If you suffer from chronic insomnia you know how frustrating it is to try again and again to get rest and never quite reach it.
Adding in the frustration of trying things like teas, milk and honey, tinctures and other home remedies that don't work for you can only make it worse.
But before you give up trying to find a natural cure for insomnia, consider trying a few other methods that have been proven to work even for the chronic insomniac.
What are These Natural Cures for Insomnia?
Adding in the frustration of trying things like teas, milk and honey, tinctures and other home remedies that don't work for you can only make it worse.
But before you give up trying to find a natural cure for insomnia, consider trying a few other methods that have been proven to work even for the chronic insomniac.
What are These Natural Cures for Insomnia?
- Change Your Diet: Making major changes to what you eat and when you eat it can have a positive effect on your irregular sleep/wake cycle.
Reducing or removing processed foods from your diet is a great step in the right direction, sugars, fats and preservatives should also be reduced or avoided.
Following a diet plan that is close to the guidelines set out by the recommended daily food allowance will reduce the amount of foods that could be affecting your sleep cycles as many food additives contribute to stress and anxiety.
Caffeine, tobacco products, and alcohol are all stimulants, reduce or remove these from your diet as well.
Avoid having them after lunch time. - Sound Therapy: Certain sounds can affect the natural rhythm of the mind.
When they are listened to on a regular basis it can help regulate the brain waves that allow for relaxation and sleep, reducing the time it takes to get to sleep drastically.
CDs that contain these sounds can be bought at many online stores. - Meditation: Focusing your mind and reducing the amount of things buzzing around in your mind can help your brain to relax.
It doesn't have to be a complex process, simply lie down in a darkened room, close your eyes and focus on the rhythms of your body.
Imagine your feet getting heavy and relaxed then falling to sleep, move on up your body part by part repeating this process.
It can help you focus on a task that blocks out the jumble of thoughts and stress and feel more in tune with your body.
Periodically closing your eyes throughout the day and clearing your thoughts can help reduce the effects of stress and anxiety as well. - Hydrotherapy: Water is soothing.
You may have heard that a warm bath can help you go to sleep; the fact is that this is true.
Hydrotherapy has been used since it's conception in ancient Greece and continues to prove an effective treatment for insomnia.
Take a foot bath before bed, run some warm water into a tub or foot basin adding Epsom salts or essential oils can make it even more effective.
Take a neutral bath, run water that is slightly cooler than body temp (about 94-97degrees F) and soak in it for awhile.
Adding sea salts and essential oils to a hot bath can be very effective when you relax in its warmth for 20-30 minutes.
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