Insomnia
Poor diet, caffeine,
sugar, spicy foods and food allergies, can all lead to sleep
disturbances. Caffeine remains in the body for up to 20 hours, and
sugar causes an emergency stress reaction in the blood that can disrupt your
sleep. The inability to get a good night’s
sleep can result from waking up in the middle of the night and having trouble
getting back to sleep. It also occurs when people have a hard time getting to
sleep in the first place. Insomnia can be a temporary, occasional, or chronic
problem.
Circadian rhythms, the
biological clock that tells the body when to eat or sleep, can also affect the
quality of sleep. Shift work can cause a dramatic stress to the circadian
rhythm, which can take months to correct. Limit encounters
with: pharmaceutical drugs, stress, and travel.
These can impair the pineal gland's ability to produce melatonin, a
natural hormone that promotes sleep.
Pre-Disposing Factor
1. Food Allergies
2. Environmental Allergies
3. Anxiety
4. Psychological Stress
5. Poor Digestion
6. Pineal
dysfunction
Supplements that may
help:
Supplement
Property of Supplement
| Melatonin |
Natural
hormone that regulates the human biological clock |
| Valerian |
May help to
induce sleep and reduce stress |
| Lavender |
Inhaled to
promoting calming |
| Calcium
- Magnesium |
For a relaxing affect |
| Wild Oat |
Promotes sleep |
| An Mien Pian Formula |
Relives stress and supports
sleep |
| Chamomile Flower |
Stress relief |
References:
Enhancement
of human performance by caffeine and the amphetamines. Weiss B, Laties
Insomniacs give up stress and medications. ML Fuerst JAMA
Complete German Commission E Monographs Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines.:
M. Blumenthal WR Busse, A. Goldberg
Natural Health Natural Medicine by Andrew Weil.
Herbal
Prescriptions for Better Health. DJ Brown
The Nutritional Protocol Manual Third Revision
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