Is it good to sleep with your head to the west and your feet to the east

Many people pay attention to the direction when they sleep, because they think sleeping facing west will affect their sleep. The earth rotates from west to east. If you sleep facing west, the direction of the earth's rotation is opposite. In this way, people need to overcome certain resistance when they sleep, which is very bad for their sleep. Let’s take a look at whether it’s good to sleep with your head west and your feet east.

Sun Simiao, a famous Chinese physician in the Tang Dynasty, said in his book Qianjin Yaofang Daolin Yangxing: "When ordinary people lie down, they should face east in spring and summer and west in autumn and winter." That is to say, in spring and summer, the best sleeping position should be with the head facing east and feet facing west; in autumn and winter, the head should face west and feet facing east. It is not advisable to sleep with the head facing north. The ancients' claims do have some scientific basis. In terms of seasons, spring and summer are yang, while autumn and winter are yin; in terms of directions, the east is yang, while the west is yin.

In spring and summer, Yang energy rises vigorously, while in autumn and winter, Yang energy is restrained and hidden, while Yin energy is strong. Therefore, in spring and summer, you should lie with your head facing east to conform to the Yang energy, and in autumn and winter, you should lie with your head facing west to conform to the Yin energy. This conforms to the TCM health principle of "nourishing Yang in spring and summer, and nourishing Yin in autumn and winter", and is also conducive to healthy sleep.

Regarding the sleeping direction, some ancient health experts also advocated sleeping facing east all year round. They believed that the east is the direction where yang energy rises, so people should sleep with their head facing east all year round to conform to the rising yang energy in the east. Some ancient doctors and health experts believed that the sleeping direction should change with the seasons, with the changes of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the head should face east, south, west or north. This is also to lie in accordance with the dominant energy of the four seasons and conform to the laws of nature, which has certain scientific reasons. However, according to many health experts, it is better to lie in the east-west position.

According to Western health care views, the bed should be positioned in a north-south direction, with the head facing north and feet facing south when sleeping. Because the earth itself has a geomagnetic field, the direction of the geomagnetic field is north-south (divided into the South Pole and the North Pole), and humans are a small magnetic field with magnetism and polarity. The magnetic field has the property of attracting iron, cobalt and nickel. The human body contains these three elements, especially the blood contains a lot of iron. Therefore, sleeping in an east-west direction will change the distribution of blood in the body, especially the blood distribution in the brain, which will cause insomnia or dreaming and affect the quality of sleep. The earth's magnetic field lines start from the North Pole and extend to the South Pole through the ground. Therefore, people sleep with their heads in the north and their feet in the south, which conforms to the magnetic field lines, strengthens the bioelectricity, facilitates the smooth flow of blood and improves the quality of sleep.