{"id":14017,"date":"2022-10-18T19:20:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/sleep-is-a-matter-of-time-period-its-not-a-matter-of-duration%e3%80%90tcm-prac-ooi%e3%80%91\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T17:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T09:01:40","slug":"sleep-is-a-matter-of-time-period-its-not-a-matter-of-duration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/en\/sleep-is-a-matter-of-time-period-its-not-a-matter-of-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep is a matter of time period, It’s not a matter of duration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleep has always been a major issue that plagues people, people often focus on the duration and quality of sleep but often ignore the time period. Why emphasize the time period? Old people say \u201cEarly to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.\u201d, the ancients used to say \u201cWork at sunrise and rest at sunset\u201d,how early that mean,does it have a specific time?Yes it is . Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that 9:00 pm to 5:00 am is the best sleep time. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That is to say, the quality of sleep depends on when you sleep, not on the duration of time. Some people think it’s enough to sleep 8 hours a day, it’s okay to stay up late at night, sleep well during the day, especially those who work night shifts, in fact not so. <\/span>Missing optimal sleep time even if you make up more than 8 hours of sleep during the day or even if someone slept 10 hours, you still feeling tired when you get up, this is because of missing the best sleep time, can’t nourish for it, <\/strong><\/span>it’s like you missed the last LRT, if you miss it, you miss it, you can only wait until tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why 9-5pm is the best time to sleep?<\/strong><\/span>
\nTCM believes that man and nature are one to conform to nature, there are four seasons a year, the changes of the four seasons will affect the yang qi of the human body, so the human body also exists spring, summer, autumn, winter the yin and yang rise and fall of. Then the four seasons correspond to a day from 3:00 to 9:00 is spring, 9:00 to 15:00 is summer, 15:00 to 21:00 is autumn, 21:00 to 3:00 is winter. There are 24 solar terms in a year, a day is a microcosm of a year , there are also 24 solar terms. 9:00 pm is the Beginning of Winter,10:00 pm is Slight Snow, 11:00 pm is Great Snow,3:00 am is the Beginning of Spring,4:00 am is Rain Water, 5:00 am is the Waking of Insects . So it is winter after 9 pm,winter domination storage,the Yang Qi is going to hide, to hide in the kidney. Many animals hibernate in winter, so people have to hide in bed at night, to “hibernate”.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was studying in China, I had a deep experience. In winter, I wanted to hide under the quilt and not come out. Except for necessary activities, I basically wanted to hide under the quilt.Therefore, if you don\u2019t sleep at night, the Yang Qi will float outside and can\u2019t hide in the kidney, which will deplete the Yang Qi. <\/strong><\/span>What is Yang Qi?Yang Qi more ,the man immunity is stronger, less likely to get sick, and Ill be healed quickly. So we’re going to sleep at 9 pm, Yang Qi need hiding. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n11:00 pm to 1:00 am
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The period of the day from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am is current Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang, Gallbladder Meridian is the most prosperous. 11:00 pm is current Gallbladder meridian, Gallbladder meridian run and Yang Qi move, if you don’t sleep, Qi Gallbladder harmful, when Qi Gallbladder weak, the function of whole body will decreased, metabolic power and resistance will dropped. <\/strong><\/span>11:00 pm it’s the darkest time of the day, this is the time when the Yin Qi ia at its peak. Past this time Yin Qi turns weak, Yang Qi start to rise, Yang initiative, Yin dominates tranquillity so when 11:00 pm you need to be quiet, so sleep is the best at this time, because sleep is the most nourishing for the body at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n1:00 am to 3:00 am is also important<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to the next 1:00 am to 3:00 am is also important, 1:00 am to 3:00 am is current Liver Meridian of Foot Jueyin, Liver Meridian is the most prosperous. say \u201cWhen people lies down, blood belongs to the liver\u201d. Only when people lie down and sleep will blood return to the liver to detoxify and nourish, and 1:00 am to 3:00 am is the most prosperous time for liver nourishing and blood production. If you don’t sleep at this time, Blood can’t return to the liver toxic blood is not metabolized properly, fresh blood cannot be produced, human organs are not nourished by Qi and Blood, its will makes the whole person extremely tired, It can even lead to gallstones, hepatitis and other diseases.<\/strong><\/span> So if you want to be in deep sleep between 11 and 3, you have to go to bed before that, because after 11 o’clock the Yang Qi starts to move, people will very spiritual and can’t sleep, so it’s better to go to bed at 9 o’clock, no later than 10:30.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually, we’re a little drowsy after 9 o’clock after dinner, but it\u2019s will wake up at 11 o’clock, so some people will feel better after 11:00, people are more spiritual, more focused, and more efficient. In fact, this may not be a good phenomenon, this just means that the Yang Qi is starting to rise. If you sleep at this time, Yang Qi will be in a state of “nurturing”, be refreshed in the morning. If you don’t sleep, Yang Qi is starting to rise, people can’t sleep anymore, it will appear very spiritual, creativity and work efficiency will be greatly improved, in fact, this is consuming Yang energy, that is what we often call overdraft life. If the Yang Qi is excessively depleted, people will appear tired and lethargic in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAfter talking about the time to fall asleep, let’s talk about the time to wake up. What is the best time to get up?<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\nThe answer is 5:00 am.<\/strong>Why is it 5:00 am?<\/span><\/p>\n

