Home Remedies for Insomnia

The lack of sleep is termed as insomnia and is also known as sleeplessness.Sleep is a periodic state of rest for the body, which is important for its efficient functioning. It gives relief from tension and worries. The amount of sleep varies from individual to individual. Normally 7-8 hours of sleep every night is adequate and normal. Insomnia deprives the person with mental rest and interferes with the daily activities. It is the most common problem among the people of upper classes in urban areas. It is also common among the elderly people as the sleep requirements decreases with aging.

Causes of Insomnia

The various causes of insomnia are:

Mental tension
Any serious or chronic disease
Excessive intake of tea and coffee

Insomnia treatment - Various yogaasanas that are effective in the treatment of insomnia are shirasana, sarvangasana, paschimottanasana, uttanasan, viparitakarni and shavasana.

Extract about 30 grams of the milk from the poppy seeds (Papaver somniferum) and mix this milk with an adequate amount of sugar. Take this once in a day especially after dinner, when preparing to sleep. This remedy is one of the effective home remedies for insomnia.

Controlled breathing is also effective in inducing sleep.

Take four nutmegs and grind it to a fine powder and take this powder every night before going to sleep. This is one of the most effective home remedies for insomnia.

Regular, active exercises during the day and mild exercise at bedtime enhances the quantity and quality of sleep as the exercise stimulates the elimination of lactic acid from the body. Walking, jogging, skipping and swimming are the good exercises. This is a good insomnia treatment.

To overcome the problem of insomnia one should stick to a regular sleeping schedule like going to bed at a fixed time every night and getting up at a fixed time in the morning.

Applications of hot packs, hot fomentations to the spine, and hot footbath before going to bed are the effective measures. This is one of the best insomnia cure.

Take some root of the pippali (Piper longum) plant and grind to fine powder. Take one teaspoonful of this powder every night by adding some jaggery. Take this powder with a glassful of warm milk. This is very effective home remedy for insomnia.

The cold hipbath with feet in hot water at bedtime is the other beneficial water treatment.

A cup of milk with honey at bedtime is helpful in inducing sleep.

Mash a single ripe banana into a bowl and then put the roasted cumin seeds into it. mix both properly. Take this after dinner. It will induce good sleep and is very good home remedy for insomnia.

Valerian wallichi has mild relaxant properties and is useful in sleep disorders. The fresh juice of the valerian should be taken in a teaspoonful quantity before going to sleep. This is also very effective home remedy for insomnia.

Bedtime Drinks

Oranges
Orange flower water in warm water with little sugar is the most effective in inducing sleep. Orange leaf tea or the juice of 2 oranges in a little hot water sweetened with honey is also effective in dealing with mild insomnia.

Milk or buttermilk
Any of the two can be taken with a pinch of cinnamon and honey for quality sleep.

Visitor Comments -

Someone told me that fresh celery juice is good for insomnia. I've never tried it though, and I don't know if I could drink it. About 4 valerian capsules usually do the trick for me! Tim (22-8-2006)

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I also heard that watching a particularly boring show works quite well. My mother prefers The Fairly Odd Parents :-P

#1 - Katelyn - 02/05/2008 - 14:24

sprinkling crushed lavender on your pillow and rubbing it on your neck and chest will allow you to calm down and fall asleep

#2 - Amanda - 02/29/2008 - 14:28

honey for insomnia

#3 - anjali - 05/18/2008 - 09:06

marajuana helps

#4 - jim - 05/27/2008 - 03:51

I am able to fall asleep easily, but I wake at the drop of a pin, then I'm awake all night. My best treatment so far: Get out of bed once I wake up. I pudder around the house, doing odd things, then I get tired quickly and can fall back to sleep much easier than if I had just lay there.

#5 - Sarah - 08/21/2008 - 15:49

A cup of warm milk with a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract an 2 teaspoons of sugar. :-D

#6 - Sarah - 09/08/2008 - 01:37

It helps to take some night time cold med.
well thats what i do sometimes
not all the time tho

#7 - jeremy - 09/08/2008 - 22:06

where do you get poppy seeds and how do you get the milk out of them? is it a particular variety of poppy?

#8 - candice - 10/20/2008 - 06:07

Drink a warm cup of milk and something startchy about an hour and a half before bed. :-)

#9 - Stephanie - 10/31/2008 - 13:28

Listening to music has really helped me, but not a radio, use headphones, any noise wakes me up, so using headphones helps, I only listen to music.

#10 - cleo - 11/17/2008 - 22:44

try carrot juice to sleep

#11 - meg - 11/27/2008 - 17:50

Actually, carrot juice keeps me awake. About the celery juice...I haven't tried it but know that celery is a de-stresser. If a person is really stressed I've heard to eat 4 stalks a day. It seems like the celery juice would work which I've heard is also good with cucumber.

#12 - Joel - 12/19/2008 - 01:45

smoking weed helps for sure

#13 - melissa yo - 01/09/2009 - 23:42

do the work in house,some exercises,an a hot glass of milk before going to bed makes a person have a good sound sleep.

#14 - sonia - 01/12/2009 - 16:46

Ingesting any kind of marijuana edible an hour before bed will put anyone right out, without being groggy in the morn

#15 - Joe - 02/22/2009 - 11:04

drinking chamomile tea 30 - 45 minutes before your normal bedtime is a good sleep inducer... it really works...

#16 - vas - 03/19/2009 - 13:28

Does watching tv or reading gonna affect you by helping you because some people say it makes it worse?

#17 - Kiara - 03/27/2009 - 20:04

make yourself a sleep ritual, at first do it when your actually getting tired and soon you will be able to turn on your sleep mode with it. By the way only use your bed for sleeping, that makes a difference >-(

#18 - sleeper - 07/30/2009 - 16:23

Both my daughter and I are night owls. I use a crystal singing bowl to ground our energy. Within minutes we are asleep. One day my neighbor had family and friends sitting on the front lawn chatting and having fun. Although it was 10:30 PM, I joined in. The husband claimed he was having problems sleeping. I brought over my singing bowl. He wanted a demonstration. The others had no idea what we were talking about. Minutes later, it got quiet and everyone got up to go to bed or leave. It works!

#19 - Lonny - 09/17/2009 - 01:42

a shot of whiskey before sleep has always helped me once in a great while but i dont want to become dependent on it like i have pills and such...any other remedies?

#20 - Ichitousai - 10/19/2009 - 12:26

A few enemas,every months pass.After six month you will notice a great different in sleeping.All this from Dr. Norman W.Walker.After a year make a try-out again. Once awhile in the blue-moon is good to detox your self.

#21 - sherfel - 11/16/2009 - 22:05