Archive for October, 2008

Insomnia Herbs -Powerful Helpers For A Healthy Restful Sleep

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Herbs are medicine. Herbs have been used for thousands of years by all societies of the history of this planet. Herbs are powerful healing agents.

Two common misconceptions about herbs are that A. They are natural and thus have no side effects or dangers associated with them, or B. Since they are natural their effect is weak. The truth is that herbs can have a powerful effect, and yes, they can be harmful as well. Did we mention that herbs are powerful healing agents?

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Herbs have been used to aid in the important function of sleeping for thousands of years. No studies that need to approved by the FDA here, just countless generations of experience and results :)

The herbs can be used on their own, but the most common, and most effective use is to blend synergistic herbs together. One can find some proven blends on the market place. Sleep EzDoze is a very effective herbal blend with the natural sleep hormone, melatonin. You can try it for free.

Herbs can be taken in the form of an herbal tea, used in a bath, inhaled in the form of a sachet, taken in pill form or the aromatic part, the essential oil of the plant can be used.

Some herbs traditionally used for insomnia:

Chamomile.

Chamomile must be the first herb anyone thinks of in relation to insomnia. Chamomile is a safe general sedative. You can find Chamomile tea in your local grocery store.

Lavender.

Lavender is a anti anxiety, sedative, nervous system tonic and one of our most versatile herbs. Use lavender in your bath, in a sachet, or use some essential oil in a bit of vegetable oil and massage into your skin. Some Lavender oil mixed with equal parts Mandarin oil is a powerful relaxant!

Passion Flower

Passion flower an important herb for insomnia. It has an effect on the sleep banishing habit of worry and nervousness. It is commonly used in herbal sleep preparations. It has no side effects and is a wonderful sedative. (How many prescriptions drugs can make that claim?)

Valerian

Valerian is an excellent herb for insomnia. Not only does it help you fall asleep, it reduces the incidences of waking up at night. Valerian has been used for thousands of years to help with anxiety, nervousness and insomnia. Valerian is often used in combination with other sedative herbs to pave the way for a good night’s sleep.


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Anxiety Insomnia -Do You Worry In Bed?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Anxiety is a common cause of insomnia . Going to bed worrying about things makes not only for a bad night’s sleep, it sets up a pattern that just has to be broken. We are such creatures of habit and once you have started worrying when your head hits the pillow your mind will go into “worry mode” automatically every time you go to bed.

Do you know that every thought you think sets off a chemical reaction?

When you think worrisome thoughts your brain will produce neuro chemicals that will CAUSE you to feel worry.

Once you feel worry, you will really step up the amount of worrisome thoughts which causes you to create more neuro chemicals to make you feel even more worried and anxious. So, this can become a vicious cycle started by one small worrisome thought and before you know it you are sleepless with worry.

Worrying at night is also never very productive. Do you remember one single time when you worried at night and actually came up with some workable solution? When you are in “worry mode” or have anxiety solutions can’t come. On top of that, any small problem we may have, seem insurmountable at 3 AM.

So how do you stop worrying and thinking things that causes anxiety? First of all it is important to recognize that YOU are the only thinker in your head, and that YOU actually control what you think. Yes you do. The challenge is that frequently we are not even aware of where our thoughts go, besides not recognizing that we can absolutely choose what we think.

The next time you go to bed, or wake up in the middle of the night and your mind is “catastropfizing” or you begin to worry about things, trying to solve problems, recognize what you are doing and stop. Deliberately think of something pleasant. You may have to have a little list ready with pleasant things, and choose something that when you think about it it makes you feel good.

What typically happens is that after a minute or two you are back worrying again, so you bring your mind back again to the pleasant thoughts. Natural Herbs can also be used to induce a relaxed state of mind and body to fall asleep easily when feeling worried.

It can even be helpful to have a little internal dialogue when your mind goes into worry mode. You can say things to yourself such as “Whoa! Where are you going with that?” Doing this can require a bit of persistence. Remember, you are breaking a pattern so repetitively bringing your mind back to your pleasant thought will pay off eventually. As you do this it will become easier and easier to stop the unproductive, sleep robbing, anxiety producing, worrying at night.

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