(1) Avoid the stimulation of alcohol and tobacco, which often excites the nervous system, easily leads to autonomic nerve disorder and makes it more difficult to fall asleep.
(2) Avoid spicy food, such as pepper, onion, garlic, leek, ginger, hot sauce, mustard, etc. After eating, the patient's "anger" is even greater, which aggravates insomnia.
(3) Avoid high-fat foods. Fatty food is not easy to digest, and it is difficult for patients to fall asleep after eating.
(4) Avoid flatulence. Flatulence, such as radish and bean products (soybean and silkworm), can cause intestinal cavity. The patient can't sleep even if he has flatulence.
(5) Pumpkin seeds are not suitable for insomnia patients. Cucurbitacin is contained in pumpkin seeds, which can stimulate the central nervous system, cause excitement and affect sleep. Insomnia patients should not eat it.
What foods are there to treat insomnia?
1, pig heart
Pig heart is mentioned in many dietotherapy methods, and it does have the effect of calming the nerves. Pigs are sweet, salty and flat in nature. As a nutritious dish, pig heart has a long history. The protein content of pig heart is twice that of pork, while the fat content is only one tenth of that of pork. In addition, it also contains more calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, niacin and other ingredients.
2. Xiaomi
Modern medicine believes that the degree of drowsiness after meals is often related to the content of tryptophan in food protein. It can temporarily inhibit brain thinking activities and make people feel sleepy. The content of tryptophan in millet is the highest among all grains, and the content of tryptophan per 100 grams is as high as 202 mg, which is incomparable to other grains. In addition, millet is rich in digestible starch, which can make people full and warm, and further increase the content of tryptophan in the brain.
3. Ganoderma lucidum
Ganoderma lucidum has the effects of invigorating qi, nourishing heart, calming heart, relieving cough and asthma, and has a good effect on insomnia, palpitation and amnesia caused by deficiency of heart-qi or deficiency of both qi and blood. According to the China Planting Picture Book, Ganoderma lucidum "treats chronic diseases such as neurasthenia, insomnia and dyspepsia". Modern research has confirmed that Ganoderma lucidum can enhance the function of central nervous system, reduce the oxygen consumption and sugar consumption of myocardium, and enhance the tolerance of myocardium and body to hypoxia.
4. Five flavors of pigeon eggs: 50g of Schisandra chinensis decoction and 30 pigeon eggs, cooked and shelled, slightly boiled in Schisandra chinensis juice, and then soaked in the juice for 2 days. Eat three pigeon eggs at a time, and then eat after cooking.
5, jujube lotus seed porridge: jujube 9g, lotus seed 20g, glutinous rice 100g, porridge with a little sugar, often eat can reduce the frequency of insomnia.
6, mulberry jujube soup: mulberry 15g, jujube 50g boiled soup to eat.
7. Pearl dumplings: Mix 0.3g pearl powder and 50g jujube paste evenly, add appropriate amount of sugar, and wrap with glutinous rice flour to make 20 dumplings, each time 10. Eating regularly can relieve mental stress and help improve insomnia.
8. Braised sheep heart with rose honey: 30 grams of rose is boiled to remove residue, and 50 grams of honey is added for blending; Wash a sheep heart, cut it into blocks, soak it in juice 1 hour, then put it on with a steel bar or bamboo stick, and slowly bake it on the fire. In the process of roasting, sometimes the rose honey juice is coated on the sheep heart, and the sheep heart is cooked and eaten while it is hot.
9. Fresh mulberry 1000g (dry 500g) and honey 300g. Wash Mulberry and add appropriate amount of water to decoct, take decoction/kloc-0 every 30 minutes, then add water to decoct, and take decoction for 2-3 times; Concentrate the combined decoctions with low fire, add honey when the decoctions are thick, stop boiling, and then cool the decoctions thoroughly and bottle them for later use.
In addition, the following foods are helpful for insomnia patients: millet, fruit, mulberry, sunflower seeds, walnuts, honey, longan pulp, milk, tremella, lily, day lily, royal jelly, yellow croaker, grapes, oyster meat, sea cucumber, wheat, sesame seeds, sea pine nuts, cress, medlar, scallop and frog meat.