Insomnia
Restoring Natural Sleep with TCM
Insomnia is a widespread phenomenon for people today, affecting many people all around the world.
Many people take sleeping pills to achieve quick and immediate relief, but the sleeping pills are not without side effects, i.e., it comes along with side effects such as dizziness and also addiction. TCM is a holistic, all-body treatment that assists in overall sleep quality and specifically works on certain areas individually.
Also, it has a better impact on improving your overall health by addressing the reason behind your insomnia. Also, it does an in-depth work of improving your overall health better by addressing the underlying reason of your insomnia.
How TCM Helps People with Insomnia
Unlike traditional medicine that is mainly concerned with symptom relief, TCM attempts to restore balance softly in the body and promoting quality of sleep improvement. Sleeping disorders in TCM are typically found in relation to imbalances in Yin and Yang energy, as well as anomalies in flow of Qi accompanied by emotional stress, each of which can be managed with herbal medication, acupuncture and diet.
Restoring Yin-Yang Balance for Deep, Restful Sleep
When Yang energy is particularly strong, it will overstimulate the mind, causing running thoughts that race in your head, thereby causing difficulty for you to fall asleep.
TCM treatments include acupuncture and herbal medicine that aims to balance Yin energy with sedation of Yang energy, causing the body to naturally transit into deep and restful sleep.
Boosting Qi & Blood Circulation for Better Sleep Quality
In TCM, quality sleep is contingent upon the unobstructed flow of Qi and Blood. Blockage or insufficiency of Qi can cause poor sleep, causing you to wake up in the middle of the night.
Whenever the Qi is blocked, it will result in tension, irritability, and to an overactive mind, essentially making relaxation before sleep more challenging.
If the brain and the heart are not getting enough blood, then it will result in excessive dreaming and sleep of poor quality because the heart and brain are not being nourished properly.
TCM maintains better circulation of blood along with free flow channels of Qi, so the mind and the body get to completely relax during nighttime, facilitating deep and restful sleep throughout.
TCM Helps By:
Balancing cortisol. Cortisol is the stress hormone. This is enough to enable the body in general to unwind.
It is capable of calming the nervous system, helping to reduce anxiety and mental chatter.
Proper production of melatonin is encouraged, since there must be a sound sleep cycle.
With the help of all these, people can reap improvements in the quality of their sleep that are natural and sustainable.