[Use essential oils skillfully] Several types of insomnia and essential oil treatments
May 20, 2021
[Use essential oils skillfully] Several types of insomnia and essential oil treatments
Do you often feel that the sleep time is too short and the quality of sleep is too poor, which leads to a lack of energy at work or school during the day, and even seriously affects the physical and mental condition? Insomnia is a difficult problem that many modern people are facing. The reason is not only from work pressure, irregular work patterns, interpersonal relationships in the workplace, to family and other factors, but also includes temperature, noise or other factors. The causes of changes in the surrounding environmental conditions are very complex. Insomnia, in addition to sleep disturbance, sometimes also suffers from light sleep, multiple dreams, waking up several times at night and difficulty falling asleep again.
Under normal circumstances, the human body should maintain the sleep rhythm of getting up in the morning and falling asleep at night; if it is affected by sleep disorders, it will have insomnia problems such as inability to sleep, light sleep or waking up too early. According to traditional Chinese medicine, insomnia is closely related to the three organs of the heart, liver and spleen. The heart has the effect of stabilizing the spirit. If the heart is dysfunctional and blood is insufficient, it will produce heat syndrome, which makes the spirit maintain a state of excitement and affects the quality of sleep. Poor spleen function will reduce blood production, and even make the heart or liver insufficient blood, which will affect the mind and cause insomnia. Poor liver function makes the blood become turbid, and the lack of circulation of qi and blood affects the mental state. The liver is also inseparable from the "qi", and the "function of qi" can be said to be equivalent to the "autonomic nervous system" in Western medicine. Furthermore, as long as there is sufficient Qi and blood, you can fall asleep quickly, sleep peacefully, and sleep until dawn; and symptoms such as blood stasis, Qi deficiency, and blood deficiency can cause the body's autonomic nervous system to become imbalanced and cause sleep disorders.
Type detection of insomnia
You can check according to the following symptoms. Those with similar symptoms can tick √, and then according to the result of the check, the one with the most √ is the type of insomnia (there may be more than two types of insomnia).
1Life pressure type (blood stasis type)
□Easy to have nightmares
□ Impetuous, mental depression
□Easily wake up at night
□ Anxious and irritable
□Poor sleep quality
□Thinking too much, being overly emotional, making it difficult to fall asleep
□Low pressure resistance
□Headache, chest tightness
￡ lip color dark
2Overworked type (blood deficiency type)
□light sleep
□Dream
□ Tired and still hard to sleep
□Easily frightened
□Uneasy
□Forgetful
□Easy to fatigue
□ Sleeping night sweats
□Anemia
□Heavy waist and feet
□Dry mouth and tongue
3 Physical weakness (qi and blood deficiency)
□Light sleep, poor sleep quality
□Wake up at night after falling asleep
□ Dizziness, headache, anemia
□Lack of appetite
□No blood on the face
□ Tired easily
Essential oil therapy for insomnia
1. Life stress type (blood stasis type)
Recommended essential oil prescription
1 drop of rose essential oil
2 drops of neroli essential oil
1 drop of sandalwood essential oil
Base oil 10ml
Recommended massage prescription
1. "Heart" in the center of the ear: The central part of the ear is the auricular point that represents the "heart" and is also the area where the autonomic nerves are concentrated. Massage here with your thumb can improve insomnia, neurasthenia, sleep and night sweats and other problems.
2. "Sympathetic" above the auricular point: Located at the top of the auricular point, press hard with your index finger to adjust the balance of the autonomic nerve, relax the body and mind, and also allow the parasympathetic nerve to function normally at night and speed up sleep.
3. The "sacred gate" above the sympathetic nerve: This is the end of the vagus nerve. Pressing here can smooth the excitement of the cerebral cortex and relax the body and mind.
4. "Under the cortex": This acupuncture point is especially focused on improving insomnia. Friends with sleep problems can often massage this point. Use your thumb and index finger to clamp this ear acupuncture point and pull it up and down to ease tension and help you fall asleep.
