9 bad sleeping habits that harm women

One third of a person's life is spent sleeping, so if you have bad sleeping habits, it will be very harmful to your body. Especially the following habits should be absolutely prohibited for women.

1. Eat a full meal before going to bed

If you eat too much before going to bed, your stomach and intestines will speed up digestion, and a stomach full of food will constantly stimulate the brain. If the brain is excited, people will not be able to sleep peacefully, just as Chinese medicine says: "If the stomach is not in harmony, you will not be able to sleep well."

2. Getting angry before going to bed

Being angry before going to bed will make your heart beat faster, your breathing quicken, and your mind run wild, making it difficult to fall asleep.

3. Drink tea before bed

Tea contains caffeine and other substances, which can stimulate the central nervous system and make people excited. If you drink tea before going to bed, especially strong tea, the central nervous system will become more excited, making it difficult to fall asleep.

4. Vigorous exercise

Vigorous activity before going to bed will cause the nerve cells in the brain that control muscle activity to become extremely excited. This excitement will not calm down in a short period of time, so people will not be able to fall asleep quickly. Therefore, you should try to keep your body calm before going to bed, but you may also do some light activities, such as taking a walk.

5. The pillow is too high

From a physiological point of view, the ideal pillow size is 8 to 12 cm. If it is too low, it may cause "stiff neck" easily, or too much blood flowing into the brain, causing swelling of the head and swollen eyelids the next day; if it is too high, it may affect the smooth flow of the respiratory tract and cause snoring easily, and long-term high pillow may easily lead to neck discomfort or hunchback.

6. Sleeping with your hands as pillow

Putting your hands under your head when sleeping will not only affect blood circulation and cause numbness and pain in the upper limbs, but it will also easily increase the intra-abdominal pressure, and over time it will cause "reflux esophagitis." Therefore, it is not advisable to use your hands as a pillow when sleeping.

7. Cover your head with a quilt

Being masked can easily cause breathing difficulties; at the same time, inhaling the carbon dioxide you exhale is extremely harmful to your health. This is especially unsuitable for infants and young children, otherwise there is a risk of suffocation.

8. Mouth breathing

Sleeping with your mouth closed is the best way to preserve your vitality. Breathing with your mouth open will not only inhale dust, but also easily irritate the trachea, lungs and ribs with cold air. It is best to breathe through your nose. The nose hair can block some dust, and the nasal cavity can warm the inhaled cold air, which is good for your health.

9. Sleeping facing the wind

The ability to adapt to environmental changes during sleep is reduced, making it easy to catch cold and get sick. The ancients believed that wind is the root of all diseases and that it can change frequently. Those who are good at regulating themselves should avoid wind and sleep in the dew even in the hottest summer. Therefore, the sleeping place should be away from drafts, and the bed should be a certain distance away from windows and doors.