Hua Tuo Teaches You How to Sleep, Whether You Stay Up Late or Not! (Must Read!)

Secrets of Sleep

According to medicine and my own experience and observation, a person truly falls asleep for at most three hours, the rest is wasted time, lying on the pillow dreaming, no one can deny dreaming. If you wake up and feel you haven't been dreaming, that's because you've forgotten.

At noon, closing your eyes and truly sleeping for three minutes is equivalent to sleeping for two hours. However, you need to time it right. At night, you should fall asleep at midnight, and five minutes equals six hours.

The art of timing is even more profound, related to the laws of the universe, the earth, and the I Ching. As you feel it, there's a force descending from under your heart, merging with the power of the kidneys (the adrenal glands). This is what's called 'water and fire combined,' and once you feel that, you're well-rested and full of energy.

Therefore, those who suffer from insomnia or work late often, especially at midnight, when they fall asleep, it's because they're suppressing their energy. At midnight, even if there's something big to do, put it off and sleep it off. Half an hour at twelve o'clock is a good thing. If you want to sleep at two o'clock, don't sleep then. That day, your energy will be restored.

Sleep and Health

I. The Rules of Sleep

In the Warring States period, the famous physician Bian Que told King Huiwen: 'My method of health places sleep in the first position. People and animals only grow through sleep, and sleep helps the spleen and stomach digest food. Therefore, sleep is the first major supplement for health. If a person doesn't sleep for a whole night, the loss is far greater than one hundred days.'

Sleep is a major function of health, and health is replacing rotten cells with a large number of healthy cells. If you can't sleep one night, you don't replace new cells. If you consume 1 million cells during the day, you only replenish 500,000 cells overnight, your body will be deficient, and over time, you will become 'hard as a dried radish' like a dried radish. Why do we have centenarians? Because every night they sleep at 9 p.m. precisely.

In reality, many people have difficulty falling asleep and have poor sleep quality. Poor sleep is a complex issue, such as excessive liver heat, insomnia due to heat; excessive stomach heat, insomnia due to heat; insufficient liver yang, insomnia and fatigue;

II. Sleep and Disease

Modern lifestyles and habits have brought many negative influences to people's bodies, forming 'the Four Diseases': the Fruit Disease, the Fridge Disease, the TV and Computer Disease, and the Late-Night Disease. The liver has a characteristic: when it's lying down, it returns blood; when it's sitting, it provides blood outwards.

At the hour of the Rooster (3 a.m.), the liver is at its peak activity. If you can't sleep during the hours of 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., the liver cannot eliminate toxins and produce fresh blood, leading to a lack of blood, causing a bluish complexion. If prolonged, it's easy to get liver diseases. Hepatitis B carriers often have difficulty sleeping at night because they are too weak, i.e., the order is disrupted. The virus has entered the cells.

What damage does poor sleep cause to the liver?

The liver governs the dissipation of qi. At the hour of the Dog (9 p.m.), when the liver is at its peak, if the stomach has problems, he will be restless. One is cold stomach, if a person has a cold stomach, insomnia due to cold; two is hot stomach, is hot air coming up, breathing hot air in the mouth, in this case, also cannot sleep; three is dry stomach, dry mouth, dry throat, dry stomach, this is a dry stomach, in this case, also cannot sleep;

Another is greasy stomach, the smell of greasy food. Greasy food, fish, chicken stew, too delicious, you must dilute it, if not diluted, the taste is too heavy, and then cannot sleep;

When you sleep, you should warm your limbs, warm your limbs, because the limbs are the root of yang. If the limbs are not warm, it means there is a lack of kidney yang. Before sleeping, you should warm your hands and feet. Warm your hands and feet and the vital points behind the navel and the back of the body.

The rules of sleep vary from person to person. Below are three practices:

1. Before sleeping, gently press your legs, and then naturally recline on the bed in a fetal position, with your hands overlapping, taking deep breaths. If you can cry or yawn, it's best to fall asleep at this time. When you want to sleep, just lie down.

2. Lie on your back, take deep breaths, and feel your breath flowing like the spring breeze, first melting your big toes, then other toes, then your feet, lower legs, and thighs gradually. If you haven't fallen asleep yet, start from your head.

3. People who fall asleep quickly can lie on their right side, with their right palm resting on their right ear. The palm is fire, and the ear is water, and the two combine to create water and fire, which is the connection between the heart and the kidneys. After a long time, it nourishes the heart and kidneys.

Modern medicine proves that early to bed and early to rise people have less mental pressure and are less prone to mental illnesses. Don't go out to exercise too early in the morning, because before the sun rises, the air currents and smog underground are moving upwards (especially in cities). These currents are very damaging to the human body. Don't eat after midnight.

During sleep, don't ignore the following diseases warnings

Should be noted:

(1) Sleep early, no later than 10 p.m. For elderly people, it should be 8 p.m. at the latest. For those who work until after 9 p.m., it's best to sleep by 9 p.m.. Anyone who works beyond 11 p.m. is in the 'Yang time,' belonging to the kidney, and if they sleep late, their kidneys will be drained, and the heart and kidneys will be connected, so the water will be drained, and it's easy to cause mental problems. Don't rely on sleeping pills to help you sleep.

(2) The pillow should not be used for thinking or calculating the future. When sleeping, you should stop thinking and calculating, and keep your nostrils breathing evenly. Listen to the air, start from coarse to fine, from fine to even finer, until you stop breathing. See your body as if you're not there, or like sugar dissolving in water, becoming transparent. Naturally, you'll fall asleep.

(3) If you can't fall asleep, don't turn over on the pillow to think. This is the most draining of energy. Sit for one hour before sleeping, close your eyes, and strengthen your heart and kidneys.

(4) When it's noon, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., it's the 'yin time,' belonging to the heart. If you can't sleep at this time, sit for one hour, close your eyes, and strengthen your heart. For those with heart problems, pay attention to this period every day, and you will have strong energy, and you will not have a heart-shaking and abdominal-emptying or frequent urination and quick-flowing-urine disease.

(5) In summer, it's best to go to bed early, and in winter, it's best to go to bed late. In the north, protect the cold air, such as in Guangdong and Guizhou provinces, go to bed early to avoid the dampness and smog. Don't eat after midnight, and don't look up at the sky to eat. When you wake up in the 'yin time' (3 a.m. to 5 a.m.), don't be angry, it will damage the lungs and liver.

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