【睡得是福】如何做個睡寶寶？

#睡不好老得快
#最重要是尋找失眠原因
#星期三CheckCheckMail

睡得多不如睡得好
多夢人：「最近心情欠佳，做事提不起勁，放工後直接吃飽就睡，每晚睡足十小時但仍然感覺疲累，半夜容易醒又多夢，怎麼辦？」

CheckCheckCin：中醫理論認為「藥補不如食補，食補不如睡補」睡得好是人生一大課題，最理想的睡眠應該質量俱佳，睡醒後疲勞盡消，並且恢復體力和精神。從中醫角度來看，難以入睡、易醒、醒後不能再度入睡均屬於失眠範疇，而失眠與心、肝、腎三個臟器最有關聯，如果失眠再加上煩躁、鬱悶、口苦眼乾、小便短赤等症狀，很有可能是肝氣不舒，肝鬱化火，不妨多飲用有疏肝解鬰功效的花茶，以及留意以下助眠小貼士，希望能助你晚晚好眠。

助眠小貼士：
- 日間做適量帶氧運動
- 睡前不過飢或過飽
- 睡前至少半小時放下電話
- 睡前避免喝茶、咖啡、奶茶、酒精飲品

減壓雙花蜜茶
功效：解鬰安神
材料：茉莉花3克、合歡花6克、蜂蜜適量
做法：乾材料洗淨放入保溫瓶，注入熱開水沖洗一遍，再注入熱開水焗約5分鐘，聞到花香即可，最後加入適量蜂蜜調味。此茶可沖泡至味淡。

Sleep quality trumps sleep quantity 
"I have been in a bad mood recently. I don't seem to have energy for anything. I have dinner after work and go straight to bed. After 10 hours of sleep daily, I still feel tired. I wake up easily in the middle of the night and dream a lot. What can I do?"

CheckCheckCin: Chinese medicine theory believes that nourishing your body through food is better than medicine, and sleeping well is better than eating well. Sleep is an important thing in life, and it is ideal to have enough quality sleep so that you can be energized and have energy. From Chinese medicine perspective, difficulty falling asleep, easily awaken from sleep, difficulty going back to sleep after waking are all considered a form of insomnia. Insomnia is mostly related to these three organs- heart, liver and kidneys. If insomnia is accompanied by irritability, depression, bitter mouth, dry eyes, reddish and short urination and other symptoms, you likely have stagnation of liver qi and liver depression which can cause heat in body. You should drink more floral tea to relieve depression, and pay attention to the following tips to improve sleep quality. 

Tips for better sleep:
- Do the right amount of cardio exercise during the day
- Do not become too hungry or too full before going to bed
- Put down the phone for at least half an hour before going to bed
- Avoid drinking tea, coffee, milk tea, alcoholic drinks before going to bed

Floral tea with honey to de-stress 
Effects: relieves depression and calms the mind
Ingredients: 3g jasmine, 6g albizia flower, appropriate amounts of honey
Preparation: rinse all dry ingredients thoroughly and place into thermos, rinse with hot water once. Then add in hot water again and steep for 5 minutes until aroma develops. Add honey to taste. You can re-brew until its flavor weakens.

#男 #女 #我煩躁 #我有壓力 #氣滯 #失眠

【不快樂時你需要這花~】選對了花還有疏肝解鬱的作用!

#BlueMonday收花最開心
#收食得飲得的花更實際
#中醫花語解密

四大疏肝解鬱花
問女生是否喜歡收花？大多數都是「口裡說不，身體卻很誠實」。其實心情低落時更加需要收花！下次不妨送自己或朋友「四大疏肝解鬱花」，簡單令人心花怒放，心花日日開！

1. 玫瑰花、月季花
玫瑰花高踞女士想收花排行榜的第一位，與月季花同是疏肝花的重要一員。玫瑰及月季花看上去很像，屬性相約。性溫，具理氣解鬱，和血散瘀的功效，平常用來沖水泡茶，或者用入豆漿、甜品中，皆有活血調經，疏肝解鬱的作用。最適合壓力大，易有氣滯體質的事業型女性。＊注意氣血虛弱者及孕婦慎服。

2. 合歡花
合歡花性平，單是名字已叫人歡喜，遇上胸悶不舒、心情不悅，用少許合歡花泡水喝，就有寧神、鎮靜、舒肝理氣、解鬱安神的功效，如果因為心情憂鬱至失眠，合歡花亦有改善作用。

3. 茉莉花
花色潔白、香氣清雅的茉莉花，是不少人鍾愛的香水味道，從中醫角度來看，茉莉屬性溫，有理氣解鬱的作用，難怪清香的味道叫人著迷，我們上茶樓點叫的「香片」，就是在茶葉上薰以茉莉花香而成。

4. 桂花
桂花花團嬌小，但香氣馥郁，遠遠都可聞到讓人心曠神怡的甜美花香，原來桂花含有揮發性的芳香物質，難怪多用來做甜點、泡茶、浸酒。從中醫角度看，桂花性溫，有安心寧神，暖胃止痛的功效。

飲用花茶小貼士
花茶雖香又有養生功效，但要注意以下飲用禁忌：
・花茶要現泡現喝，避免隔夜
・最好以透明玻璃壼沖泡
・不宜空腹飲用
・飲用量一杯起兩杯止，多喝反會引起胃脹、腹瀉
・選購有信譽商戶購買花茶，怕農藥超標

Four flowers to relieve stress

If you ask a girl if she likes to receive flowers, most will say no even though they do, especially when they are feeling sad. Next time try sending yourself or your friends these four stress relieving flowers!

