Waking up at night: the causes and timing are related

If you wake up regularly at night, the time of your waking phases can provide information about the causes of the sleep disorder. If you know the reason, the solution is usually obvious.

Wake up at night: sleep and health are closely related

Healthy sleep is important for the regeneration of the body and mind.

• The ideal time to go to bed is between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.
• If sleep is disturbed frequently, this has negative effects on your immune system and metabolism.
• The length of sleep is not so important. We tell you how much sleep you actually need.
• It is important for a healthy sleep that it is undisturbed. Waking up often at night is not good for your health.
• In order to achieve a healthy and consistent sleep, we will show you which things you should definitely do before going to bed.

Traditional Chinese medicine and sleep

Traditional Chinese medicine, TCM for short, deduces the cause from the time of waking up at night.

• In order to be able to draw on the experience of TCM, you must of course have a regular day-night rhythm. This is the only way your internal clock can adjust to certain times.
• If you wake up between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., according to the TCM, this indicates problems with your gallbladder. The first measure should be to avoid eating greasy food in the evening.
• If the time you wake up at night is between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., this is the phase in which your liver takes care of the detoxification of your body. In TCM, liver problems indicate pent-up anger and anger. In German there is the proverbial louse that has run through the liver. So you have probably accumulated anger and anger. Then our breathing exercises help to relax.
• If you wake up between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., this time after TCM affects another organ, namely the lungs. According to Chinese medicine, this is a sign that you have unresolved problems with you. Then you might be interested in our article on "How to be happy". However, the organ itself may also cause problems, for example in the form of bronchitis.
• Between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., your inner clock should wake you up on its own - without an alarm clock. To do this, the body slowly releases cortisol. Now it is time for the gut to start working.

In our next article we explain what is behind heavy sweating at night.