Did you know that insomnia is also a disease? Insomnia refers to the inability to fall asleep or maintain a sleep state, resulting in insufficient sleep. Insomnia often causes great suffering and psychological burden to patients, and can also cause harm to the body due to the misuse of sleeping pills. However, there are also many methods to relieve and treat insomnia.
One: Licorice Wheat Red Date Soup
Effect: Harmonizes the middle, nourishes the heart and calms the mind, strengthens the spleen and stomach.
Indications: Hysteria, neurasthenia, insomnia, night sweats, etc.
Explanation: Licorice has a sweet and mild nature and enters the spleen and lung meridians. It can harmonize the middle, moisten the lungs, and detoxify. Wheat has a sweet and cool nature and enters the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians. It can nourish the heart, benefit the kidneys, clear heat, and relieve thirst. Red dates have a sweet and warm nature and enter the spleen and stomach meridians. They can nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and generate fluids, and harmonize the nutrient and defensive energies. Take 10 grams of licorice, 30 grams of wheat, 5 red dates, and 2 bowls of water. Boil until one bowl remains, remove the residue and drink the soup.
Two: Lotus Seed Lily Lean Meat Soup
Effect: Tonifies qi and regulates the middle, nourishes deficiency, harmonizes the heart and kidneys, calms the mind, enhances intelligence, and clears the heart.
Indications: Neurasthenia, palpitations and insomnia, post-illness weakness, etc.
Explanation: Lotus seeds have a sweet and astringent nature and enter the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians. They can nourish the heart, benefit the kidneys, tonify the spleen, and astringe the intestines. Lilies have a sweet and slightly bitter nature and enter the heart and lung meridians. They have the effects of moistening the lungs and stopping coughs, nourishing yin and clearing heat, clearing the heart and calming the mind, and tonifying qi and regulating the middle.
Ingredients: 50 grams of lotus seeds, 50 grams of lilies, 250 grams of lean pork cut into pieces, boiled in water to make soup.
Three: Arborvitae Seed Stewed Pig Heart
Effect: Nourishes the heart, calms the mind, replenishes blood, and moistens the intestines.
Indications: Palpitations, dizziness, insomnia, dry stools, and constipation.
Explanation: Arborvitae seeds have a sweet, pungent, and neutral nature. They can calm the mind, soothe the intestines, promote bowel movements, and stop sweating. Pig heart has a sweet, salty, and neutral nature and enters the heart meridian. It can nourish the blood and heart. Take an appropriate amount of arborvitae seeds, put them into the pig heart, add water, stew until cooked, and consume.
Four: Albizia Flower Steamed Pig Liver
Effect: Clears wind and brightens the eyes, soothes depression and regulates qi, nourishes the liver and calms the mind.
Indications: Insomnia, rib pain, etc.
Explanation: Albizia flowers have a sweet and neutral nature and enter the heart, liver, and spleen meridians. They can soothe depression, regulate qi, calm the mind, and activate collaterals. Pig liver has a sweet, bitter, and warm nature and enters the liver meridian. It can nourish the liver, nourish the blood, and improve eyesight. Take 10 grams of albizzia flowers (dried), soak in a small amount of water for 4-6 hours, cut 100-150 grams of pig liver into slices, place them together in a dish, add a little salt for seasoning, steam until the liver is cooked, and eat the pig liver.
