Chinese medicine explains frequent yawning

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frequent yawning may be related to factors such as deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of kidney essence, deficiency of yang qi, stagnation of liver qi, etc. 1. Insufficient qi and blood is the basic substance to maintain human life activities. When qi and blood are insufficient, the organs of the body are not fully nourished, especially the brain, which is prone to hypoxia, so that more oxygen can be inhaled by frequent yawning to relieve this discomfort. This is mostly caused by overwork, chronic illness, malnutrition and other reasons. 2. Kidney essence deficiency kidney essence, kidney essence sufficient body function is good. If kidney essence deficiency, unable to nourish brain orifices, etc., may also appear frequent yawn performance. Often with congenital deficiency, old age, sexual misconduct and so on. 3. Deficiency of yang qi has the functions of warming and promoting yang qi. When yang qi is insufficient, the body function is reduced and qi and blood circulation is not smooth, which may also cause frequent yawning. It may be caused by prolonged illness, yang injury, cold pathogen invasion, etc. 4. Liver qi stagnation, poor emotion, stagnation of liver qi, poor qi circulation, affecting qi and blood circulation, which may also occur. Long-term mental stress, emotional depression, etc. can be induced. Traditional Chinese medicine through the overall concept and syndrome differentiation to analyze the causes of frequent yawning, and according to the specific conditions of conditioning and treatment, in order to improve symptoms, restore the health balance of the body. However, if frequent yawning persists or is accompanied by other discomfort symptoms, seek medical attention in time for a comprehensive examination and diagnosis to rule out the possibility of other diseases.