What can women eat to help them sleep?

Sleep is the most important thing in our daily life. If we don’t get enough sleep or our sleep quality is poor, it will cause great harm to our body. Of course, a high-quality sleep will make our body full of energy, make us energetic in doing anything, and keep us away from the troubles of diseases. However, due to many reasons, many people currently have extremely poor sleep. Now let’s talk about what women can eat to help them sleep.

1. Honey

Honey has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing the middle. It is a nourishing product suitable for all ages and is also a good food for sleeping. Drinking a cup of honey water before going to bed is very effective for insomnia caused by neurasthenia and can help you fall asleep. Drinking a glass of honey water every morning can moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, preventing and treating constipation.

2. Milk

The warm milk here refers to it, which can promote sleep. It contains some tryptophan (an amino acid with a sedative effect) and calcium, which helps the brain to make full use of tryptophan. And it can give people a feeling of returning to childhood. For babies, a warm bottle means "relax, everything is fine."

3. Chrysanthemum tea

Chrysanthemum tea has a mild sedative effect, making it the perfect natural countermeasure for a nerve or body that can't relax. People who work on the computer for long periods of time should drink more chrysanthemum tea.

4. Banana

What's wrapped inside the banana peel is actually a "sleeping pill". In addition to stabilizing serotonin and melatonin, bananas also contain magnesium, which has the effect of relaxing muscles. In addition, bananas are the best fruit for relieving constipation, but here we are referring to ripe bananas. Raw bananas can cause constipation.

5. Potatoes

Potatoes are potatoes, and they can remove acids that interfere with tryptophan, which can induce sleep. You can bake the potatoes (or boil them), mash them, and mix them with warm milk before eating. Potatoes are the most nutritious vegetable, but French fries are the least nutritious.

6. Lotus seeds

Lotus seeds are mild in nature and sweet in taste, and have the functions of clearing the heart and calming the mind, as well as nourishing the spleen and benefiting the kidneys. It can treat insomnia caused by weak heart and spleen and excessive heart fire. "Chongqingtang Essays" records that "lotus seeds connect the heart and kidneys", so those who have heart-kidney disharmony, yin deficiency and excess fire should cook and eat them. Use it to cook porridge or stew pig heart soup, and eat it once a day, it can help you sleep.

7. Red dates

Jujubes contain sugar, vitamin C, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. They have the effects of nourishing the spleen and qi, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. They are suitable for people with insomnia due to deficiency of both heart and spleen. "Qian Jin Fang" records: "To treat fatigue, depression and insomnia: 20 jujubes, seven stalks of green onion, add three liters of water to the above two ingredients, boil until one liter, remove the residue and drink it all at once." People with neurasthenia can take 50 grams of jujube every night, add water to boil and drink the juice, or cook it with lily to make soup to prevent and treat insomnia. Women can eat more red dates to replenish blood and nourish their skin.

8. Whole-wheat bread

Eating a piece of whole wheat bread while drinking tea and honey water will help promote the secretion of insulin. Insulin is converted into serotonin in the brain, which helps tryptophan to affect the brain and promote sleep.