Nighttime awakenings (1/10)
Who hasn't woken up at night to drink or use the bathroom? Nighttime awakenings are common and often infrequent. But for some people, waking up at night is very frequent. Sometimes it happens every night, several times a night. However, excessively frequent nighttime awakenings are not harmless to your health. It is during sleep that the body replenishes its energy reserves to face the day.
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The importance of sleep (2/10)
If sleep is too short or of poor quality, your mood may be affected, and you may feel tired throughout the day… Sleep “allows the body to recover, both physically and mentally,” reminds INSERM. “Poor quality/quantity of sleep increases the risk of irritability, depressive symptoms, as well as weight gain, hypertension, or infection.”
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Why do night awakenings occur? (3/10)
Having established this, we do everything we can to take care of our sleep. Nevertheless, it's possible that, despite these efforts, nighttime awakenings occur at the same time every night, or very frequently. Why? According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, each time corresponds to a specific problem. This is because, according to this system, each organ in particular works intensely for two hours. We'll tell you all about it.
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