10 Terrific Health Tricks That Can Simplify Your Life
Contrary to popular belief, drinking a cup of coffee makes your power nap more effective. While there are many well-known health hacks, some like these are relatively unknown and seem counter-intuitive.
1. At night go to the toilet with one eye closed.
Going to the toilet in the middle of the night after well having fallen asleep can sometimes wreak havoc on your sleep. This is because after waking up when you switch on the lights to go to the toilet the sudden bright light makes the brain to assume that it is morning time, and that switches off your sleep.
Therefore by keeping just one eye open you are minimizing the amount of light that enters your retina and signals your brain. After you are done with your toilet business, you will be able to fall asleep very fast.
2. Pulling on your ears can have a range of health benefits.
Pulling on your ears has health benefits. Reflexology tells us that there are pressure points all across our ears that can help to alleviate many health problems, from easing a headache to improving your digestion.
You can ease minor pains by pressing and pulling the following points on your ears that correspond to different areas of the body:
1. Back and shoulders
2. Various organs
3. Joints
4. Nasal sinuses and throat
5. Digestion
6. Head and heart
3. Roll your head to ease limb pain.
Waking up in the middle of the night and feeling that “pins and needles” sensation in our arms is something many of us have experienced. This is because sometimes while sleeping, we roll over and inadvertently sleep on our arms or our hands, which causes an obstruction to the normal blood flow and leads to a decrease in the amount of oxygen being received by that body part.
To relieve this pain, rather than trying shake your arms or “wake them up,” try moving your head from side to side. This should help decrease the pain because nerves in the neck go straight down from your head to your arms.
4. Frighten yourself to stop your hiccups.
