Introduction: "Work at sunrise and rest at sunset" is the most primitive way of working and rest. Normal sleep can provide the human body with enough hematopoietic time, which is the most basic and indispensable good habit in health maintenance. Traditional Chinese medicine health famous book Yang Sheng San Yao(three essentials of health) recorded: "sleep is the happiest time in life." As the ancient saying goes, "if you don't look for the fairies, look for the sleeping quarters... When you wake up refreshed, you are as real as a man can be." The traditional Chinese medicine has always attached great importance to the science of sleep, that "sleep and food are priorities for health" "those who can sleep, can eat, can live longevity".
"Early to bed, early to rise, good health" is a well-known saying in life. The ancient works Huang Di Nei Jing has recorded: "Yang Qi terminated then lie down, Yin Qi terminated then sleep", "three months in spring... Stay up late and get up early. In the three months of summer... Stay up late and get up early. In the three months of autumn... Early to bed and early to rise. In the three months of Winter... Early to bed and late to rise, to the sun."
The goodness of early to bed and early to rise.
✵The importance of sleep:
In Traditional Chinese medicine, "man corresponds to the heaven", that is to say, man lives between the heaven and earth and is closely related to nature. The activity of Qi and blood is regular as nature. Sleep should also adapt to the changes of the four seasons, according to the different characteristics of the four seasons to adjust the sleep time. The optimal hematopoietic time for the body is after dark in the afternoon to midnight and must reach a state of deep sleep to convert the nutrients into the blood or other forms of substances that the body can store and use. "Sunrise and work, sunset and rest" is the most primitive human way of work and rest, arbitrary modification of this way of work and rest is bound to have a major impact on health. Besides, sleeping too much does not make people fat. Hope girls who love beauty do not have the idea to lose weight by staying up late. Staying up late only makes people's body withered and metabolism more disordered, which is not helpful for weight loss. Even if you gain a little weight after a period of regular sleep, that's just increased Qi and blood. If you don't believe it, you can measure your body weight before practice.
✵Early to bed and early to rise:what time it is?
In spring, all things are germinating, to go to bed at night, appropriate early rise. In summer, you better go to bed late and get up early. Autumn comes, Yang Qi is convergent, better go to bed early, get up when the crow. During winter, Yang Qi is hidden, better go to bed early and get up late, it is better to get up after the sun. Going to bed early usually means resting around 10 PM, but no matter what season it is, don't go to bed later than 11 PM. 11 o 'clock at night ~ 1 o 'clock in the morning is the time for the gallbladder meridian, the most conducive to hematopoietic bone marrow. 1 to 3 am is the time for the liver meridian, the better time for liver repair. The time of sleep maintains 7 ~ 8 hours is advisable. Too little sleep drains energy and spirit, but it is not the longer you sleep, the better. Exercise can nourish Qi, but too much will consume blood, sleep can nourish the blood, but too much can consume Qi. It is better to have a certain rule of sleep, regular sleep, regular wake up, the daily sleep time should not vary too much, help regulate the biological clock.
The 90-minute sleep cycle is also a recovery point. So 7.5 hours of sound sleep is the "better value for your time."
The benefits of going to bed early and getting up early give the body plenty of time to make blood.
✵1. Refresh and restore essence: sleep according to the law of nature can better restore the body's vitality. Eliminate physical fatigue, mental fatigue, make up for the day's exhaustion, let the body relax and repair at night.
✵2. Relieve stress: people who go to bed early and get up early have lower levels of mental stress and higher levels of mental health than those who stay up late. Early sleepers have lower levels of cortisol in their saliva and thus lower levels of depression. There are two types of hormones in the body, morning and evening, the cortisol is a representative hormone of the morning type, it plays a function to relieve stress.
✵3. Prevention of diseases: going to bed early and getting up late in winter can avoid the invasion of low temperature and cold air on the human body and cause respiratory diseases, and can also avoid the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by the stimulation of cold. Adequate sleep is also conducive to the body's physical recovery and immune function enhancement, conducive to the prevention of disease.
✵4. Pace yourself: as the saying goes, "the early bird catches the worm," but in the lives of many owl-type office workers, waking up in the morning is always a rush. Apart from those who stay up late because of work, most of us are lazy, and this kind of "black and white" or "anxious" lifestyle is sure to pose a risk to our health. Getting enough time in the morning will not only help people develop a lot of good habits, but also improve their mental state for the day, allowing you to start the day without panic.
✵5. Time management: getting up early allows you to breathe fresh air under the first rays of sunshine in the morning. Doing some morning exercises can help exhaust gas out of your lungs, making you energetic and keep your mind clear. After morning exercise, you can also buy some vegetables to go home. The dishes in the early morning are fresh and cheap, and you can avoid buying vegetables to wash and cut after work, which results in the late dinner.
✵Tips needing attention: Do not sleep back after the elderly get up early in the morning and after exercise, sleep back will make the brain clock into disorder, leading to a state that "bad sleep during the day, can not sleep at night", but also lead to sudden cardiovascular disease.