Traditional Chinese medicine regulates the sub-health state of "night shift workers"

　　With the diversification trend of modern people's work and lifestyle, the "9 to 5" work model can no longer fully summarize the working status of modern people. Some white-collar workers, night shift drivers, 24-hour convenience store employees, freelancers... more and more people are joining the ranks of "night shifters". Experts point out that behaviors that go against the laws of nature often have potential harm to human health.

　　First of all, the liver is afraid of staying up late. There is enough evidence to show that staying up late for a long time will affect the function of the immune system. Physical examination reports for people who work night shifts also show that the proportion of abnormal liver function is higher than that of the general population.

　　Adults normally fall asleep before 23:00, and enter deep sleep from 1 to 3 o'clock in the morning. This time is the best time for liver detoxification and nourishing liver blood. On the contrary, the body's immunity will decrease, and the resistance will also decrease. With insufficient liver blood, the skin loses its nourishment and becomes dry, loses elasticity, and becomes dull. If coupled with endocrine disorders, the skin (especially the skin of young people) will be prone to problems such as acne, acne, chloasma, and dark spots. Especially those "night shifters" who do desk work or operate computers often suffer from symptoms such as dry eyes, red eyes or pain. The root cause is insufficient yin and blood, loss of nourishment for the eyes, combined with liver and kidney yin deficiency, inflammation due to deficiency fire, and long-term eye fatigue.

　　This kind of deficiency of yin and excess of fire is closely related to the common endocrine disorders, changes in immunity, gastrointestinal dysfunction, etc. caused by staying up late.

　　In addition, "night shift workers" often suffer from symptoms such as headache, dizziness, memory loss, lack of energy, fatigue, anxiety, bad temper, insomnia and dreaminess.

　　Therefore, the health problems of "night shift workers" cannot be ignored. Some reports show that staying up late irregularly is more harmful to health than those who work regularly. Especially for those white-collar workers who sleep late intermittently (irregularly), frequent adjustments to their biological clocks will cause even worse damage to their bodies. In addition, people who stay up late for a long time are more likely to suffer from cancer, because cancerous cells are produced during cell division, and cell division mostly occurs during sleep. Staying up late disrupts sleep patterns and affects normal cell division, leading to cell mutations and the production of cancer cells.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine has more advantages than Western medicine in adjusting the body condition and improving symptoms of "night shifters". The theory of traditional Chinese medicine focuses more on the integration of the integrity of the human body and the laws of nature. The pursuit of the physiological balance of the human body and the theory of "tong" are one of its important cores.

　　Let's take as an example a Chinese patent medicine that is consistent with the common syndrome type of "night shift workers" - Yangxue Xue Nao Granules (produced by Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.). This prescription is based on the classic ancient prescription "Siwu Decoction", which includes Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Chuanxiong rhizome, white peony root, and other herbs, plus seven herbs such as Millet Spatholobus, Uncaria, Prunella vulgaris, Cassia seed, Mother of Pearl, Yuanhu, and Asarum, which have the functions of calming the liver and subduing yang, promoting blood circulation and unblocking collaterals, and regulating menstruation and relieving pain. It not only nourishes yin and blood, nourishes liver and kidney yin deficiency, but also has the functions of suppressing inflammation due to deficiency fire, activating blood circulation and relieving pain. Therefore, it can be used for headaches, dizziness, insomnia, irritability, and memory loss caused by blood deficiency and liver excess. From the analysis of traditional Chinese medicine theory, it is more consistent with the syndrome type of "night shift worker".

　　More than 100 modern medical research documents can fully prove that Yangqingxue Nao Granules not only improve cerebral circulation, inhibit vasospasm, and improve blood rheology, but also have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, mediating neurotransmitters, and protecting the integrity of nerve cell structure and function. This reveals the multi-link, multi-level, and multi-target pharmacological mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine. Combined with the clinical safety of natural botanical medicines, it highlights its clinical application value, especially in the field of cerebrovascular diseases, and it has become the first choice of Chinese patent medicine for the treatment of chronic cerebral insufficiency.

　　The above pharmacological mechanism of action also fully corresponds to the "night shift workers". Due to nervous tissue fatigue and metabolic disorders, which in turn affects the accumulation of metabolic wastes in the brain tissue such as peroxide accumulation, microcirculation disorders and other pathological links, it inhibits body tissue damage. It can adjust the physical condition of the "night shift workers" from various angles and improve various symptoms.

　　At the same time, I suggest friends who work the night shift to try their best to adjust their life patterns. When staying up late, you can also add more foods containing more vitamin C and vitamin B. For "night shift workers", health must not be ignored. Defending one's own health is the most important thing in life.