Can’t Sleep? Warm Your Hands!
睡不着？暖暖手吧！
Ya?l: You okay, Don?
Don: Sorry,Ya?l . I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
Y: Have you tried thinking warm thoughts about your hands and feet?
D: Uh,No. Why would I wanna do that?
Y: Because it could help you fall asleep. See, when we’re falling asleep, the body naturally cools down. To make this happen, blood flows from the body’s core out to the legs, arms, hands and feet. This makes the central part of the body cooler and makes the hands and feet warmer.
D: OK. But what does that have to do with thinking about my hands and feet?
Y: Well, for some people, the natural cooling-off process doesn’t work the way it should. But sleep researchers have found that you can sort of kick-start the process by imagining that your hands and feet are becoming warmer.
D: You mean that if I think about holding my hands over a campfire or something like that, I can trick my body into making the blood flow and actually warming up my hands.
Y: Exactly,at least that's the idea It’s been tested on a handful of people with sleep disorders and there’s some evidence that it actually works.
Y: 你还好吗，唐？
D: 抱歉，我最近睡眠不好。
Y: 你有没有想办法暖手暖脚呢？
D: 没有，我为什么要那样做？
Y: 因为那样可以帮助你入睡。想象一下，当你睡着的时候，身体就会自然降温。要做到这一点，血液就会从身体的中心流向腿，胳膊，手和脚。这样身体的中心部分就会降低温度，使手和脚暖和起来。
D: 哦，但是那和我想到手和脚有什么关系呢？
Y: 对有些人来说，这个自然降温的过程无法正常进行。睡眠研究人员发现，我们可以启动这个过程，通过想象自己的手和脚变暖。
D: 你的意思是，如果我想象自己把手放在篝火旁或类似的做法，我就可以让身体里的血液流动，这样就可以暖手了。
Y: 一点儿没错，至少这种想法已经在少数失眠的人身上做过测试，并且也有一些证据证明这种做法是有用的。 |