9/1/2015

Insomnia Sleep Herbal

Herbal remedys sleep-insomnia

Let us see some popular sleep herbal at a glance:
Calamus root - use them as a sedative and painkiller.
Chamomile - enjoy its effects as a treatment for sleeplessness.
Valerian root - for its ability to promote relaxation, sleep, and improve stress symptoms.
Jatamansi - used for treating insomnia, mental instability, and is used as a memory enhancer.
Passion Flower - has a wonderfully calming and sedative action.
St John's wort - is used by some for depression, anxiety, and/or sleep disorders.
Skullcap - is a nervine and sedative; so useful for insomnia.
Ashwagandha - sedative effect can be used to encourage restful sleep.

Calamus root sleeps herbal [Acorus calamus L.]

Calamus was first to be discovered by the Indian herbalists. The dried root has been use to treat
memory impairment, melancholia, insomnia, and epilepsy. In Europe, in the late 1800s, physicians used
calamus extract for stomach upset, but also use them as a sedative and painkiller. In North American,
some Indians cultivated calamus and used it as a hallucinogen.

Chamomile sleep herbal [Anthemis nobilis]

It has proven a very effective sleep aid, and it can be administered in a variety of ways, including being
brewed as a tea and used in a sachet placed under your pillow. Unlike some herbal sleep remedies, you
do not need to use chamomile regularly to enjoy its effects as a treatment for sleeplessness. It can use
on the spot to provide quick relief for sleeplessness and anxiety. Chamomile tea, which is making from
the dried flowers and leaves of this common plant, often proves most effective when sipped a half an
hour to forty-five minutes before going to bed. Chamomile can prove especially helpful in relieving the
symptoms of mild insomnia (also known as transient insomnia).
http://healthy-ojas.com/sleep/insomnia-sleep-herbal.html

1/4

9/1/2015

Insomnia Sleep Herbal

Valerian root sleep herbal [valeriana officinalis]

It is the use as a sleep aid to help insomnia and other sleeping problems. Herbal remedy that is being
promoted for its ability to promote relaxation sleep, and improve stress symptoms. Valerian is a central
nervous system relaxer, and as such has been use as a calming sleep aid for over 1,000 years. When
taken in the proper dosage, Valerian can induce restful sleep without grogginess the next morning, unlike
prescription drugs.
Valerian has a wide range of uses in the home medicine cabinet. It is an effective stress reducer, and
has benefited in cases of nervous tension, depression, irritability, hysteria, panic, anxiety, fear, stomach
cramping, indigestion due to nervousness, delusions, exhaustion, and, of course, nervous
sleeplessness. It also appears to have real benefits in cases of sciatica, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy,
shingles, and peripheral neuropathy, including numbness, tingling, muscle weakness, and pain in the
extremities. Testing has revealed that it eases muscle cramping, rheumatic pain, migraines, uterine
cramps, intestinal colic, and stress-related heart problems and hypertension. It has shown some benefit
in behavioral problems in both adults and children. It is the use to treat attention-deficit disorders,
hyperactivity, anxiety headaches, and bedwetting, and it has shown some promise in helping reduce
thumb sucking and nail biting in children. It has a stabilizing effect on blood pressure and can help
regulate arrhythmias.
Lastly, Valerian is useful as a digestive aid, is helpful in cases of gas, diarrhea, and cramps, and
alleviates the pain of ulcers. In the respiratory tract, it is believing to be of benefit in reducing the
discomfort of asthma attacks. Valerian often seems only to work when taken over longer periods (several
weeks), though many users find that it takes effect immediately.

Jatamansi sleeps herbal [Nordostachys jatamansi DC]

Its root is the use in Ayurveda. The plant is finding in Himalaya. Jatamansi is the use for treating
insomnia, mental instability, and is the use as a memory enhancer. Paste if applied externally helps in
inflammation, burning sensation and inflammation due to injuries. Internally, it helps in indigestion,
flatulence, liver diseases, breathing difficulty, dysurea and for mental alertness. Hair oil helps to promote
hair growth and calms anxiety. It is the use in Ayurvedic formulations for headache, loss of memory,
improves renal function, regulation of blood pressure, aphrodisiac, and induces sleep. It is helpful in
general debility and weakness caused by insomnia. The plant has a rich history of medicinal use and has
value for centuries in Ayurvedic (Indian) and Unani (ancient Greco-Arab) systems of medicine. The
scientific literature contains primarily phytochemical and animal studies of the plant's activity on the
nervous system.

