My heart is beating so fast at night that I can't sleep

A rapid heartbeat and feeling uncomfortable at night can easily lead to insomnia. Insomnia has a great impact on people's mental state. If this phenomenon exists for a long time, it will even have a certain impact on human health and daily life. Therefore, when insomnia symptoms appear, no matter what the cause is, certain methods must be taken to promote sleep. Here are some ways to promote sleep.

1. Jujube kernel and longan porridge

Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people suffering from long-term insomnia. Take 15 grams each of sour jujube seeds (grind into fine powder) and longan meat, and 100 grams of polished rice, cook them into porridge, and eat them in the morning and evening. If the heart and lung function is not good, you can add a small amount of lily and lotus seeds. If the spleen and stomach are not healthy, you can add red dates, coix seed, and yam. If the liver and kidney are insufficient, you can add wolfberry and water chestnut.

2. Sugar and vinegar hypnosis method

If you feel tired from a long journey and have difficulty falling asleep, you can use 1 to 2 tablespoons of vinegar, mix it with a cup of warm water and drink it slowly, then close your eyes and you will fall asleep naturally. After a fit of rage, drink a cup of sugar water to clear the heat in your chest and help you sleep.

3. Tea Pillow

After brewing the old coarse tea, dry the tea residue, collect about 500 grams, put it into the pillow core (you can add appropriate amount of dried jasmine flowers), and add a pillowcase to make a pillow. It can calm the mind and treat insomnia.

4. Bathing method

Every night before going to bed, take a bath with warm water at about 35~45℃, either a shower or a bath in a tub for 15~30 minutes, or soak your feet in warm water for 15~20 minutes. If conditions permit, you can also take hot spring baths, saunas, sea baths, medicinal baths, etc. frequently, which are beneficial to sleep.

5. Lying still and relaxing method

It is especially effective for people who are anxious before going to bed and have difficulty falling asleep. The method is to lie on your back naturally, overlap your hands and place them lightly on your navel, breathe evenly, eliminate distracting thoughts and relax your whole body. Silently recite "The universe is vast, my body and mind are relaxed, no distracting thoughts arise, and I fall into a deep sleep..." You can also use the method of counting your breaths to help you fall asleep.

6. Foot massage

Before going to bed, use both hands to massage the entire soles of your feet alternately for 5 minutes, and then press the Yongquan area for 2 minutes each.

In daily life, how can we get comfortable, healthy and high-quality sleep? Chinese medicine experts give suggestions from the perspectives of reasonable diet, emotion control, and regular work and rest. People who have difficulty sleeping should quit their previous bad habits and habits without hesitation, such as: quit smoking and drinking, go to bed on time, go to bed early and get up early, do not drink strong tea, coffee and other stimulating drinks before going to bed, avoid going to bed immediately after a full meal, intense exercise or stimulating recreational activities, keep the bedroom ventilated, and do not sleep with your head covered. At the same time, you should participate in physical exercise appropriately, combine work and rest, eat in moderation, and pay attention to nutrition.