What to do about long-term sleep deprivation? These all-natural sleeping aids are worth knowing

Long-term sleep deprivation can cause many physical and mental harms: neuroendocrine disorders, memory decline and other symptoms. The following are all-natural "sleeping pills." Guiyuan, that is, longan (guiyuan, yuanrou). Unlike lychee, whose nature is damp-heat, longan can be used as medicine and has many effects such as strengthening yang and boosting qi, tonifying the heart and spleen, nourishing the blood and calming the spirit, and moisturizing the skin and beautifying the complexion. It can treat anemia, palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, neurasthenia, and weakness after illness or childbirth. According to pharmacological research, longan contains glucose, sucrose, and vitamins A, B and other nutrients, among which there are relatively large amounts of protein, fat and various minerals. These nutrients are all very essential to the human body. They are especially effective for people who tax their minds and deplete the qi and blood of the heart and spleen. Guiyuan can treat weakness after illness or mental decline. It is also very suitable for women to nourish and restore their health after childbirth. However, it is best not to eat it during pregnancy. Li Shizhen recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Among foods, lychee is prized; for nourishment, longan is excellent." He highly praised guiyuan. Longan is rich in nutrients and is a precious tonic and strengthening agent. Besides being eaten fresh, the fruit can also be made into canned goods, wine, paste, jam, etc., and can also be processed into dried guiyuan meat and so on. In addition, the leaves, flowers, roots and seeds of longan can all be used as medicine. The longan tree has hard wood with a fine and beautiful grain; it is a raw material for making high-grade furniture and can also be carved into various exquisite handicrafts. Guiyuan contains a variety of nutrients and has the effects of nourishing the blood and calming the spirit, strengthening the brain and boosting intelligence, and nourishing the heart and spleen; research has found that guiyuan's inhibition rate against uterine cancer cells exceeds 90%. Menopause in women is a stage when gynecological tumors are more likely to occur, and eating an appropriate amount of longan is beneficial to health; guiyuan has a tonifying effect and has an auxiliary therapeutic effect for people who need recuperation after illness and those with weak constitutions.

Raisins are soft in texture and delicately sweet, and are rich in nutrients. Raisins are very rich in iron and calcium, making them an excellent tonic for children, women, and people who are weak and anemic. They can nourish the blood and qi, warm the kidneys, and help improve anemia and low platelets; raisins contain a large amount of glucose, which has a nourishing effect on the heart muscle and helps patients with coronary heart disease recover; raisins also contain a variety of minerals, vitamins and amino acids. Regular consumption has a good tonic effect on people with neurasthenia and excessive fatigue, and they are also an excellent food therapy for women's ailments. Many dried fruits have their own special ways of promoting human health, and the nutrients contained in raisins have especially amazed nutritionists. A study conducted not long ago by American nutritionists showed that if a person consumes raisins equivalent to 400 calories per day, it can effectively lower blood cholesterol and at the same time inhibit the oxidation of bad cholesterol in the blood. In addition, raisins can improve rectal health, because raisins contain fiber and tartaric acid, which allow waste to pass quickly through the rectum and reduce the time waste stays in the intestines. Even more exciting is that raisins contain a component called resveratrol, which can effectively prevent malignant transformation of cells or inhibit the growth of malignant tumors, and can also stop the division of leukemia cells. In addition, the fiber in raisins can prevent fructose in the blood from being converted into triglycerides - a kind of blood fat - thereby reducing the risk of heart disease. It can regulate the sleep cycle and improve abnormal sleep conditions.

Kiwifruit has a soft texture and a sweet-and-sour taste. Its flavor has been described as a mixture of strawberry, banana and pineapple. In addition to containing organic substances such as actinidine, proteolytic enzymes, tannin pectin and sugars, as well as trace elements such as calcium, potassium, selenium, zinc and germanium and 17 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, kiwifruit is also rich in vitamin C, gluconic acid, fructose, citric acid, malic acid and fat. Kiwifruit is rich in vitamin C, calcium and magnesium. These nutrients are beneficial to the synthesis and transmission of neurotransmitters, helping patients maintain a relaxed and happy mood, thereby alleviating insomnia symptoms, and can also effectively stabilize emotions and inhibit the action of the sympathetic nerves. Dried kiwifruit is easy to preserve, and before bed you can also soak dried kiwifruit in water and drink it.

Honeysuckle tea is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat, and relieving summer heat and irritability. High-quality honeysuckle tea has a tightly rolled, fine, even and straight appearance, a gray-green, smooth and lustrous color, a pure and lasting aroma, a yellow-green and bright liquor color, a sweet, mellow and fresh taste, and a tender, even and soft brewed leaf base. This flower tea is the nemesis of liver fire. Drinking one cup a day helps clear liver fire and makes the body healthier. It also strengthens defensive functions and so on. Honeysuckle is rather cold in medicinal nature and is not suitable for long-term drinking; it is only suitable for temporary drinking in the hot summer to prevent and treat dysentery. People with a deficiency-cold constitution and during menstruation should not drink it, and those with weak spleen and stomach should not use it often. Honeysuckle is cold and cool in nature and flavor, and will affect the transportation and transformation functions of the spleen and stomach, so it is more suitable for use in hot summer weather.