Insomnia, also known as "insomnia" in traditional Chinese medicine, is a common and highly prevalent disease that most people have experienced. It is characterized by difficulty falling asleep, easy awakening after sleep, and poor sleep quality. It often induces fatigue, anorexia, anxiety, headaches, memory and attention decline, etc. Here we recommend some dietary therapy formulas, mainly aimed at the problem of difficulty falling asleep. You can choose a targeted dietary therapy formula, and long-term adherence will have good results.
Recipe: raw rehmannia Congee
Ingredients: 50g fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, 30g stir fried sour jujube kernels, 100g rice.
Method: Wash fresh Rehmannia glutinosa and Ziziphus jujujuba kernels, boil in water, remove residue and leave juice. Add proper amount of water to cook rice into Congee, and pour medicine juice into Congee to boil after it is cooked.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Efficacy: This Congee can alleviate the symptoms such as upset, flustered, dizzy, and fever caused by insomnia, and help you fall asleep.
Explanation: Rehmannia glutinosa is a heat clearing and blood cooling medicine with a sweet and bitter taste and a cold nature. It belongs to the heart, liver, and kidney meridians. According to the book "Feng Yuan" in this classic, "dried Rehmannia glutinosa is specialized in cooling blood and nourishing yin internally, and moisturizing the skin externally. It is recommended to be added to patients with deficiency and heat." Rehmannia glutinosa has the effect of nourishing yin fluid in the kidneys and regulating yin deficiency and internal heat. Sour jujube kernels have the effect of calming the heart and calming the mind.
Jujube lotus and mung bean Congee
Material Science; 100g of rice, 20g of mung beans, 10g of lotus seeds, and 15g of red dates.
Seasoning: A little white sugar.
Method: Soak rice and mung beans in water for about 30 minutes in advance, then wash them clean and put them in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Add washed red dates and lotus seeds, reduce heat and continue boiling for 30 minutes until the rice, lotus seeds, and mung beans are cooked to perfection. Season with a little white sugar.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: It can relieve symptoms such as restlessness, overthinking, and restlessness, help fall asleep, and improve insomnia.
Sleeping staple food
Ingredients: 6 grams each of Poria cocos and Pinellia ternata, 10 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 2 grams of jujube seeds, and 300 grams of flour.
Seasoning: An appropriate amount of white sugar.
Method: Boil Poria cocos, Pinellia ternata, Huang, and Ziziphus jujuba kernels together with water twice, remove the residue and leave the juice separately. Mix the medicinal juice and pour it into the flour, mix in the sugar, and form the dough. Then use the dough to make the main food, such as bread or noodles, and cook it well.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Nourish the spleen and promote sleep.
Seaweed tomato egg soup
Ingredients: 200g tomatoes, 150g seaweed, 2 eggs.
Seasoning: appropriate amounts of salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, and clear soup.
Method: Cut the tomatoes into rolling blocks; Crack the eggs into a bowl and stir with chopsticks. Put the pot on fire, pour in the clear soup, add tomato chunks and seaweed. After boiling, slowly pour the egg mixture into the soup, add salt and monosodium glutamate, remove from the pot and drizzle with sesame oil, then pour into a soup bowl.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Beneficial for insomnia patients.
Beef brisket and double melon soup
Ingredients: 300g beef brisket, 30g winter melon, 30g carrot, 40g pumpkin, 50g tomato, a little chopped scallion, ginger, and garlic.
Seasoning: 2 large bowls of broth, 1 teaspoon each of salt and MSG, a little chicken essence, and an appropriate amount of pepper.
Method: Cut beef brisket into pieces and cook until cooked; Cut winter melon, carrot, pumpkin, and tomato into pieces respectively. Heat the wok over high heat and add chopped scallions, ginger slices, and garlic slices to the wok. Pour in the broth and add beef brisket, winter melon, carrot, pumpkin, tomato, and the remaining seasonings. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Effectively relieve insomnia caused by multiple dreams.
Seaweed and Water Chestnut Meat Soup
Ingredients: 50g seaweed, 10 water chestnuts, 2 pieces of tofu, 200g lean pork, 20g ginger.
Seasoning: A little salt.
Method: Spread seaweed, cut tofu into granules, chop lean pork into pieces, peel water chestnuts and ginger and cut them into pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water to a clay pot, boil over high heat until the water boils, add all the ingredients, switch to medium heat and continue boiling for 2 hours, then add salt.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: It can improve sleep quality.
Herbal formula: Three Ingredient Sleeping Soup
Ingredients: 15g sour jujube kernels, 5g each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Yuanzhi.
Practice; Boil sour jujube kernels, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Yuanzhi in water together, removing residue and leaving juice.
Usage: Take 1 dose daily, 30 minutes before bedtime.
Effect: It soothes the mind and has a hypnotic effect.
Medicinal Tea Recipe: Jujube Seed White Chrysanthemum Tea
Ingredients: 10g sour jujube kernels, 3g white chrysanthemum.
Method: Filter the sour jujube kernels and white chrysanthemums with water, then put them in a teapot, pour boiling water into it, cover and soak for 30 minutes. Alternatively, wash the sour jujube kernels and boil them in a pot for 10-20 minutes. Take the soup and brew white chrysanthemums for consumption.
Usage: 1-2 doses per day, consumed as a substitute for tea.
Effect: Relieve headaches and stabilize mood.
Foot Bath Formula: Raw Rehmannia Foot Bath Formula
Ingredients: 50g mulberry parasitism, 40g raw rehmannia, 10g Schisandra chinensis.
Method: Rinse all Chinese medicinal herbs thoroughly and place them in a gauze bag. Put the gauze bag into the foot bath, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and then seal the mouth of the basin with plastic wrap. After 10-15 minutes, remove the gauze bag.
Usage: Soak both feet before bedtime, once a day, for 20-30 minutes each time.
Effect: Helps improve sleep quality, aid in sleep, suitable for patients with heart and spleen deficiency.