You want to sleep well and relax

With all the hustle and bustle we experience, relaxing and sleeping well sometimes quite difficult. Life asks a lot of us and that can overload the Wood Element in Chinese medicine: we are then stressed and are “on” too much. Wood is a symbol of growth and activity, but when it is not inhibited, it also exhausts us.

We help you recover from this and experience peace again, so that you can come back to yourself and sleep better. Tiredness, exhaustion, perfectionism, anger and emotional imbalance also fit into this picture.

Relaxation and sleep

Sleep, relaxation and emotions are closely linked. All three are about how we function mentally. We help you with our treatment by:

1. to reduce the effects of stress
2. increasing your energy and resilience
3. restoring the balance of body and mind.

This makes you feel better and you can sleep better.
Stress, overwork, poor sleep and a busy lifestyle mean that we are “on” too much. We run at too high a speed and that causes various problems in the body.

Stress complaints

Any complaint that gets worse due to stress could be called a tension complaint. The alertness we experience comes at a cost to the body: it costs a lot of energy, causes internal heat and anxiety, blocks energy and blood, and harms the Water and Fire Elements in the body, among other things. Long-term tension can ultimately lead to severe blockages, burnout and depression.

Some more typical and milder stress symptoms are:

• Tiredness, sighing
• Bloated stomach, digestive problems
• Varying hard and soft stools
• Problems with menstruation, PMS
• Headaches, neck pain, abdominal pain, lower back pain
• Problems with vision, dizziness
• Trouble sleeping
• Concentration problems, crying, tantrums, fears
• Low self-esteem, sense of being overwhelmed
• Feeling of always being “on”

Acupuncture and herbal therapy help the body relax and regain balance. Research shows that this is effective, see for example here and here for studies that show that.

Body and mind are one

Body and mind are inextricably linked, so they can also influence each other. Mental rest is good for physical health, and physical relaxation, sports, and exercise can in turn relax the mind. Partly for this reason, we can also support mental problems with needles. For example: abdominal pain as a physical complaint or abdominal pain due to worries, we can both treat them excellently with acupuncture or herbal therapy.

Sleep in Chinese Medicine

In Chinese medicine, sleep is the process by which Yang (the mind) withdraws into Yin (the body and organs). Night is the time when energy and blood also withdraw inward so that the body can recharge. When this process is disrupted by a certain imbalance, sleep problems occur:

• Trouble falling asleep
• Trouble staying asleep
• Waking up a lot
• Waking up early
• nightmares
• Waking up unrested
• Having to get up often to urinate
• Night sweats

The causes of this can be: too much heat in the body, too little cooling, tension or stagnation, etc. There are also indirect causes such as restless legs, indigestion, fever, pain, etc. With the intake, we precisely identify all this for targeted and effective treatment.

Herbal treatment for relaxation and sleep

When it comes to complaints about relaxation and sleep, we look beyond the symptom in Chinese Medicine. We investigate which disruption or combination of factors puts the body out of balance. Anxiety, worrying, sleeping lightly or waking up often are signals that the body is not recovering enough.

We support this process with tailored herbal formulas. This way, relaxation and sleep can be restored in a natural way. The composition is adapted to your situation and can change over time.

Common sleep disorder patterns

• Inner turmoil due to inadequate nutrition and recovery.
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• Tension and stress retention.

• exhaustion

By recognizing these patterns and supporting them in a targeted manner, there is room for relaxation and better sleep quality again.

Sleep, relaxation and lifestyle

Dealing with stress means dealing with the consequences of working hard or dealing with a difficult situation. When relaxing does not come naturally, it is very good to get help, even with Chinese medicine.

When you are more balanced again, you are also better able to apply certain choices and insights, which can also make your life more comfortable. In other words, you adjust your lifestyle and, where necessary, balance work and effort so that it works optimally for you.

Breathe, sense and action

This is a principle that we often come back to in conversation. With this, we let yourself relax so that you can feel again, so that you can apply targeted action. Tension causes us to sit too much in our heads, while feeling with our body can actually provide a lot of clarity about what you think it takes to happen. These can be small things, but also big changes.

Burnout treatment

In the event of a burnout, too hard work has been done for too long and we run out of reserves. The sensing system is often switched off or deliberately set aside, so that important warning signs are missed.

We help recharge the Water Element that is often involved and motivate you to feel where it is needed. Knowing what you want, where you want to go and what touches and inspires you provides insight and energy. This way, you can live exactly the life that suits you and that you want to live.

More reading and tips

• Do these breathing exercise
• On stress square you'll find lots of tips on dealing with stress.
• Read our blog about treating stress with acupuncture
• Take off your stress: yoga, meditation, walking, sports, a hobby, etc.
• Make time when you don't have to do anything
• Do/learn/do something that touches your heart
• If you don't know what touches or inspires you, try different things