Insomnia manifests itself in the partial or complete absence of sleep. Insomnia also occurs in healthy people with mental agitation or with fatigue. To get rid of insomnia, you should see a doctor. If the difficulties are associated with nervous excitement, then you can use non-traditional or traditional medicine.
Insomnia manifests itself when a person wakes up earlier than usual, can not sleep for a long time, when during the night a person's dream is interrupted several times, and for a long time. In other cases, sleep can be prolonged, but not very deep.
Causes of insomnia
A person needs sleep, in order to regain strength and relax after a busy day spent in cares and labors. But not everyone can boast a sound sleep. Insomnia is one of the medical problems, doctors work with it from around the world. The problem of insomnia is complicated by the fact that there is no cause that leads to insomnia, as there is no universal medicine. Incomplete rest, constant nervous stress, an intense rhythm of life - all this leads to chronic fatigue.
Insomnia can be debilitating, long, i.e. when the surface sleep of a person is accompanied by nightmares, bright dreams. It can also be caused by diseases of the nervous system, shortness of breath, coughing attacks, circulatory disorders.
People whose work is associated with mental work often suffer from insomnia, many of them overexert themselves, waste their energy irrationally. Among such people there are fans who prefer to cheer themselves up with strong coffee and tea. But this relieves only of fatigue and then for a short time, so fatigue is not removed, but rather continues to grow. In order not to have nervous insomnia, try not to engage in mental, hard work in the evenings, but also to engage in activities that excite the nervous system.
How to treat insomnia?
To get rid of insomnia, healthy people need to observe the correct sleep regimen and do sedative, simple procedures before bed. If insomnia is long, then together with the treatment that the doctor must appoint, you need to systematically take natural remedies of traditional medicine. To prevent insomnia, you need to lie down and get up at the same time, to observe the correct biological rhythm, which is natural for the human body. And it will be best if you go to bed early and get up early in the morning.
To be always toned, people start drinking a lot of strong coffee or tea, all this is very bad for the body. And when the body, weakened by lack of sleep with lack of sleep, it can not fight even with minor disturbances. People who suffer from insomnia, become irritable, distracted, inattentive. Over time, they develop diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension.
And at the same time, insomnia needs and can be treated. To do this, chemicals are used, which are prescribed by doctors, and natural preparations that are very popular. Natural products have less side effects, they have a softer effect, and they can be taken by people who suffer from some other diseases. Correctly composed medicinal collection, will help to get rid of insomnia.
Do not try to sleep if you do not want to sleep. Even if you really want, then try not to sleep during the day. It is not necessary to go to bed very early, you need to follow the diet. Do not, eat before going to bed, and after 18:00, do not drink hot tea, coffee, chocolate. Do sports 2 or 3 times a week, do gymnastics all the time in the morning, you can not exercise intensive loads before going to bed. By the way, cycling and walking at bedtime are relaxing for a person. Do not go to bed in irritation. For the night you need to relax, for this meditation, light massage, water procedures, or an interesting book is suitable.
If you can not sleep, listen to soft music or read a little. Before going to bed, ventilate the room, create comfortable conditions in the bedroom, remove extraneous noise, if the air is dry put in the bedroom humidifier.
As a hypnotic, alcohol should not be taken, although in some cases alcohol contributes to a better sleep, but it only seems that sleep is short, shallow, besides, in the morning it can cause frustration, headaches, and during the day work capacity may be reduced , all this will only aggravate insomnia.
Folk remedies for insomnia
There is no effective sleeping pill, than honey, besides it is harmless. You can go to the steam bath with an oak broom, it calms well the nervous system.
- Take three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and stir it in a cup of honey. Before going to bed, take two teaspoons of the mixture, they will play the role of sleeping pills. If you have severe fatigue, then you can repeat the reception of this remedy. Honey has a soothing and toning effect, and if it is combined with apple cider vinegar, it will be effective for insomnia.
- We stir in a glass of warm water a tablespoon of honey and drink this infusion for the night. Before going to bed, we'll smack whiskey with lavender oil, drop 3 or 5 drops of lavender oil on a piece of sugar, and squeeze it a little before going to bed.
- Take two tablespoons of walnut, two tablespoons of buckwheat honey and a glass of lemon juice. Lemon juice and honey are mixed until homogeneous, add the crushed nuts. We take before going to bed a tablespoon.
- If insomnia is caused by a surge of blood to the head, then it is useful to apply grated horseradish or mustard plaits to the calves of the legs. And besides, you still need to drink one tablespoon of honey on a glass of pickled cucumber, which is very weak.
Herbal preparations
We mix 30 grams of Leonurus's herb, 30 grams of peppermint leaves, 20 grams of hop cones. Let's take 10 grams of this mixture with a glass of boiling water, heat it in a boiling water bath for fifteen minutes, cool, strain, add boiled water to the original volume. We use three times a day for half a glass with insomnia and with nervous excitement.
