Insomnia is not getting enough sleep for a long time. There are numerous folk remedies for insomnia. In modern times, it has become an unpleasant phenomenon for many people. Constant stress, hard work, fatigue - these are some of its causes. Treatment for insomnia should not be delayed, as it leads to unpleasant consequences. Chronic insomnia can cause diseases of the heart and nervous system, it impairs attention and memory. If someone is tormented by insomnia, those around them can become victims of the person’s bad mood. Therefore, it is better not to postpone the fight against this unpleasant phenomenon.
Fragrant bath
There is no better way to relax and unwind after a hard day than a warm bath. And if you add some herbs to the water, sleep will come very quickly, it will be strong and pleasant. About an hour after dinner, fill the bathtub with water. Temperature -
37-38 degrees. Dilute 50 g of infusion of calendula, lemon balm, oregano in water. Take a bath for no more than 20 minutes. After this, go straight to bed. Olga Grushina, Voronezh
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The bath itself, even without additives, is an excellent way to relax and relieve tension.
Medicinal herbs only enhance its positive effect. At the same time, you can add to the water not only those herbs that are indicated in this recipe, but also any others, for example, those whose aroma you like the most. Some people like a bath with chamomile, while others like a bath
with rose petals. Both baths will help you relax and fall asleep soundly.
Treatment with folk remedies in children
Sleep problems in children under one year of age are usually caused by physical discomfort. Therefore, you need to make sure that the child is not tormented by gas, there is no colic or constipation, the baby has eaten his fill, he has a clean, dry diaper and soft, cozy pajamas, the light does not shine in his eyes, and his diaper is not crumpled.
Very small infants fall asleep well after bathing in warm water with infusions of thyme, chamomile, and oregano. A well-fed and clean child will fall asleep to soft classical music. There are many audio recordings adapted specifically for infants: the sounds of the heartbeat that the child heard before birth are superimposed on calm music. This calms him down and puts him to sleep.
Children from one year to older love to fall asleep holding mom or dad's hand, listening to a fairy tale or song. This is not difficult to arrange for the sake of healthy and restful children's sleep. Older children also need the presence of an adult nearby. A cup of warm milk with a spoonful of honey will help a child of any age fall asleep.
Additional Information. Children rarely have true insomnia. As a rule, persistent sleep disturbance is caused by neurological problems and is eliminated as the neuralgia is treated. In order for a child to sleep well, he needs to receive the necessary physical and mental stress. But all games two hours before bedtime should be quiet, cartoons should be calm, and the atmosphere should be calm and conducive to sleep.
Well-known pediatrician E. O. Komarovsky explains why children have problems falling asleep and how to improve the quality of children's sleep.
Pillow with herbs
When I have insomnia, I do not take sleeping pills or other medications.
I inhale the healing aromas of herbs. I stuff my pillow with crushed hop cones and sleep well on it. You can sew the same bumps into a small bag made of loose fabric and put them under the pillow. But it's not just hops that help me fall asleep. Chamomile, pine needles, and hazel induce quick and sound sleep. I also put all these ingredients in a pillowcase or in a bag under the pillow. Arina Kiseleva, Surgut, Tyumen region. T.T.: A wonderful, absolutely safe remedy. All of these plants contain essential oils that, when inhaled, soothe and soothe.
Which honey is better for insomnia?
When choosing one or another variety (for example, May or heather honey), you should proceed from your state of health and listen to the advice of apitherapy. This teaching about bee products helps you decide on the choice of a remedy that relieves sleep problems.
Acacia honey
For the prevention and treatment of nervous diseases and insomnia, it is recommended to consume acacia honey. At the time of collection it is colorless, after crystallization it acquires a white tint. This beekeeping product becomes completely white only after a year.
Donnikovy
This product has an almost white or light amber color, has a rich taste, vanilla aroma and, due to its anti-inflammatory properties, is a good antiseptic. Indicated for headaches, neuroses, sleep disorders, as well as pathologies of the throat and respiratory tract.
Heather
Heather, a product that bees make from the nectar of pink flowers of an evergreen shrub, is also good for insomnia. It has a specific bitter taste, a pungent aroma, and a reddish-brown or dark yellow color. For sleep disorders, neurasthenia, and headaches, it is useful to take it with herbal teas. The use of this product involves mixing it with sweet clover infusion and adding lemon juice to the mixture.
Fireweed
Using this variety, a person suffering from a nervous system disorder and sleep disorders will forget about his problem after just a few doses. In addition, the product has vasodilating properties and copes well with gastrointestinal diseases.
