Do you sleep badly?

Insufficient sleep is unhealthy. If left untreated, sleep disorders can lead to serious illnesses.

sleep disorders

Insufficient sleep is unhealthy. Sleep disorders (insomnia) can lead to serious illnesses if the cause is not treated. If there is insufficient sleep, the body goes through an accelerated aging process. Organ functions can be permanently impaired. Sleep disorders can cause disturbances in mental and physical balance and vice versa.

Recognize chains of causes

Sleep disorders do not usually occur in isolation. Those affected often have other problems at the same time. This makes it difficult to identify the causal chain for sleep disorders. Chronic illnesses can make sleep disorders worse.

Pay attention to other physical symptoms

If the following symptoms occur frequently and in combination, medical advice is advisable:

  • Persistent or recurring digestive problems (especially diarrhea, constipation) and gastrointestinal problems (flatulence, malaise)
  • Allergies and intolerances
  • Tiredness and exhaustion
  • lack of concentration and physical exhaustion
  • Headache and back pain
  • dizziness and circulatory problems
  • diseases of the kidneys, urinary tract and bladder
  • Regular rise of stomach acid (heartburn)
  • sore throats and difficulty swallowing
  • “Flu-like infections” or feverish colds several times a year
  • Prolonged or repeated inflammation in the joints (and/or nasal mucous membranes)

Possible causes of insomnia

There is often an interaction between the causes of the above-mentioned complaints and sleep disorders. An examination and treatment aimed at the causes is therefore essential.

External impairments caused by the environment or personal behavior can largely only be influenced by those affected themselves. These include, for example, sleep disturbances caused by heat and stuffy bedrooms, eating too late, excessive caffeine and alcohol consumption, or similar.

Acute sleep problems can be caused by fever, after-effects of an operation, pain, and taking strong medication/antibiotics. These can be treated specifically with individual measures, especially if the causes of the acute sleep problems are clear. Western medicine has therapeutic means for this.

Those affected often cite worries, stress and psychological problems as the reasons for their sleep problems. Eastern and Western medicine agree with this. However, there are many stressed people who do not have sleep problems. Even in extreme situations, such as wars, stress does not directly lead to sleep disorders.

TCM takes into account, somewhat more than modern Western medicine, that organ dysfunction can be a cause of sleep disorders. TCM textbooks show, for example, that good and balanced functioning of the spleen and kidneys is of great importance for falling asleep and sleeping through the night.

Sleep disorders are classified accordingly in TCM. Imbalance is shown by excess (“too much”) and/or deficiency (“too little”). In TCM language, “too much” is referred to as “heat” or “fire” and affects the heart and liver. Yin deficiency in the heart, kidneys and gallbladder and spleen blood deficiency indicate “too little” for the balanced functioning of the organs.

However, the connection between sleep disorders and digestive disorders is not properly recognized by either traditional Chinese medicine or modern Western medicine. If you analyze the TCM treatment instructions for organ disorders, you will see that sleep disorders have underlying physical conditions that are related to the metabolism and digestive system.

In modern Western medicine, it is known that infections play a significant role in these disorders. Unfortunately, however, it is often not common practice to include this knowledge in medical diagnosis and therapy.

In order to correctly interpret the above-mentioned relationships, it is necessary to combine specialist medical knowledge and TCM knowledge. Normamed causal medicine provides the basis for this, further develops the medicine of both cultures and thus creates new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.

digestion, organ function, metabolism and infections

The key thing here is the realization that infections can cause noticeable and imperceptible damage to the body over a long period of time. This can happen through infections that are often overlooked.

Pathogenic yeasts such as Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis and other pathogenic Candida species, parasites such as protozoa and worms can permanently impair organ functions.

They massively irritate the digestive system and also overwhelm the immune system without this being immediately apparent. Bacterial infections such as Helicobacter pylori can be very dangerous to health if left untreated and can lead to more than just the classic symptoms described in the literature.

There are negative interactions between digestion, metabolism, organ functions, sleep and microorganisms. Pathogenic germs, i.e. germs that cause illness, are usually responsible for these interactions. New studies show this clearly.

Normamed Cause Medicine

Due to these connections, Normamed’s cause detection for sleep disorders is based on the following three pillars:

Due to these connections, Normamed’s cause detection for sleep disorders is based on the following three pillars:
  • digestion
  • organ and metabolic functions
  • mixed infections and incorrect colonization

The Normamed doctor clarifies possible physical reasons for sleep problems according to Normamed diagnostic standards. The specially developed diagnostic method follows a standardized procedure. As part of a set examination pattern, clearly defined quality guidelines are observed during the check-up.

To clarify the interactions between infections, digestive, organ and metabolic disorders, immune system disorders and sleep disorders, the valuable and proven measures of modern Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are combined.

This combines information from infectious disease examinations from microbiology, imaging measures such as ultrasound and pulse and tongue diagnostics from TCM to create a causal medical method. This independent medicine offers new diagnostic and therapeutic options and creates new opportunities for the treatment of sleep disorders where modern Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine find no or only limited solutions.

We will be happy to advise you about the possible causes of your complaints.

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