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As mentioned above, there are also 24 solar terms in a day. Why keep mention with solar terms? Solar terms are changes in natural rhythms, and a knowledge system formed by changing laws such as seasons, climates, and phenology, in ancient times, people cultivated according to the solar terms, and they paid attention to when to sow and harvest. For example, it is not a new year until the Beginning of Spring, after the Winter Solstice, the principle of one year old is the same. Corresponding to the human body, it can also be considered as a change in the rise and fall of Yin Qi and Yang Qi. What is the solar term at 5:00 am? The 5:00 am solar term is called the Waking of Insects, its mean the weather warms up and the spring thunder begins, awakening the dormant insects and animals. What is human dormancy? Is Yang Qi. \u201cthe Waking of Insects\u201d as the solar term with the fastest rise in temperature throughout the year, it also indicates that this time is the best time for our popular Yang Qi to rise. So getting up at 5:00 am is to raise the yang energy of the human body, not only do you have to get up, but you also need to move your hands and feet properly, instead of lying in bed and playing with your phone when you wake up, that won’t work. The Yang Qi still hasn’t risen must get up to move, Traditional Chinese Medicine say \u201cMovement Generates Yang Qi\u201d, the human body needs to move and the Yang energy to rise up.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, with the progress of society, there are more and more overtime work, nightlife and entertainment at night, and many people will inevitably need to stay up late to complete work and various parties. My suggestion is that if it is not a particularly urgent task, it can be done at another time. For example, for tasks that have to stay up until 1 o’clock, you can fall asleep before 11 o’clock and get up at 3 o’clock to work, so that the work can be completed without causing too much harm to the body. If it is really impossible to stay up late, is there any remedy?<\/strong><\/span> Yes, that’s getting up early ,get up at 5:00 am. Although this seems contradictory, sleep at 1pm and wake up at 5pm? Shouldn’t you sleep for 8 hours and wake up at 9 o’clock? But as my title mentioned, sleep is a matter of time periods, even if you sleep until 9 o’clock, you can’t make up for the Yang energy you lost the night before. The remedy is only get up at 5 o\u2019clock, to raise the yang energy and make up for it. Not going to sleep at 11 o’clock in the evening is called depletion of Yang Qi, don’t wake up at 5 in the morning and call to block the Yang Qi.<\/span><\/strong> Over time, various chronic diseases will occur, which is why some people start to have many diseases at the age of 4 or 50. Get up at 5 o’clock, I really didn’t get enough sleep, I was very sleepy, what should I do? Then you can get up at 5 o’clock, drink water, exercise for about half an hour and then go back to sleep, the Yang Qi has risen at the time, If you continue to sleep, you won’t block the Yang Qi anymore. But you can’t sleep until noon, just make up for it properly. Another advantage of getting up early is that you will be sleepy early at night and will go to bed early. Many people who stay up late do not have the habit of getting up early, which will form a vicious circle. So if you want to go to bed early, you must first get up early. Going to bed early is beyond your control but you can wake up early. I have a senior, no matter what time he goes to bed at night, he must get up early tomorrow morning at a fixed time, which is a very good habit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sleep is the best supplement in the world<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo sum up, the quality of sleep depends not only on the time of sleep, but also on the time period. It is true that a lot of people feel that staying up late doesn’t matter much, and it doesn’t have much impact on the body, especially young people. But just like we save money, when we are young, we have enough Yang Qi, and we have enough capital for us to squander, until the money runs out, when the yang energy is exhausted, it will be difficult to make up for it. So I started to pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early when I didn\u2019t overdraw my body too much, slowly raise the Yang energy in the body. The ancients used to say \u201cSleep is the best supplement in the world\u201d, \u201cSleep accounts for seven-tenths of your health\u201d<\/strong> all for a reason, sleeping well can slowly take care of your body, plus your mentality, diet, and conditioning can make your body healthy and not easy to get sick.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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