May
Honey collected in May has the highest mineral content, since bees bring nectar from various flowers. The use of the May product can restore a person’s normal sound sleep, relieve the effects of stress, strengthen the nervous system and tone the entire body.
Floral
This dark brown or amber colored variety is obtained from the nectar of wildflowers. Take it for headaches, vascular disorders and problems falling asleep.
When consuming sweet medicine, you need to remember that it should be eaten regularly and in small doses, then the benefit from the beekeeping product will be maximum.
Dear readers! We strongly recommend that you consult a doctor before taking medications or self-medicating. There are contraindications.
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Healing dill
Regular dill has many beneficial properties. I recently found out that it helps with insomnia. My sister drinks 1 glass of dill tea every day before bed and sleeps like the dead after that. She pours 1 tbsp. l. chopped herbs with a glass of boiling water and infuses. When there is no fresh dill, the seeds are brewed. 2 tsp. Infuse crushed seeds for 2 hours in 2 cups of boiling water. You need to drink half a glass 3 times a day before meals and 1 glass at night. Elena V., Mogilev
T.T.: Dill contains essential oils that relieve stress and promote good sleep. In addition, an infusion of dill herb improves appetite and helps with the initial stages of hypertension. Brewed dill seeds -
expectorant and carminative.
Honey for insomnia
Such a problem as insomnia can be encountered at any age. Therefore, today pharmacies can offer you a huge range of drugs that can solve it. But quite often, when you solve one problem, you may encounter another.
We are talking about side effects from taking most medications. For this reason, more and more people are trying to normalize sleep using effective and safe folk methods.
No medical product can compare with regular honey in terms of safety. The body receives maximum benefits, and the likelihood of side effects is minimized. Naturally, if you are allergic to this product, then such therapy should be abandoned.
Mint+garlic
If you suffer from insomnia, I do not recommend taking sleeping pills -
they only help for a while, the dose has to be constantly increased, and then the medicine stops working altogether.
I experienced all this from my own experience: I drank everything, but the real effect came from only one remedy. And these are not some expensive pills, but a simple folk recipe. Now I recommend it to everyone: you need to brew 2 full teaspoons of crushed mint leaves in half a glass of boiling water in the morning. In the evening, strain and add a teaspoon of garlic tincture, which you also prepare yourself. Tincture recipe: grind 70 g of garlic to a pulp, add the juice of five lemons, mix, pour into a wide-necked jar, tie with gauze in two layers. After a day, the tincture is ready. A mixture of mint infusion and garlic tincture should be taken a tablespoon before bed. You need to store the finished mixture in the refrigerator, but not under the lid, but under gauze -
there is no smell from it at all. Elena Belozerova, Omsk
T.T .: The recipe is controversial. This is a collection of completely different ingredients, each of which is healthy and safe. But I'm not sure that together they will give a soporific effect. It’s good that the tool helps the author, but there is no guarantee that it will help others.
Does honey help with insomnia?
In terms of safety, no other medicinal product can compare with this beekeeping product. The likelihood of adverse reactions in the treatment of insomnia with a folk remedy is practically reduced to zero, but the effect can exceed all expectations. The only contraindication is individual intolerance to honey. The use of this product is effective for the following reasons:
- Sleep disturbances often occur due to improper metabolism of carbohydrates, but honey can normalize metabolic processes.
- If a person has taken a lot of food before going to bed, the product also normalizes digestion.
- Strengthens the immune system.
- Acts as a sedative, relaxing the body after stress or a hard day at work.
- Stabilizes mental state.
Wormwood infusion
My daughter entered college this year.
Such a load, so many nerves! I was very worried about her. As a result, we both developed insomnia. We became night owls. We go to bed and toss and turn from side to side. It was necessary to take action. A friend advised me to drink wormwood infusion. We tried it and he helped us. We slept well and woke up rested and full of energy. My daughter received good grades and is now a first-year student. The recipe is simple: 1-2 tbsp. l. Infuse the roots or herb of wormwood in 2 cups of boiling water for 2 hours. Drink before bed. Samara Kosova, Elektrostal, Moscow region. T.T.: Of all the recipes presented here, this one, in my opinion, is the best. Wormwood -
the best remedy to combat insomnia.
On my own behalf, I would like to add one more method of preparing sleeping pills from this plant. Wormwood seed oil: seeds collected in the fall (October -
November) are ground in a coffee grinder, poured with vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:4, left for 1 week in a dark place, shaking daily. After this, the oil must be strained. Take 1-2 drops on a piece of sugar 2-4 times a day to calm and relieve tension; for a sleeping effect, the dose should be increased 3-5 times.