Passion Flower sleeps herbal

It has been describing as sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and antispasmodic. Sources reveal the ability of
passionflower to decrease aggressiveness, restlessness, hypermotility (unable to stop or slow down
physical movement), and to raise the pain threshold. There are several other applications of
passionflower; these include neuralgia (nerve pain), seizures, spasmodic asthma, nervousness,
http://healthy-ojas.com/sleep/insomnia-sleep-herbal.html

2/4

9/1/2015

Insomnia Sleep Herbal

palpitations, high blood pressure, and pain. Other non-nervous systems related conditions for which
passion flower may be of use include stomach upset, menopause symptoms, burns, and hemorrhoids
(topical application). Outside of its use in the central nervous system as a calmative, it appears to have
some antibacterial and antifungal effects.
As mentioned earlier, the passionflower has a wonderfully calming and sedative action, and it acts as a
muscle relaxant. When one uses passionflower extract before going to sleep, one can wake up feeling
completely refreshed and alert as never before. This is because passionflower has a sedative and
antispasmodic action, and this relaxes spasms and tension if any in one's muscles.

St John's wort sleep herbal [Hypericum]

It is today most widely known as an herbal treatment for major depression. In some countries, such as
Germany, it is commonly prescribing for mild depression especially in children and adolescents, where
cost is a concern. Standardized extracts are generally available over the counter; however, in some
countries (such as Ireland), a prescription is required. Extracts are usually in tablet or capsule form, and
in teabags and tinctures. St. John's wort has been use for centuries to treat mental disorders and nerve
pain.
St. John's wort has been use as a sedative and a treatment for malaria, as well as a balm for wounds,
burns, and insect bites. Today, St. John's wort is the use by some for depression, anxiety, and/or sleep
disorders. In Germany, more than fifty percent of depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders are treating
with Hypericum.St. John's Wort can limit the effectiveness of many prescribed medications such as
blood thinners, birth control pills and some anticancer medications.

Skullcap sleep herbal [Scutellaria lateriflora]

Skullcap is a powerful medicinal herb; it is the use in alternative medicine as an anti-inflammatory,
antispasmodic, slightly astringent, emmenagogue, febrifuge, nervine, sedative and strongly tonic. Some
valuable constituents found in the plant are scutellarin, catalpol, other volatile oils, bitter iridoids, and
tannins. Scientific studies are proving this a valuable plant in many areas for mental disorders. Skullcap
is the use in the treatment of a wide range of nervous conditions, including epilepsy, insomnia, hysteria,
anxiety, delirium tremens, withdrawal from barbiturates and tranquilizers. A medicinal infusion of the plant
is the helpful to promote menstruation; it should not give it to pregnant women since it can induce a
miscarriage, and the infusion is useful in the treatment of throat infections. The infusion is helpful for
nervous headaches, neuralgia and in headache arising from incessant coughing, pain, and inducing
sleep when necessary, without any unpleasant symptoms following. Skullcap is currently being use as
an alternative medicine to treat ADD and a number of nerve disorders. It should be use with caution,
because in overdose, it causes giddiness, stupor, confusion, and twitching.

Ashwagandha sleep herbal [Withania somnifera]

Indian Ginseng" directly opposes the reaction of stress by reducing the amount of Cortisol released by
http://healthy-ojas.com/sleep/insomnia-sleep-herbal.html

3/4

9/1/2015

Insomnia Sleep Herbal

the adrenal glands of our body. Long-term production of Cortisol has the adverse effect on our health like
high blood pressure, Stomach Ulcers, Immune depression, and Insomnia. Ashwagandha also has a
sedative effect, which claims the adrenaline fueled anxiety that accompanies stressful life styles, thereby
dealing with another factor that is a result and a cause of stress indeed. Ashwagandha has often been
use to treat primary anxiety states. If your sleep is disturbed, this sedative effect can use to encourage
restful sleep, again helping the body or recover from the effects of stress. This ayurvedic herb has use in
India as an adaptogen for centuries. It is helping to increase the body's resistance towards adverse
influences. It is the use for Stress, general debility, depression & moodiness, aging, fatigue (temporary
and chronic), anxiety, depressed immunity, sexual debility in males, infertility, memory loss, and
hormonal imbalances. Take with lots of liquid, milk, honey and ginger when under weight, bone
weakness and premature aging are present.

http://healthy-ojas.com/sleep/insomnia-sleep-herbal.html

4/4