Natural sleep
remedies
natural sleep aids
The best ‘natural’ remedies
Anticipate that you will
be sleeping like a baby again! Your body is
ultimately self-healing and there is every possibility that there is a
cure for your particular type of insomnia. So, I don't want you
to despair - keep looking for something that is going to work for
you!
If you have tried all the 'magic bullets', be prepared to invest a little more time in something that is going to sort out the 'whole of you'.
Why avoid prescribed sleeping remedies?
Sleeping remedies that have been prescribed by your doctor fall in several categories: antidepressants, tranquillizers and neuroleptics. I can understand if you don't like the sound of that! They don't solve your problem and may actually make the situation worse! Here is a list of side-effects.
If these don't put you off, remember that these sleeping aids will only work for a limited time - they are addictive - you have to keep increasing the dosage to get the same effect.
Natural sleep remedies
I have put together a whole list of options/natural sleep remedies for you to explore. I am sure there is something here for you that is going to help you with your sleeping problems.Herbal remedies and nutritional supplements
The Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION) health notes contain all the information you need, so that you can make an informed decision about what you will take. Before you decide to use any of the herbs, sleep aids or supplements below, be sure to check with your doctor and read the up-to-date information on the ION's website.
- Nutritional supplements: 5-HTP
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now
; Melatonin - buy now
- The best herbal remedy: Valerian
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- Other helpful herbal remedies:
Corydalis.
However, you cannot
do any better than soothing yourself with your favourite Lavender
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- Might work for you: Chamomile, Passion Flower and hops
You can buy effective sleeping remedies right now. I have sourced the best remedies/products from a fabulous company that I trust: Higher Nature . It is their mission to provide you with the best, natural and most effective supplements for optimum health and potential.
I wanted to be sure that I wasn't going to advice you to take stuff that would just not work, because it isn't absorbed very well (there are enough of them on the market). I also want to know that you are not unwittingly increasing your exposure to dangerous pollutants!
Homeopathic sleeping remedies
The right homeopathic remedy will be specific to your individual experience of a condition, including insomnia. abcHomeopathy's search facility allows you to enter your particular symptoms in detail, before it recommends a remedy. Homeopathic remedies are also safe for children.
Ayurvedic remedies
Ayurveda (from
Sanskrit: ayus meaning
'longevity' and veda, meaning
'related to knowledge') is a
traditional and influential system of medicine in South Asia. It treats the root cause
of your problem by restoring the balance
in your
body/mind. A balanced body and mind feels like you have the weight lifted off your shoulders with nothing 'dragging' you down. It often settles other, perhaps 'niggling' problems - the ones you have been trying to ignore for ages. Ayurveda Pura has an online questionnaire to help you discover what your body needs right now. |
- Dr Deepak Chopra suggests the following Ayurvedic remedies: a cup of warm milk with two strands of saffron or some grated nutmeg
Other over-the-counter sleeping remedies
- Melatrol, contains 5-HTP, Melatonin, Valerian, GABA
- Restaid, contains
Cysteine Peptide®, Melatonin, Lemon Balm and hop and Vit B12
Have you considered hypnosis as a natural sleep aid?
Your unconscious mind is far more powerful than your conscious mind!
Sleeping problems: difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, frequent waking up, general restlessness, nightmares, thoughts wirring, etc. can all be easily and effectively sorted by hypnotherapy.
I have teamed up with Hypnosisdownloads, because sleeplessness is
one of those conditions that responds so very well to hypnosis.
It bypassess all those conscious messages that you have accumulated
about not being able to sleep.
The hypnosis tracks help you to relax deeply, and the soothing voice speaks straight to that part of your mind that is still in touch with your 'normal' healty functioning. To break that damaging insomnia cycle today - click here for the Insomnia Buster Download.
Common sense for a good night's sleep
- Consider how much you could have achieved with all the energy you have invested (wasted!) in worrying about things you have no control over.
- Start investing that energy in problem solving stages and strategies
- Deal with the problems you do have control over.
- Deal with depression and do whatever you can to reduce
your stress
and
anxiety click here for an amazing and proven
resource. I can't 'stress' this point enough!
- Contact a human givens counsellor/therapist to help you cope with physical and/or emotional pain, and/or treat the sleeping problems.
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Other sleep remedies and strategies to induce sleep
- Ensure your room is pitch dark to support natural hormone
production
- Take the television out of your bedroom, even watching something ‘innocuous’ could be too arousing
- Site your office elsewhere, buy a room screen, or cover your desk with a cloth
- Clear up all the clutter and sort out your wardrobes
- Have separate bed covers, if one of you feels the cold
- You and your partner/spouse may just be better off sleeping in separate beds, or even rooms. Restlessness and snoring disturb both the sufferer and their partner.
- Ensure that the room temperature is low (a drop in body
temperature, regulated by hormones, triggers sleep)
- Turn the clock face away from you so you don’t obsess about the time
- Buy a small travel spray, fill with mineral water, add five drops each of Lavender and Clary Sage essential oils. Spray on bed clothes/linen.
Fluids may help or hinder a good night’s rest
- Don't drink coffee, tea, hot chocolate or cola after 4pm at the latest.
- Drinking large amounts of ‘fluid’ (beer) until late into the evening will wake you up for obvious reasons!
- Alcohol in quantity may help you to fall asleep, but you are likely to wake up two to three hours later and finding it difficult to fall asleep again.
- Just a small glass of wine taken before bedtime can help.
- Drink a herbal tea: chamomile, passion flower, lemon balm, or hops
- Drink about eight glasses of water a day—thirst wakes you up and
drinking too much before you go to bed wakes you too
Foods can help or hinder
- Do not eat heavy meals late in the evening
- Avoid eating too much protein at you last meal, opt for carbohydrates
- Quantities of chocolate (bitter) can keep you awake too (caffeine)!
- Find a nutritionist who can check for possible food intolerance
- Consider a possible nutritional deficiency or blood sugar problem
- Cut sugar intake - don't replace - just get used to it!
Improve your general ‘sleep hygiene’
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- Establish a regular routine in the evenings, your brain works by pattern matching (the present against the past - conditioned and/or instinctive)
- Avoid doing anything stimulating late in the evening.
- Making love may seem stimulating, however the hormone oxytocin,
produced after orgasm, helps to sooth you.
- Listen to a ‘guided’ meditation/relaxation tape/CD.
- Listen to relaxing music - slow classical (Baroque, roughly 80 beats per minutes) or ‘New Age’ music.
- Do not stay in bed any longer than about 20 minutes if you cannot sleep; your brain will establish the pattern: bed is for laying awake! Get up and read a boring book preferably standing up (not a joke!) or do the very chores that you have been putting off because they are so unpleasant.
- Having your feet higher than you head facilitates relaxation.
- Take regular exercise - vigorous by day, slow and rhythmic in the
evening (not too close to bedtime).
- Take the time to sleep, don't just fit it in. You need roughly eight hours, but don't get hung up about it - you can survive on less.
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