{"id":26,"date":"2020-02-10T12:34:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T12:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2021-01-18T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T21:45:14","slug":"sleep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/conditions\/sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The pace of modern life puts a strain on our sleep, yet though, good night sleep is essential for us to function adequately during the day.<br> According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/insomnia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">NHS<\/a>, a third of Britons will have episodes of insomnia at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quantity and Quality of Sleep<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\">The Concept of Quantity of Sleep<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Quantity is related to the amount of sleep. It is the answer to the question:&#8221; how long do you sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\"> The Concept of Quality of Sleep <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Quality is related to the depth of sleep. When someone answers: &#8220;I slept like a log,&#8221; it is a qualitative expression of the depth of the sleep. The Concept of Quality of Sleep <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quantity and quality matter when it comes to evaluating sleep. Moreover when there is a disturbance in the beginning, middle or end of the night, Chinese medicine says that it is a crucial clue.<br>Chinese Medicine postulates that the cause of sleep disturbances is a set of unbalances and, correcting them will restore harmonious sleep patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Chinese Medicine even has special provisions for sleep disturbances due to jet lag,  stress and shift work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pace of modern life puts a strain on our sleep, yet though, good night sleep is essential for us to function adequately during the day. According to the NHS,&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/conditions\/sleep\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sleep<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":343,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/393"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanceacupuncture.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}