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If you have ever rolled out of bed with the alarm clock feeling as if you just closed your eyes five minutes ago, you know how sleep deprivation can affect your daily life. You may find yourself downing three strong cups of coffee just to wake yourself up to drive to work or drop the kids off at school. You may even be one of many who practically live on energy drinks just to keep their eyes open for a full shift at the office. If you identify with any of this, then you could benefit from learning about sleep deprivation from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM.
The Concept of Energy (Qi)
According to modern Western medicine, energy is delivered to the body through the food we eat. Our food is turned into energy as it is processed through the body. Traditional Chinese Medicine takes a very different approach to energy. Rather than seeing it as something that supports the movement of the body, TCM believers say that there are different flows of energy going in and out of the body all day long. These energies are known as Qi and are said to move on meridians.
There are believed to be twelve different meridians in the human body. Half are associated with yin energies and the other half are associated with yang energies. They are all believed to be connected in with different organs of the body, so when there is a problem with a particular field of energy problems may arise inside the body from the connected organs. TCM believers say that health problems come from dysfunction and imbalances within these natural fields of energy.
The Sleep Connection
Now that you understand the concept of Qi in the most basic manner, it is time to see how it ties into the problem of sleep deprivation in our world today. The Qi are believed to spend two hours in each meridian per day. Multiply twelve (the number of meridians) by two (the number of hours spent in each meridian daily) and you get a twenty-four hour day. As long as the energy flows along these meridians the full length of time every single day, then the wake-sleep cycle should function normally and the body should feel tired and wakeful at the correct times of the day.
The exact hours of the day that the energy travels through different meridians is carefully selected, according to the amount of wakefulness needed at different times of the day. Sleep deprivation is believed to come from disruptions in this natural flow of energy in and out of the body. When Qi is thrown off this natural course through the twelve meridians, the natural sense of when the body should be awake and when it should fall asleep can become disturbed.
Balancing the Qi
The solution to sleep deprivation as well as many other health and wellness problems is to keep the Qi balanced. This allows the natural flow through the meridians to continue smoothly and keeps the body on track. This includes keeping the natural sleep-wake cycle functioning properly. There are a lot of ways that believers in TCM can keep their Qi balanced, but some of the more popular options include:
* Acupuncture
* TCM herbal supplements
* Healthy diet
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