Monday, January 27, 2014

失眠 Insomnia & 褪黑激素 Melatonin





失眠,指无法入睡或无法保持睡眠状态,导致睡眠不足。通常指患者对睡眠时间和或质量不满足并影响白天社会功能的一种主观体验,从而引起人的疲劳感、不安、全身不适、无精打采、反应迟缓、头痛、注意力不集中等症状。它的最大影响是精神方面的,严重一点会导致精神分裂。



Insomnia, or sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which there is an inability to fall asleep or to stay asleep as long as desired.[1][2] While the term is sometimes used to describe a disorder demonstrated by polysomnographic evidence of disturbed sleep, insomnia is often practically defined as a positive response to either of two questions: "Do you experience difficulty sleeping?" or "Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep?"[2]

Insomnia is most often thought of as both a medical sign and a symptom[2][3] that can accompany several sleep, medical, and psychiatric disorders characterized by a persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep or sleep of poor quality. Insomnia is typically followed by functional impairment while awake. Insomnia can occur at any age, but it is particularly common in the elderly.[4] Insomnia can be short term (up to three weeks) or long term (above 3–4 weeks), which can lead to memory problems,depression, irritability and an increased risk of heart disease and automobile related accidents.



Chat: 

LC: Weather in SG also pretty weird. It's almost noon but cloudy not temperature is 26 °C. :-)
Normal by this time very hot new temp well over 30
11:30 AM


AA: it's been foggy in jakarta for more than one week, which is weird
you don't see fog here because it's literally a hot and humid city

LC: seems this round the north wind is real cold
weather is real off
its cooler in SG also n now even have sun, but the breeze is cool

i am studying melatonin in chinese n english from the web


AA: i saw in the news yesterday with title: Is it Jakarta or Dieng? (referring to Dieng as a high hill site with a cold weather)

FX took melatonin supplement as well lol
sometimes he can't sleep all night and his eyes just open

lucky that my sleeping problem has gone

GM is right, before sleeping, all rubbish thoughts should be trashed away



LC: 失眠莫依赖褪黑素

this is in chinese, but the article is honestly saying do not rely on melatonin if u can't sleep


AA: i agree, despite the disclaimer stating the product being safe, i still do not want to rely on the supplement


LC: we can get them from food like rice tomato nuts wine olive oil....

Another problem is: Are you able to digest n absorb the melatonin you ingest, whether in supplement tabs or natural food?

AA: and this TCM cough pills named: Ke Ong (ge wang) also has a sleepy effect lol, i didn't believe when people said the pills caused drowsiness until i tried it myself :)


LC: thats the difference between homeopathy n eastern n western medicine

AA: yep



Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, based on his doctrine of like cures like, according to which a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people will cure similar symptoms in sick people.[1] Homeopathic remedies are found to be no more than a placebo,[2] and homeopathy is widely considered apseudoscience.

Hahnemann believed that the underlying causes of disease were phenomena that he termed miasms, and that homeopathicremedies addressed these. The remedies are prepared by repeatedly diluting a chosen substance in alcohol or distilled water, followed by forceful striking on an elastic body.[8] Dilution usually continues well past the point where no molecules of the original substance remain.[9] Homeopaths select remedies by consulting reference books known as repertories, and by considering the totality of the patient's symptoms, personal traits, physical and psychological state, and life history.[10]

The scientific community regards homeopathy as nonsense,[11] quackery[12][13][14] or a sham,[15] and homeopathic practice has been criticized as unethical.[16] The axioms of homeopathy are long refuted[17] and lack any biological plausibility.[18] Although some clinical trials produce positive results,[19][20] systematic reviews reveal that this is because of chance, flawed research methods, and reporting bias.[21][22][23][24] The postulated mechanisms of action of homeopathic remedies are both scientifically implausible[21][25] and physically impossible.[26]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy

Dear all

To be fair to eastern & western medicine, some practitioners do adopt Natural Healing methods with their patients. :)

 For those that can't sleep, their systems OVERHEAT! This affects their general system's function as a WHOLE.

For example, they develop mouth ulcers, aches and pains and even fever. Their Digestive Ability also much reduced. They lost appetite most time, because eating resulted in Incomplete Digestion of food giving rise to Flatulence (accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal.)

Even if you take Melatonin supplements, you might not get the required effect! WHY?  You can't even digest your food properly, how to do so with any supplements or drugs?

Why don't you take some regular exercises and practice meditation? A healthy body speaks Wonders!

Of course, Cultivation of Qigong, Meditation is best for all to stay healthy and not rely on supplements or drugs for Insomnia or other health issues or disorders, agree?

 YES!  SZ said to dump all "garbage" before sleep!  Hahaha!


 Cheers all

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

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