Losing sleep may affect many aspects of people’s daily life, no matter work, study or health. For most of the people who suffer from insomnia, taking sleeping pills is the first choice. However, sleeping pills would bring you many invisible dangers such as feeling dizzy, memory deterioration, irregular breathing and so on.

失眠常影响人们的正常工作、生活、学习和健康。很多人靠吃安眠药来助眠，但是滥用安眠药会造成很大隐患，有没有一些简便易行的物理方法可以缓解和治疗失眠呢？

The position of Yintang

No matter for what kinds of insomnia, Yintang acupoint can calm and soothe the nerves so help you to get a good sleep. The acupoint is in the middle of between the eyebrows.

不论何种类型的失眠，都可以用一个通用的穴位，起到镇静安神的作用，这个穴位就在我们的眉心，名字叫印堂。

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, each acupoint on the face relates to an organ of human’s body. For Yintang situates in the middle of the forehead, where is the most core and highest position of the body, it is said to reflect the state of human’s heart. The slightly change of color of Yintang can reveal a person’s mental state.

根据传统中医理论，人脸上的每一个穴位对对应着身体的每一个器官。因为印堂位于前额的中心，而前额又在人体最高和最核心的位置，所以据说印堂反应的是心脏的状态。因此，印堂颜色的微妙变化可以揭示一个人的精神状态。

Generally speaking, the Yintang of an exhausting person would show red. The redness of Yintang suggests there should be problems on your sleep quality. Meanwhile, you’d better take some steps to relax the nerves.

一般而言，一个精疲力尽的人印堂会发红。所以一旦印堂发红，就说明睡眠有问题。此时你应该采取一些措施来舒缓神经。

Following are the details:

1. Put your index and middle finger together.食指和中指并拢。

2. Massage from the position of Yintang to above, with spiral motion.从印堂的位置依次螺旋状往上按摩。

3. Keep doing it for 3-5mins before you go to bed.临睡前，自己按揉3～5分钟。

If you suffered from severe insomnia and regular massage can’t take any effect, try this way:如果失眠的问题太过严重，用一般的方法都没有明显的改善，可以尝试以下方法：

1. Get a mung bean (pinyin: lvdou, Chinese: 绿豆)找一粒绿豆。

2. Stick it at the position of Yintang with proof fabric to give it a pressure.用胶布将绿豆贴在两眉之间，给印堂一种压迫感。

Source: newsgd.com