How to stop snoring?

According to scientists, snoring is a habit of making sounds through the airway while sleeping, due to the air being brought to the back of the throat and having to pass through a narrow passage, creating a negative pressure. Snoring is common in overweight, obese people, people with strong muscle development and people who often use alcohol. Stimulants when entering the body will cause the organs in the throat to loosen, leading to snoring.

Physician Bui Hong Minh, Vice President of the Ba Dinh Oriental Medicine Association, Hanoi shared,According to traditional medicine, the cause of snoring is due to obstruction of the upper respiratory tract due to allergies, enlarged tonsils, rhinitis, and pharyngitis. Snoring not only causes discomfort to those around you when sleeping together, but it is also a sign of health problems.

When snoring, the soft tissues and mucous membranes of the throat block the trachea, causing the lungs and brain to lack oxygen, causing sleep to be interrupted, and more dangerously, it can lead to suffocation. Snoring also leads to many risks of high blood pressure, decreased sexual ability, and myocardial infarction.

According to traditional medicine, many people treat snoring with folk remedies such as drinking warm water or hot tea before going to bed to warm the throat, limiting snoring. Some people use honey. Honey secretes a substance that softens the throat, helps fight bacteria, clears the respiratory tract, and treats snoring.

One herbal remedy for snoring is a combination of ginseng and astragalus. These two herbs help to increase the body’s qi, correcting energy imbalances.

"Acupuncture is also a method of treating snoring in oriental medicine," said the physician.Some acupuncture points on the face such as the Quanzhu point (just below the eyebrows) and the Xingyang point (on both sides of the nose) can reduce the pressure in the sinuses, the main cause of snoring. People can massage themselves to improve the condition of snoring.

Some remedies that can treat snoring:

- Platycodon grandiflorum 10 g, Scrophularia 12 g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 10 g, Licorice 4 g, 3 apples, Ophiopogon japonicus 12 g, Codonopsis pilosula 12 g, Astragalus 12 g.

-12g of Xanthium, 12g of Perilla, 16g of Asarum, 12g of Astragalus, 8g of White Mouse, 12g of Saposhnikovia, 8g of Licorice, 12g of Ophiopogon, 3 apples.

How to use: Pour 5 bowls of water, boil into 3 bowls, divide into 3 times to drink in a day.

The physician said that the remedies also specifically treat allergic rhinitis, the cause of snoring. In addition, you shouldchange sleeping position from lying straight to lying on your side,Limit the use of stimulants such as alcohol, beer, and tobacco.