Have the best sleep every night…

Sleep in traditional East Asian medicine is part of the natural rhythm between Yin and Yang.

Yang Energy is dominant during the day, when we are awake and active, and yin energy rules sleep. Yin energy is cooling, quiet and helps slow down the body’s activity in preparation for a good night’s sleep. When this natural rhythm is disrupted, yin and yang become imbalanced, which results in insomnia.

The Traditional East Asian 24-hour Body Clock helps us to understand the various organ’s function and their active times of the day. During the course of the day each organ has its own 2-hour slot. During sleep, our energy works inwardly and helps to fully restoring the body. It is recommended, to sleep before 23.00, as between 23.00 – 01.00 bile is released from the Gallbladder. The Liver’s important time slot is 01.00 to 03.00, by which time we should be in a deep sleep phase. This is the optimal time for our liver to nourish and clean the blood. If we often sleep at odd hours, the blood is not able to flow back to the liver for detox, and therefore, fresh and clean blood is not produced. According to Traditional East Asian Medicine without the replenishment of our qi (energy) and blood, the organs will fall out of balance causing a range of sleeping complaints and over time wider health problems, as well as affecting our emotions.