Herbal Remedies For Insomnia

Can’t sleep in the night? Well, then its insomnia which is discommoding you. Insomnia or sleeplessness is nothing new in today’s epoch. It is defined as inability to sleep during night time. It may be acute; which lasts for 3 weeks or it can be chronic which is more flagitious rather.

Causes of insomnia if we start to describe, then it may eat up the whole article; so, in short, causes can be divided into four headings: mental, psycho-somatic, social and spiritual.

Herbal Remedies For Insomnia

When a person fails to come up with his/her well being in all the four aspects of life then he/she is prone to suffer from insomnia. It is very common ailment troubling well-nigh all the class and occupation people of society.

What Is The Solution?

Technically speaking, there is no permanent cure for this but with blend of Ayurveda and some life style modification one can actually counteract this problem. Here are some information about herbal treatments and remedies in ayurveda to tackle this disease.

What Ayurveda Has to Say About Sleep and Sleep Disorders?

In Ayurveda’s texts; a whole lot is devoted to describe the importance of proper sleep in daily routine. It is considered as one among three mainstays of healthy living (where food and controlled sexual activity being other two).

Not having proper sleep at night is believed as insalubrious as well as unholy too. Therefore to rein in this problem many solutions are also given.

Herbal Remedies For Insomnia

• Herbal restitution to sabotage insomnia are mainly lipid based (mainly oils and ghee) concentrated formulations processed with numerous herbs; containing properties to resolve insomnia.
• One of the best preparations is brahmi oil, where main ingredient is the shrub called brahmi (Latin- Bacopa monneri) is processed in sesame oil with many other herbs.
• Another good formulation is ksheerabala-101 oil, where bala is the main component which is processed 101 times with oil to make it more and more saturated and virile. Both of above oils are also available in capsule and granules forms.
• These medicines can be used for head massage, body massage, shiro basti, shiro pichu, shiro dhara and many other panchakarma procedures related to head.
• Manasa mitra vati is another herbo-mineral remedy for insomnia where gold is one of the constituents. This acts faster than simple herbal medicines. But the doses should be decided wisely by the physician.
• Sarpagandha (Latin- raulfina serpentine) is another herb which acts on serration levels of the brain. It is combined in many forms of medications like oil, tables, capsules and ghee. It has a quick and long lasting effect on insomnia. But it also should be given sagely after conferring a physician.

Diet Plans For Patient of Insomnia

First is to maintain regular timings for diet. Our digestive system secretes digestive juices at particular timings; if we miss them then whatever food may be taken, it leads to indigestion and that plays a major role in causing insomnia.

Food should be moderate, light, hot and fresh. Meals in the night should contain milk. Main components of diet should be milk, ghee and sweet substances. With such regime one can totally fend off insomnia.