"What Are the 13 Dietary Remedies for Treating Insomnia?"

What to Eat to Improve Insomnia?

Insomnia, known as neurasthenia in Western medicine, is a neurosis characterized primarily by difficulties in sleeping, accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, and forgetfulness. In traditional Chinese medicine, it falls under the categories of "insomnia" and "panic," and is believed to be caused by emotional depression, mental stress, severe illnesses, or organ dysfunction. Dietary therapy is beneficial for both inducing sleep and promoting overall health, without any adverse side effects.

Insomnia Dietary Remedies:

1. 10g of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, mixed with sugar, adjusted with a little warm water before bedtime.
2. 60g of wheat (hulled), 15 red dates, and 30g of licorice, boiled in 4 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl, consumed before bedtime.
3. 50g of fresh lily bulbs, mixed with 1-2 spoons of honey, steamed, and consumed before bedtime.
4. 10g of walnut kernels, 10g of black sesame seeds, and 60g of mulberry leaves, blended into a paste, mixed with a little sugar, and consumed before bedtime.
5. 15g of peanut leaves, 30g of red beans, and 2 tablespoons of honey, boiled in water, drink the soup and eat the residue before bedtime.
6. 15g of black beans, 15g of wheat (hulled), and 30g of osmanthus flowers, boiled in 6 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl, consumed before bedtime.
7. 30g of lotus seeds, 15g of lily bulbs, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil the lotus seeds and lily bulbs into a soup, add rock sugar for flavor, consume before bedtime, twice daily.
8. Additional note: What to eat when angry? (This section is repeated, but assuming it's a placeholder for a separate question, I'll skip providing food options for anger here.)
9. 30g of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, 50g of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Crush the Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, wrap in a gauze bag, and cook with japonica rice in a casserole, adding 500ml of water until the rice is soft and the soup is thick. Remove the gauze bag, add brown sugar, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes. Consume a warm serving 1 hour before bedtime.
10. 30g of wheat, 100g of japonica rice, and 5 red dates. Wash the wheat and boil in water, strain the wheat to obtain the juice, then add the japonica rice and red dates to cook. Alternatively, crush the wheat and cook with the red dates and japonica rice into porridge. Consume 2-3 hot servings daily, with 3-5 days constituting a treatment course.
11. 60g each of euryale seed, coicis seed, white hyacinth bean, lotus seed, Chinese yam, red dates, longan, and lily bulbs, plus 150g of rice. Boil each ingredient separately for 40 minutes, then add the rice and continue cooking into porridge. Serve with sugar, adjusting portions for multiple meals over several consecutive days.
12. 10-15g of Semen Platycladi, 50-100g of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of honey. Remove the husks and impurities from the Semen Platycladi, crush, and cook with japonica rice into porridge. When done, add honey and boil for a minute. Consume twice daily, with 2-3 days constituting a treatment course. This has the effects of lubricating the intestines, nourishing the heart, and calming the nerves, suitable for palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, chronic constipation, or constipation in the elderly.
13. 60g of fried Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and 400g of rice. Boil the fried Semen Ziziphi Spinosae in water, strain the juice, and add to cooked rice porridge. Consume an appropriate amount each time. Modern medical research has found that Semen Ziziphi Spinosae is rich in vegetable oil, organic acids, and vitamins, which can inhibit the central