I feel sleepy but can't sleep after taking medicine

Medical abortion affects each woman's body differently. The bodies of women who have undergone medical abortion will also react differently because their physical health conditions are different. But no matter which abortion procedure you choose, you will need a lot of time to rest after the operation. After the operation, women may feel weak and listless. Some women may feel sleepy and sleep frequently, which is normal. But why do I feel sleepy but can’t fall asleep after having an abortion with medication?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Qi and blood are the foundation of human beings. To simply summarize, the effects of Qi deficiency and blood deficiency on the body are weakness due to Qi deficiency and irritability due to blood deficiency. Long-term deficiency of qi and blood can cause low immunity, and you may get any disease, the most common of which are colds, tracheitis, pharyngitis, rhinitis, bronchopneumonia, and pneumonia. Various diseases of the digestive system such as indigestion, gastritis, enteritis, gastroenteritis, loose stools, etc. [1] The Suwen Treatise on Regulating Menstruation states: “When qi and blood are not in harmony, all kinds of diseases will arise.” Qi and blood are the basic substances that make up the human body. They are related to the functioning of the internal organs and the health of the body. At the same time, qi and blood have the function of communicating with the internal organs. Therefore, the disorder of qi and blood in one organ will not only cause the pathology of the organ itself, but also cause the disorder of qi and blood in other organs, and even the disorder of qi and blood in the whole body.

Symptoms of Qi and Blood Deficiency

Palpitations

Some people are physically and mentally exhausted due to years of hard work, and often feel their heartbeats are very fast and heavy, as if there is a little rabbit jumping around in their arms. At the same time, the symptoms of palpitations will worsen after physical activity, after meals, and even when you are mentally stressed, seriously affecting your normal work and life. In traditional Chinese medicine, this is considered weakness. This weakness is due to weakness of the liver and spleen, which in turn leads to deficiency of Qi and blood.

Cold hands and feet

Cold hands and feet is a common phenomenon, mostly occurring among women. These people usually work at their desks and have little time for exercise, or simply do not exercise. Over time, the heart's function weakens, blood flow slows down, and energy cannot reach the limbs, so problems such as cold hands and feet occur. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cold and numb hands and feet are mostly caused by problems with Qi and blood, because the deficiency of both Qi and blood leads to poor blood circulation and insufficient blood supply. Therefore, symptoms of cold hands and feet are likely to occur when qi and blood are deficient.

Insomnia and dreaminess

Insomnia is increasingly troubling modern people. Many people feel that insomnia affects their health, and a poor night's sleep can cause a deterioration in physical fitness. In fact, it is the decline in physical condition that leads to insomnia. Most people who suffer from insomnia are adults. Due to their careers and families, they are in a state of energy expenditure for a long time. That is, while consuming a large amount of "qi", they are also overdrawing "blood". When the human body is in a state of qi and blood deficiency, sleep will be abnormal. The onset of insomnia means a decline in physical fitness, but most people are not aware of this warning signal. People use sleeping pills to fight insomnia, with the aim of finding a way to fall asleep. The dosage of sleeping pills keeps increasing, and they only take it one night at a time. There is little time to think about the real cause of insomnia, let alone how to treat it. It can be seen that insomnia and frequent dreams are symptoms of deficiency of both Qi and blood. When insomnia occurs, one should first consider replenishing Qi and blood rather than blindly taking sleeping pills.

Backache and heaviness of legs

This problem often occurs among middle-aged people. They often feel sore and weak in the waist. They are accustomed to supporting their waist with their hands to help support the body, or subconsciously hammering their waist, as if hammering it twice would make them feel more comfortable. When sitting down, you must find a cushion to support your waist, otherwise you will have the illusion that your waist is about to break. In addition, my legs feel heavy when I stand, and I can't take a step when I walk, as if there are two sandbags on my legs. I have to lift my legs deliberately to move. This is directly related to long-term overwork and overdraft, which leads to serious deficiency of qi and blood.

In addition, there are many other symptoms of qi and blood deficiency, which are more common. Therefore, the occurrence of disease and the invasion of external evil are not the main problems. The key lies in the internal condition of qi and blood. Therefore, you should always pay attention to your physical condition so that you can understand the root cause when certain symptoms appear. The most important thing is to prevent them before they happen, pay attention to conditioning your body, exercise, and maintain a healthy physique.

How to supplement Qi and blood deficiency

People with qi and blood deficiency usually have weak constitution and low immunity. They are more susceptible to illness than others and are always in a sub-healthy state. This type of people are usually particularly afraid of wind, coolness and cold, often feel dizzy and have headaches, and cannot use electric fans or air conditioners. Picky about food and cannot drink cold drinks. Can't use electric fan. It has added a lot of trouble and unhappiness to work and life. So, if Qi and blood deficiency occurs, how should we supplement it with food?

How to supplement Qi and blood deficiency

1. Blood deficiency:

The main manifestations of blood deficiency are: sallow and pale complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness and fatigue, blurred vision and palpitations, insomnia and nightmares, dry stool, delayed menstruation in women, scanty and light menstruation, pale tongue, slippery and dry tongue coating, and weak pulse. Tonic should be used to replenish blood, nourish blood, and produce blood. Blood-replenishing medicines can be selected from angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, rehmannia, mulberry fruit, etc.

Foods that replenish blood deficiency: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc., can be used alternately;

Foods to avoid for blood deficiency: water chestnuts, garlic;

Corresponding meals: black-bone chicken with Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia glutinosa; Huaishan beef brisket pot; Huaichrysanthemum hairtail; rose and Huaichrysanthemum dew.

2. Qi deficiency:

The main manifestations of Qi deficiency are: shortness of breath, laziness to speak, general fatigue, low voice, shortness of breath when moving, easy sweating, dizziness and palpitations, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, false heat, spontaneous sweating, rectal prolapse, prolapse of the uterus, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the edge of the tongue, weak pulse, etc. These are functional declines, not necessarily an illness. People with Qi deficiency need to replenish Qi. Medicines for replenishing Qi include ginseng, astragalus, codonopsis, etc.

Foods that replenish qi deficiency: beef, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, white lentils, jujubes, crucian carp, carp, quail, eel, shrimp, mushrooms, etc., can be taken alternately;

Foods that should not be eaten when suffering from Qi deficiency: hawthorn, bergamot, betel nut, garlic, kohlrabi, radish greens, coriander, turnip, pepper, longan, middle finger, perilla leaf, mint, lotus leaf;

Avoid or eat less: buckwheat, grapefruit, tangerine, kumquat, kumquat cake, orange, water chestnut, raw radish, ground skullcap, mustard greens, leek, Jundacai, Amomum villosum, chrysanthemum, tea, and tobacco and alcohol.

Corresponding meals: Huaishan lily and lotus seed soup; stewed pigeon with ginseng and medicine; spiced beef; roasted pig's trotters with peanuts and dates.

In addition, while adjusting your diet, you should also learn to eat slowly and chew more. The finer the food is after it enters the stomach, the easier it is to be absorbed and transformed into qi and blood through the spleen and stomach. If you eat too fast, you will excrete the same thing you eat, which will not only increase the burden on your spleen and stomach, but also waste a lot of energy and blood. Therefore, developing the habit of slow eating is also closely related to replenishing qi and blood.