang. Eat ginger, onions, leeks, carrots, Chinese cabbage and other yellow-green vegetables often. As for cold, greasy and sticky products, try to eat as little as possible, otherwise it will aggravate the phenomenon of spring sleep.

Daily rest

You can also eat some American ginseng, because American ginseng has obvious anti-fatigue and refreshing effects, and it also has certain nourishing and tonic effects. Whether drinking American ginseng tea with water, eating American ginseng slices with water, or drinking American ginseng boiled water, its functions of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis ... >; & gt