The reason for fatigue and sleepiness is actually like this

In daily life, most people experience fatigue and sleepiness. Some people even fall asleep while walking when they are tired, which makes people very confused. So what exactly causes fatigue and sleepiness? In fact, these five reasons, including phlegm and dampness blocking the spleen, spleen deficiency, liver depression and spleen deficiency, blood deficiency, and dampness and turbidity obscuring the spleen, can all lead to drowsiness.

The probability of experiencing general fatigue and drowsiness is very high in everyone, and when most people experience general fatigue and drowsiness, they often choose to rest and sleep to relieve the symptoms. Indeed, many times people can relieve symptoms of fatigue and sleepiness by sleeping, but this is not a cure. So, let’s first talk about the reasons for general fatigue and drowsiness.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of narcolepsy is mostly caused by the poor circulation of the middle qi, which is the qi of the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that if the spleen is blocked, the person will feel sleepy.

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, "Yang" is active and "Yin" is quiet. Therefore, narcolepsy can also occur when the Yang Qi is insufficient and the Yin Qi is excessive. The chapter "Cold and Heat Diseases" in Lingshu says: "When Yang Qi is strong, the eyes will be wide open, and when Yin Qi is strong, the eyes will be closed." This shows that the pathology of narcolepsy is mainly due to the strong Yin and weak Yang. "Discussion on the Spleen and Stomach and Discussion on the Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach in the Lungs" "Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach causes laziness and a liking to lie down" "Dan Xi's Heart Method and Dampness": "The spleen and stomach are affected by dampness, causing heaviness, weakness, laziness and a liking to lie down." There are also people who suffer from drowsiness, weakness and frequent sleep due to weak Yang Qi and insufficient blood circulation after illness or at an advanced age. According to the etiology and pathogenesis of narcolepsy, it is divided into five types:

1. Phlegm-dampness obstructs the spleen

It is more common in obese people with symptoms such as chest tightness, poor appetite, uncomfortable bowel movements, nausea and vomiting due to excessive sputum, heaviness, drowsiness, greasy white tongue coating, and slow pulse.

2. Lack of temper

It is more common in people after illness or the elderly, with fatigue, poor appetite, drowsiness after eating, laziness to speak, easy sweating, pale tongue with thin white coating, and weak pulse.

3. Liver depression and spleen deficiency

Long-term worry and anxiety, listlessness, dizziness and drowsiness, discomfort in the flanks with frequent dreams, poor appetite, difficulty in defecation, thin white or slightly greasy tongue coating, and dark, thin or wiry pulse.

4. Blood Deficiency

The complexion is sallow and dull, the appetite is poor, the spirit is depressed, palpitations and shortness of breath, laziness to speak, dizziness, pale tongue with thin white coating, and deep, thready and weak pulse.

5. Dampness and turbidity

The head feels heavy as if wrapped, the mouth is dry and sticky but no desire to drink water, the chest feels tight but not hungry, bowel movements are not smooth, and the tongue coating is thick and greasy. Drowsiness caused by high mental stress or excessive fatigue coupled with rain. The Neijing says: "Where evil gathers, the Qi must be weak; where righteous Qi exists within, evil cannot invade." The head is the meeting point of all Yang. If it is obscured by dampness and turbidity, the clear Yang will not rise and the turbid Yin will not descend, then one will feel drowsy and sleepy. For treatment, it is recommended to use "Xingpi Kaiqiao Decoction". The dosage of medicine is adjusted according to the specific situation of the patient. It is highly targeted, symptomatic treatment has no toxic side effects, and the treatment effect is very good.