Home care
This type is mainly caused by insomnia caused by long-term stress, anger and other mental stress in life. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the "heart" in the five internal organs is responsible for transporting blood to the whole body, and has a lot to do with controlling, stabilizing the mental state and thinking. In addition, because of excessive stress, emotional instability, or poor living habits, blood circulation may be poor, and even blood stasis may occur. Long-term blood stasis can also make people feel emotionally excited and difficult to sleep, even if they finally fall asleep, they are easy to wake up.
It is recommended that friends with this type of insomnia can strengthen and warm the body, such as taking a hot bath in the bath at night, or relaxing tension with incense. Take a walk or do some simple gymnastics exercises to stretch the whole body. You can also do acupuncture points and muscle massage to promote metabolism and blood circulation.
You can use more sardines, mackerel or spinach, beef tomatoes, basil, Tang Xinzi, raw scallions, onions and other ingredients in your diet, all of which can help improve blood stasis.
May wish to reorganize the home space, adjust the appropriate light source, and create an environment where you can rest and relax. This is definitely helpful for falling asleep at night!
2. Overworked type (blood deficiency type)
Recommended essential oil prescription
1 drop of Ylang Ylang essential oil
2 drops of lavender essential oil
1 drop of Ou Baizhi essential oil
Base oil 10ml
Recommended massage prescription
Same as the "life pressure type (blood stasis type)" massage prescription, regular massage and ear acupoints that can help sleep can help you sleep well and improve sleep disorders.
Home care
It is mainly due to excessive exhaustion from schoolwork or work, which not only exerts effort and effort, but also consumes too much blood. When the blood in our body is insufficient, all cells and organs will not be able to absorb enough nutrients. Not only will it be difficult to fall asleep and light sleep, but it will also be easy to wake up in the middle of the night, and the quality of sleep will be greatly reduced.
People with blood deficiency physique should pay attention to "tonifying blood" and raise body temperature by increasing blood volume. In addition to eating more iron-rich foods, you can also eat red and black foods, such as black fungus, wolfberry, black sesame, black beans, black sugar, silky chicken, liver, oysters, and ginseng. In addition, people with blood deficiency should not go on a diet to lose weight, skip breakfast, or have an unbalanced diet; eat less raw and cold foods or foods that are too oily or too stimulating.
Excessive use of the brain will also consume blood. Please try to avoid work or reading until the middle of the third meridian. Go to bed early and rest well in order to recharge your energy. Friends who suffer from insomnia due to blood deficiency can also use citrus fruit incense in the bedroom to improve their sleep quality.
3. Physical weakness type (qi and blood deficiency type)
Recommended essential oil prescription
2 drops of marjoram essential oil
1 drop of rosewood essential oil
1 drop of jasmine essential oil
Base oil 10ml
Recommended massage prescription
Same as the "life pressure type (blood stasis type)" massage prescription, regular massage and ear acupoints that can help sleep can help you sleep well and improve sleep disorders.
Home care
Deficiency of both qi and blood is common in people who have excessive physical exertion after severe illness, women's postpartum surgery, etc., especially in the state of low nutrition and insufficient qi and blood at the same time, and often occurs in people with poor immunity or extremely weak physique. Deficiency of qi and blood is not only the inability of the spleen to produce blood, but also the inability to nourish the mind. Because of the lack of qi in the body and lack of vitality, it is easy to feel tired and cause sleep disorders such as difficulty falling asleep and dreaming.
For the insomnia symptoms of deficiency of both qi and blood, it should focus on nourishing qi and blood, and nourish the heart and spleen at the same time. It is a good choice to improve from food tonic. You can eat more mushrooms, pumpkin, onions, celery, chicken, beef and raw stalks. , Carrots and other ingredients to replenish qi, or eating spinach, leeks, liver, mutton, pork, silky chicken, etc. can also help replenish blood.
In addition to maintaining a balanced diet, you can also do more exercise to strengthen your body, increase immunity, and improve sleep disorders.
Statement: All essential oils, hydrosols and other aromatic health knowledge shared by the platform are not equivalent to the doctor’s diagnosis plan, and the platform knowledge is for reference only.
