The meaning of sleepiness in spring, lack of autumn, summer nap, and sleepless winter in March

It means that people are prone to sleepiness in spring, fatigue in cool autumn, drowsiness in hot summer, and snoozing in cold winter.

This sentence actually uses the method of "taking analogies" to express the connotation that people's needs for sleep are consistent with nature. Specifically, it refers to the changes in people's physiological needs for sleep in different seasons. different characteristics.

For example, "summer nap" refers to the fact that people have less physiological demand for sleep in summer. "Snap" is a more vivid term, and its core meaning refers to the "short" sleep time; "Winter March without waking up" means that people have a greater physiological need for sleep in winter and always seem to "not wake up"; in spring and autumn, people are somewhere between "dozing off" and "not waking up" , expressed by "sleepy" and "fatigue".

The difference in sleep needs of people in different seasons, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, is a manifestation of the "unity of man and nature". As the seasons change, Yang Qi and Yin Qi transform into each other, and Yang Qi is at its peak in summer. If it is prosperous, Yang Qi is at its weakest in winter, while in Spring and Autumn it is somewhere in between.

The changes in Yang Qi in the four seasons mean the changes in people's Yang Qi. When Yang Qi is strong, people have less physiological demand for sleep, and when Yang Qi is weak, people have less physiological demand for sleep. It is relatively large, so it presents a situation like "spring is sleepy, autumn is sleepy, summer is sleepy, and winter is sleepless in March".

As the weather gets warmer, the body surface temperature rises, blood flows to the limbs, and the internal organs and brain begin to suffer from ischemia. Once the brain is ischemic, people will easily become sleepy. The more obvious spring sleepiness is, the more serious the sub-health state is.

People with bad liver will not only feel sleepy in spring but also have bloated stomach, especially after meals. For people with poor heart conditions, spring sleepiness will be accompanied by chest tightness, shortness of breath, and some people also have palpitations. People with hypothyroidism have the most obvious symptoms. The whole person will appear cold and numb, have no love in life, and feel sad about spring and autumn.