In 2009 CNN report, study has been conducted to check if people with more sleep can fight off cold. “Are you getting enough sleep? If not, it could be hurting your health.” It asked.”People who slept less than seven hours were about three times more likely to get a cold than people who slept eight hours or more a night,” said Sheldon Cohen, psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in a podcast. The study was published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
“If an eight-hour sleeper lost as little as 10 minutes of sleep a night, they could be three and a half times more likely to get colds; if they lost as much as 40 minutes of sleep on an average night, they were over five times as likely to get a cold,” said Cohen
The researchers don’t know why less sleep is associated with a greater susceptibility to colds. It might be that sleep disturbances or sleep deprivation may affect the immune system’s ability to function at an optimal level.
In Chinese Medicine, sleep in very important equivalent to acupuncture, herbs and other therapies.
Help recovery of strength by enhancing function of Spleen: During sleep, body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory and part of the endocrine reduction, basal metabolism overall decline, not only make a variety of physiological functions are fully adapted, but also greatly reduces the energy consumption of material, enabling physical recovery. At the same time the gastrointestinal tract and related organs, synthetic manufacturing base material can be stored for activities when applied.
Calm Shen, the function of Heart Organ, restore its shine and governance: lack of sleep, the performance of irritability, apathetic, can not concentrate, memory loss, etc .; long-term lack of sleep is more hallucinations. And adequate sleep, energetic, quick thinking, high efficiency. Sleep restores the brain powers, such as memory, feelings, emotions, such as cleaning up.
Strengthen / tonifying Qi: Under normal circumstances, the body’s immune system is responsible for resisting the invasion of a variety of micro-organisms and harmful substances, and maintain balance in the body environment to ensure health. Sleep can enhance the body’s ability to produce antibodies or immune cells to help maintain resistance. Sleep can also speed up the self-repair process of tissues and organs, including skin -facial rejuvenation.
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