We mix 20 grams of hop cones, valerian (rhizome), peppermint, triple leaf watch. Take a tablespoon of collection and pour a glass of boiling water, let it brew for half an hour, then drink three times a day in the morning, in the afternoon and before going to bed, 100 ml of boiling water.
Take 5 grams of valerian, 10 grams oregano, mix everything. Then take 10 grams of this collection, and fill it with 100 ml of water, then we will boil 10 or 12 minutes, let's brew. For the night we will drink 100 ml of this infusion.
Take 5 grams of calendula flowers, thyme and motherwort and mix. Let's take 10 grams of salt in 200 ml of water and boil for 10 or 15 minutes, we insist one hour. We drink before going to sleep 100 ml with honey.
Take in equal parts fruits of caraway seeds, rhizome of valerian officinalis, fennel fruits, leaves of peppermint, chamomile flowers and mix. 10 grams of mixture will be filled with a glass of boiling water and heated in a water bath for half an hour, let it cool for 10 minutes, strain, squeeze the raw material and let the broth to the original volume. We take 1 or 2 glasses, in the evening we take a glass.
We will collect on two parts of flowers of a lavender, leaves of peppermint, on 3 parts of rhizomes of roots of valerian, flowers of a camomile chemist's. Take two tablespoons of this mixture, podostim in a glass of boiled water fifteen minutes. We drink this glass during the day with sips for insomnia.
Take 2 parts of the root of valerian, 3 parts of chamomile flowers, 5 parts of caraway seeds. Stir and take a tablespoon of the mixture and pour a glass of boiling water, we insist thirty minutes. We take half a glass in the morning and before bedtime for insomnia, irritability, with nervous excitement.
Take 30 grams of valerian root, 30 grams of motherwort, 20 grams of lemon balm leaves. A tablespoon of the mixture will be filled with 300 mils of boiling water, we insist 2 hours, drain it. We drink before meals one wine glass three times a day. We apply it in case of palpitation, insomnia, with neurosis, as a hypnotic and sedative.
Take a peel of one lemon, a glass of water, 2 tablespoons of rhizomes and roots of valerian, 3 tablespoons of flower baskets of chamomile. Chop the zest, and mix it with herbs, we'll fill it with boiling water, and we'll insist an hour, then we'll strain it. We take chilled half a cup twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, after eating.
Herbs with the help of which you can treat insomnia
We make an infusion of valerian, for this, a tablespoon of chopped Valerian roots will be filled with a glass of hot water and boiled on low heat for fifteen minutes, we insist for ten minutes and filter. We take a tablespoon of broth three times a day.
A tablespoon of chopped Valerian roots is poured into a glass of cold boiled water and we insist seven or eight hours. Ready to infuse straining. We take a tablespoon three times a day, as well as before bed. With increased nervous excitability, we increase the dose to half a glass a day and take two or three times a day.
Valerian tincture
Take two tablespoons of finely chopped valerian roots and pour a glass of vodka, we insist two weeks in a cool, dark place. Then we will strain the tincture and take two or three times a day for 15 or 20 droplets.
Take two teaspoons of chopped grass and fill it with 200 ml of cold water, we insist 8 hours. During the day, we all drink.
Camomile tea
Take a tablespoon of flowers and fill with 200 ml of boiling water and let it sit for 30 minutes. We drink an hour before eating
for 70 ml of infusion.
Tincture of dill
Take 50 grams of dill garden and cook on low heat in half a liter of wine red port wine or Cahors. Before going to bed, take 50 or 60 ml. It provides a healthy and deep sleep, harmless.
Infusion of dill
We will pour a tablespoon of chopped fresh greens of dill or dill seeds, pour two glasses of water. We insist, filter, take a teaspoon before bedtime.
Recipes with oats
Take a glass of oatmeal flakes with a lint of hot water and cook until the mixture thickens. In the finished broth, add a tablespoon of honey and cook another two or three minutes. We take in a warm form two or three times a day for half a glass or a glass.
Take a tablespoon of seeds of oats seeded and pour two glasses of water and cook until the broth thickens, then the broth is filtered. The whole broth we drink throughout the day and at night.
Baths
We take warm baths. The temperature should be above 37 or 38 degrees. We take a bath before eating or after eating after one and a half or two hours. The bath should be 20 or 25 minutes. Water should not cover the area of your heart. Do not take a bath every day.
Diet for insomnia
The diet should contain little salt, because salt interferes with the onset of sleep. There should be a balanced diet, it has a positive effect on the treatment of insomnia. It should be excluded: spices, fried and fatty foods, alcohol, chocolate, coffee, tea, sugar, flour. Food should be consumed in a measured and calm manner.
Now we know what insomnia is the treatment of folk remedies. Using these simple recipes, you can easily and easily with the help of folk remedies, cure insomnia.