always waking up at 12midnight and 3am?!

[Guest guest]

dunno why but its been happening for the past 5 nights...i feel too

hot...my Basal Body temperature is always at 98.4 (im trying to conceive)

is there any concern of always waking up during those times?

marilyn

[Guest guest]

I thought someone else with some more know-how on the subject would have

a better response than I, but no one else has responded, so I will take

a stab at it. It is funny that you should mention both 12 midnight and

3am. If I remember correctly the liver function starts at midnight and

continues on till 3am. A lot of times if there is an imbalance in a

certain area, you will notice some phenomena at that time, just like

what you mentioned of waking up. I am assuming that you live north of

the equator and are in the summer season where you are at, and in summer

if you have a heat problem with your liver, then it generally gets

worse. It wouldn't ever be a bad idea to find a board certified

practitioner in your area (link at the end), and see what they suggest.

One thing that I heard can help relieve some of the symptoms of this is

eating a lot of watermelon or tropical fruits. I still am kind of new

to all of this, and all of this is kind of general information, and

might not even be right for your situation. That's the biggest reason

why it would be helpful to see a board certified practitioner, they know

all of the subtleties and how to work with them. Anyways, you can also

try a watermelon drink, if it is the summer time where you live because

summer adversely effects the overall yin, especially in the kidney's,

and if you have a liver heat imbalance. You make it by getting a fresh

watermelon from the grocery store and slicing it up into small pieces.

You will then take these pieces and put them in a blender or some sort

of food processor. Don't worry about the seeds because most blenders

will not chop them up, and will be easy to remove later. Then you will

take a strainer with large holes and strain off the seeds and the excess

pulp (a small strainer will get clogged quite easy, so if you want less

pulp maybe strain it with a large one and then strain it with smaller

and smaller until you get the amount you want), and then just drink that

if you are alright with watermelon (like you don't have allergies or

a taste preference against it). Anyways that is a pretty cheap thing

that might help you out, and if it doesn't, it wont hurt you.

Hopefully this will help give you some background information until

someone on the list with more knowledge and know-how can reply. There

is probably also some more information that would be of use for you if

you are looking to conceive, but again I will leave that to the more

advanced posters in the group.

 

 

 

The link for finding a board (NCCAOM) certified TCM Dr is :

 

http://dol.jkmcomm.com/acupuncture/default.asp

<http://dol.jkmcomm.com/acupuncture/default.asp>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

watermelon and pineapple clear summer heat. that's like if youre getting

heatstroke or something. but you could try it. there's other stuff you can do

for liver fire. www.acufinder.com

 

 

-

mrasmm

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Friday, July 14, 2006 7:48 PM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: always waking up at 12midnight and 3am?!

 

 

 

I thought someone else with some more know-how on the subject would have

a better response than I, but no one else has responded, so I will take

a stab at it. It is funny that you should mention both 12 midnight and

3am. If I remember correctly the liver function starts at midnight and

continues on till 3am. A lot of times if there is an imbalance in a

certain area, you will notice some phenomena at that time, just like

what you mentioned of waking up. I am assuming that you live north of

the equator and are in the summer season where you are at, and in summer

if you have a heat problem with your liver, then it generally gets

worse. It wouldn't ever be a bad idea to find a board certified

practitioner in your area (link at the end), and see what they suggest.

One thing that I heard can help relieve some of the symptoms of this is

eating a lot of watermelon or tropical fruits. I still am kind of new

to all of this, and all of this is kind of general information, and

might not even be right for your situation. That's the biggest reason

why it would be helpful to see a board certified practitioner, they know

all of the subtleties and how to work with them. Anyways, you can also

try a watermelon drink, if it is the summer time where you live because

summer adversely effects the overall yin, especially in the kidney's,

and if you have a liver heat imbalance. You make it by getting a fresh

watermelon from the grocery store and slicing it up into small pieces.

You will then take these pieces and put them in a blender or some sort

of food processor. Don't worry about the seeds because most blenders

will not chop them up, and will be easy to remove later. Then you will

take a strainer with large holes and strain off the seeds and the excess

pulp (a small strainer will get clogged quite easy, so if you want less

pulp maybe strain it with a large one and then strain it with smaller

and smaller until you get the amount you want), and then just drink that

if you are alright with watermelon (like you don't have allergies or

a taste preference against it). Anyways that is a pretty cheap thing

that might help you out, and if it doesn't, it wont hurt you.

