Studies of sleep that in recent years, there is a central sleep, the brain sleep occurs in the central nervous system is an active process, and the brain specific structure and chemical transmitter in dynamic changes have a close relationship.Therefore, need how long sleep time associated with each person's congenital and genetic factors, also with the nature of the work the day after tomorrow, living environment and living conditions and so on, has the individual differences.

Used to think that, because the brain and body all sorts of function in the elderly activity decreases, so need sleep time can be shorter.And studies of sleep that in recent years, there is a central sleep, the brain sleep is an active process of occurs in the central nervous system, and the brain specific structure and chemical transmitter in dynamic changes have a close relationship.Therefore, need how long sleep time associated with each person's congenital and genetic factors, also with the nature of the work the day after tomorrow, living environment and living conditions and so on, has the individual differences.According to statistics, the vast majority of adults just seven to eight hours sleep a night, but some people sleep 6 hours a day or less can also, while others need to sleep more than 10 hours, belong to the normal group, designate a sleep time standards can not be forced.Especially it should be pointed out that can't say old people sleep time is shorter than the young, according to the old habits and needs, to "enough" to.In fact, most old people after age 70, the average sleep time all need 9 ~ 10 hours, not less.Because nervous regulation function in the elderly and immune ability is abate, plus the body aging, poor tolerance, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases such as, no enough sleep, inevitable a bigger impact on health.So how to ensure that the elderly sleep?

They have boasted

Good mood can bring you a restful sleep, restful sleep can make your mood good again.This is the old "virtuous circle".Modern life vary complex, interpersonal estrangement, relatives and gone forever, and family disputes, financially, etc., all can be upsetting, or sorrow or sadness, or urgent or troubles.In the face of these malignant stimulation, should be to improve their self-cultivation and psychological self-control consciousness, survive, will be reduced to a minimum of adverse impact in order to get a good night's sleep.

Attaches great importance to the nap every "recharge"

Because of the physical quality to drop, the elderly may not come again a youth long deep sleep.Napping has become common in the elderly sleep mode.This "product zero percent whole" for energy storage way of sleep, can effectively restore energy.If you don't catch "nap" before sleep, give up the "charge", time grows, can make you tired.Of course, this kind of nap can appear at any time, when the objective conditions permit, should try to meet your this requirement of sleep.Nap, should pay attention to warm, avoid cold;Should take on a solid, comfortable position, so as not to fall in the nap, cause accident harm.Old people sleep, of course, is not only a nap can replace and meet.Give up a nap or just by a nap, for both physical and emotional.

Food drug treatment and nurse

Has formed a vicious circle between sleep and mood, drug treatments are available.Generally take vitamin B1, oryzanol, fructus schisandrae neural regulator and neurotrophic agent such as syrup.A few need sleeping pills and other sedatives, shall be under the guidance of use, must not abuse by clothing, infected with drug addiction.Traditional Chinese medicine treatment should give priority to with tonifying qi and blood, sedative educational.Commercially available cedar seed yangxin pill and jujube kernel capsule.In addition, jujube benevolence pig heart soup (30 grams of zizyphus jujube kernel, with a pig heart to braise), Chinese wolfberry porridge (medlar 30 grams, 200 grams of rice porridge), ginseng and astragalus chicken (ginseng 20 grams, 50 grams of astragalus, and a spring chicken braise), BaiRen longan paste (platycladi seed each 500 grams, longan, suffering to medicine, to slag concentration, add rock sugar to extract), such as diet, could be selected according to the situation.