1. Rose/Chinese Rose
Rose is what most ladies like the most and, like Chinese Rose, it is great for stress relief. They look similar and have similar effects. They are warm in nature, can regulate qi and improve mood as well as dispel bruising. You can make a tea with them or add it into your soy milk or desserts. It is most suitable for those professional working ladies with intense stress and prone to qi stagnation body constitution. Note: those with asthenic qi and blood and those who are pregnant should consume with caution.

2. Albizia flower
Albizia is mild in nature and great for a cup of tea when you feel down as it can calm the mind, release negative moods, and regulate qi. If you are losing sleep due to your emotions, a cup of albizia tea can also help.

3. Jasmine
Jasmine has a refreshing aroma and is white in color, and a lot of people like it for their perfume. From chinese medicine perspective, it is warm in nature and can regulate qi and improve your mood. The scented tea commonly served in restaurants are smoked with Jasmine to achieve the floral fragrance too.

4. Sweet osmanthus
Sweet osmanthus is small but has a powerful aroma that can spread quite a distance. It is most commonly used in desserts, tea, and soaked in wine. It is warm in nature and can calm the mind, warm the stomach to relieve pain.

Tips for drinking floral tea
Floral tea is fragrant and healthy but it is important to note the following:
- try to drink your tea soon and do not store overnight
- use a transparent tea pot to make floral tea
- don't drink it with an empty stomach
- keep to 1-2 cups per day, having too much can lead to abdominal bloating and diarrhea
- buy your floral tea from a reputable seller to avoid high amounts of pesticides

#男 #女 #我煩燥 #我疲憊 #我有壓力

發脾氣是為了健康。

#發脾氣都係一種宣洩方法
#強忍反而更傷身
#親子星期六

易動怒的女人多氣滯？

當上了母親都會明白，孩子（甚至丈夫）有時候實在淘氣得讓人氣憤，有時候更覺得自己愈來愈沒有耐性，面對孩子（或丈夫）不可理喻時會霎時動怒。有沒有想過這可能和你的體質有關？常出現煩躁不安、胃痛、多胃氣、多屁或大便先成形後稀爛等症狀，你有可能是氣滯體質！易受情緒影響的人，日積月累下，加上嗜飲食生冷，更有可能由氣滯演變成為血瘀體質，臉上更出現斑點或難被遮蓋的黑眼圈。所以說，其實孩子（或丈夫）可能並不是這麼頑皮。只要母親們能夠放鬆心情，找適合自己宣洩情緒的方法，放開懷抱，不要過分緊張執著，適量飲用帶花香的花茶及食用行氣活血的食物如蓮藕、茄子，就不會那麼易動怒了！

喝一口忘憂花茶：
材料：茉莉花、合歡花各小許
做法：將材料放入保溫瓶，注入沸水焗5分鐘即可。
功效：疏肝理氣，結鬱安神。舒緩心情不悅、胸悶、失眠等症狀。

Having a bad temper can cause qi stagnation?
Every mother understands that kids (sometimes husbands too) can be so naughty that it becomes irritating, and sometimes you even feel like you will lose your patience and become angry at your kids or husband. Ever wonder though the emotions might be body constitution related? Those who often experience irritability, abdominal pain and gas, frequent farting, or stool that changes from solid to runny in same bowel movement, you may have qi stagnation body constitution! Those who are easily affected by emotions over time, and added with frequent consumption of raw and cold foods, may go from qi stagnation to asthenic blood body constitution. Then you may see more blemishes on your face or even have dark eye circles. In reality, your kids (or husband) may not be that rebellious, and moms just need to relax and find a suitable way to relieve the heightened emotions and try not to be too stubborn and anxious. Try having some floral tea and eat foods that promotes qi and blood circulation such as lotus root and eggplants, then you might not get mad so easily!
Try a sip of zen floral tea:
Ingredients: A bit of Silk Tree Albizia Flower and Jasmine Flower
Preparation method: Place all ingredients into a thermos and steep in hot water for 5 minutes.
Effects: Relieve stress and regulate qi, alleviate depression and calms the mind. Alleviates moodiness, tightness in chest and insomnia.

#男 #女 #小童 #氣滯 #血瘀 #黑眼圈