Hopefully this will help give you some background information until

someone on the list with more knowledge and know-how can reply. There

is probably also some more information that would be of use for you if

you are looking to conceive, but again I will leave that to the more

advanced posters in the group.

 

The link for finding a board (NCCAOM) certified TCM Dr is :

 

http://dol.jkmcomm.com/acupuncture/default.asp

<http://dol.jkmcomm.com/acupuncture/default.asp>

 

[Guest guest]

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " emailme_marilyn "

<emailme_marilyn wrote:

>

> dunno why but its been happening for the past 5 nights...i feel too

> hot...my Basal Body temperature is always at 98.4 (im trying to

conceive)

> is there any concern of always waking up during those times?

> marilyn

>

Hi Marilyn-Sounds like a song-however what was mentioned could

probably cool you off, The watermelon and pineapple sounds

great, also I find that protein or a protein snack or drink

helps, as one could also be hypoglycemic (means blood sugar is going

down)

Suma

http:members.cox.net/agingless4u

[Guest guest]

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " emailme_marilyn "

<emailme_marilyn wrote:

>

> dunno why but its been happening for the past 5 nights...i feel too

> hot...my Basal Body temperature is always at 98.4 (im trying to

conceive)

> is there any concern of always waking up during those times?

 

Being able to get to sleep OK but waking during the night points to

the possibility of Kidney Yin Deficiency. Having trouble falling

asleep but sleeping soundly once one does indicates the possibility of

Heart Blood Deficiency. Sometimes a person can have both in which case

the person has trouble falling asleep and wakes up during the night.

 

Waking early and being unable to get back to sleep points to the

possibility of Gall Bladder Deficiency.

 

Giovanni Maciocia writes, " Sleep depends on the state of Blood and

Yin. Blood and Yin are the 'residence' of the Mind: without Blood and

Yin, the Mind has no residence and it floats at night causing

insomnia. " (The Foundations of , p. 159.)

 

" Shen " is translated by some as " Mind " and by some as " Spirit " .

 

The fact that you wake up hot also points to Yin Deficiency.

 

Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang Deficiency can both be present. In fact,

that's the usual situation though one will always be worse than the

other.

 

TCM healers go by the client's sensations of hot or cold and not by

the actual body temperature. Though that is taken into account. For

example any time someone comes in with a lower than normal body

temperature, the possibility of Kidney Yang Deficiency and/or Blood

Deficiency is going to be considered and ruled in or ruled out. So

why is it important to go by the client's sensations of temperature?

The client's actual body temperature may be below normal - say 97 F

for example - but the person reports feeling hot in the afternoon or

evening. Feeling hot in the afternoon and evenings is one of the main

symptoms of Kidney Yin Deficiency. The person's main problem may be

Kidney Yang Deficiency, but there's significant Kidney Yin Deficiency

too. The healer may want to include a few more Yin tonic herbs in the

formula for Kidney Yang Deficiency than one usually includes in these

formulas.

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The Gall Bladder is predominate from 11pm to 1 am, the Liver from 1

am to 3 am, and the Lungs from 3am to 5am.

 

For the readers new to TCM: There are 12 basic meridians (pathways

of Qi ( " energy " ) flow. During each day each of those 12 meridians

will have a two-hour period of maximum activity.

 

Sometimes something happening at a specific time can be diagnostic.

For example, the person has a definite lag in energy and feels worse

than usual between 5pm and 7pm may suffer from a Kidney imbalance

because those are the hours of maximum activity for the Kidney

meridian. Waking every night or most nights between 3am and 5am may

indicate Lung imbalance. Or, it could be something else. Careful

questioning is necessary.

 

Not only can these times of day be diagnostic, they can also figure

into therapy. It doesn't happen very often, but sometimes treatment

will need to be given during certain hours in order to be effective

or to have maximum effect. The time will vary according to if

sedation or tonification is needed.

 

The other times of day are:

 

Large Intestine, 5am to 7am.

Stomach, 7am to 9am.

Spleen, 9am to 11am.

Heart, 11am to 1 pm.

Small Intestine, 1pm to 3pm.

Bladder, 3pm to 5pm.

Kidneys, 5pm to 7pm.

Pericardium, 7pm to 9pm.

Triple Heater, 9pm to 11 pm.

 

Don't worry about what the Pericardium and the Triple Heater are for

now. For now just know that the Pericardium has something to do with

the Heart, and the Triple Heater has to do with Fluid balance (among

other things).

 

For the intermediate students on the list: These are solar hours,

not clock hours. The exact times will vary depending on the

latitude the person is at and the season of the year. But for now,

this is a rough guideline.