Valerian for good sleep
Having entered my seventh decade, I was faced with a problem familiar to many older people.
Lost sleep. I decided to treat myself without resorting to sleeping pills. The results exceeded all my expectations. After drinking a valerian infusion for a month, the recipe for which was given to me by an old friend, I began to sleep like a baby. I strongly recommend that anyone who suffers from insomnia try my method of treatment. Put 2 tbsp. l. dry crushed roots and rhizomes of valerian into an enamel pan, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, keep covered in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Leave until cool, strain, squeeze out the remainder into an infusion, add boiled water to the original volume. Take half a glass 2-3 times a day 30 minutes after meals. If you don't have the time or ability to prepare an infusion, simply brew valerian roots as tea. Drink half a glass immediately before bed. Leonid Petrovich Chubakin, Adler, Krasnodar region T. T.: Good recipe. Valerian actually contains essential oils and substances that have pronounced sedative (calming) activity. But I would advise readers to reduce the dose a little -
drink infusion 1 tbsp. l. during the day, and half a glass at night. An overdose of valerian has the opposite effect: a person becomes overexcited, and sleep and calm are out of the question. So be careful. This also applies to those people who take valerian tablets. Read the instructions carefully and follow the dosage. By the way, for those who are accustomed to harvesting medicinal herbs and roots on their own, now is the time to start collecting them. September and October are the last months when you can dig up the roots and rhizomes of valerian.
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All the recipes presented are excellent for treating episodic insomnia in healthy people whose poor sleep is caused by stress, overwork or psychological disorders. A person suffering from long-term, debilitating insomnia, developing against the background of a serious illness, should first of all consult a doctor. Insomnia in this case is
not a cause, but a consequence. But the cause needs to be treated, and folk methods alone cannot cope with this.
Recommendations
An excellent folk remedy for insomnia at home is taking a bath before bed. You can prepare a bath using essential oil for insomnia. To do this, add essential oils of lemon balm, mint, and lavender to a warm bath. It should be taken for about 15 minutes. Essential oils can also be used for insomnia caused by headaches. To do this, simply rub your temples with them before going to bed. Even with migraines, you can brew tea for insomnia. To do this, you will need green or black tea with the addition of a pinch of mint. After some time, the headache goes away, and the desire to sleep appears.
Insomnia often occurs in older people. But their reasons are somewhat different, since old people like to go to bed during the day. Therefore, you should fight it in other ways:
- create a calm environment around you;
- get rid of all bad habits;
- maintain a daily routine;
- to live an active lifestyle.
Elderly people need to drink warm milk at night, not watch TV before bed, and take warm baths with herbs. Essential oils for insomnia will also help them well.
If you adhere to these basic rules, then even at an advanced age people will sleep peacefully and soundly. In men and women, the causes of insomnia are almost the same.
Of course, many people suffer from insomnia in their lives. Folk remedies help you achieve restful sleep. But for prevention, you should follow some recommendations:
- a walk in the fresh air before bed is useful;
- The last meal should be no later than 17:00, since any food excites the body. The only acceptable food is fresh vegetables and fruits;
- an hour before bedtime you should ventilate the bedroom;
- periodically fumigate the room with incense;
- do not drink tea, coffee, alcohol in the evening, it is better not to smoke before bedtime;
- It’s more comfortable to sleep without clothes or in a light nightgown: the body should rest fully;
- Some people find it helpful to douse them with cold water 1 hour before bedtime;
- a red geranium flower placed in the bedside area will help you fall asleep quickly;
- you need to exclude daytime naps, even if you really want to;
- You should not go to bed in an irritated state, the body should be relaxed.
To combat such ailments as insomnia, folk remedies include scented pads and sachets. Their scent before bed has a beneficial effect on the body.
One of the types of treatment against lack of sleep is head massage. It involves stroking and rubbing the scalp. Massage has a relaxing effect.
Traditional medicine also provides its own remedies for insomnia: Melatonin, Rozerem, Imovan, Novo-passit, Persen. They help normalize sleep, but you cannot take such drugs for a long period. They can be addictive.
If insomnia has become chronic, then a holiday in a sanatorium may be a way out of this situation.
A course of treatment will help a person regain strength and thereby normalize sleep. The basic rules in such sanatoriums are giving up bad habits and following a daily routine.
