Herb,supplement to induce sleep

Here are some of the herbs people used over the years to induce sleep.

However, be careful when use them as a sleeping aid. They are NOT regulated unlike the prescribed medicine. They are not checked for authenticity or for purity and cleanliness. What you read on the bottle is either true or not. You have no way of knowing it.

Unlike the prescription medicine, herbs side effects are rarely pointed out and this will increase the you risk.

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Generally herbal tranquilizers are safer than prescription tranquilizers, but best reserved for occasional use.

Calcium keeps the nerves steady. A glass of warm milk is an old wife-trusted ally for relieving anxiety.

Be aware, a soy beverage can have the opposite effect, it may increase anxiety, due to its ability to disrupt thyroid functioning and interfere with calcium metabolism. CAUTION: Unfermented soy (e.g., tofu) is especially detrimental to bone health

Skullcap tincture is less addictive and often more effective. Skullcap can also be sleep inducing, but it is rarely habituating.

Aconite or Aconitum napellus is a POISON.

According to legend in ancient times people put it on their arrow tip to kill animals. Today it is used by homeopathy as a sleeping aid. As such it is probably safe but I wouldn’t take it myself.

Valerian is a powerful stimulant, expelling gas from the stomach and the bowel.

To avoid addiction, use valerian root as a tea or a tincture, NOT in capsules, and take it for no more than for three weeks.

It has a remarkable influence on the cerebro-spinal system, and is used as a sedative to nerve centers in conditions during unrest such as St. Vitus's dance, hypochondriasis, neuralgic pains and the like.

The Valerians lessens pain and promotes sleep. It is of especial use and benefit to those suffering from nervous overstrain, as it possesses none of the aftereffect produced by narcotics.

During the II World War, when air-raids were a serious strain on people, Valerian was prescribed and proved wonderfully efficacious, preventing or minimizing serious illness.

Though in small doses, it quiets and sooth the brain and the nervous system however in large doses or repeated doses have a tendency to produce head pain, heaviness and stupor. Valerian was first brought to notice for epilepsy by Fabius Calumna in 1592, he having cured himself of the disease with it.

Motherwort Motherwort is especially valuable in female weakness and disorders (hence the name), lessens nervous irritability. inducing quietness and passivity of the nervous system. As such, it may be effective as a sleep inducer.

Old writers tell us that there is no better herb for strengthening and make the heart happy. It is good against hysterical complaints for palpitations of the heart when they arise from hysteric causes, and that when made into a syrup, it will lessen inward tremors. The best way of administering it from the young tops, says one writer. It may be given in decoctions, or a strong infusion, but it is very unpleasant to take that way.

Since herbs are used for thousands of years, the language of this page reflects it. It is a bit archaic. I hope you don't mind it.

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