Insomnia Cures

Why You Should Drink Warm Milk. It has been known that drinking warm milk 15 minutes before bed can help soothe your nervous system.

Take a Warm Bath. Taking a warm bath can be a great way to relax your body. Don’t exhaust it however. Staying too long in hot water can drain your body of vitality. Throw in a cup of baking soda or bath salts to drive the toxins out of your body.

Eat a Bedtime Snack. Foods with large amounts of the amino acid L-tryptophan helps us sleep better, according to a study. This includes eggs, cottage cheese, chicken, turkey, cashews and warm milk as I talked about before.

Avoiding Caffeine, Alcohol, and Tobacco in General. A lot of people would think that the only beverage with caffeine is coffee. Not true. High in caffeine are non-herbal tea such as black tea, Cola beverages, and even chocolate. According to research, alcohol can in fact upset sleep. The same also goes with Tobacco. Avoid chocolate.

Try to Sleep on Your Back. What some people do is sleep the opposite way. If you sleep on your stomach, this will cause pressure on all of your internal organs. A stiff neck can also be caused by this. Sleeping on your back is therefore a must. In order to allow your internal organs to rest properly, this would be the best sleeping position. But you can sleep in your right side and not on your left if you are used to sleeping on your side.

Sleeping in a Well Ventilated Room. The optimum temperature for sleeping would be a room temperature between 60-65 degrees in Fahrenheit. To adjust your body to the room, you should use more or fewer blankets.

Drinking Herbal Tea. Try a cup of herb tea (chamomile, catnip, anise or fennel tea) if you have t avoid drinking warm milk or any other dairy products. Drinking this will help you sleep better.

Get Some Exercise During The Day. White collar workers (office workers, non-manual workers) are more known to have insomnia than blue-collar workers, who get physical exercise during their work. 15 Minutes of exercise or at least 30 minutes before going to bed will give your body work and oxygen it needs to get your body to relax and sleep better.

Don’t Take Naps. A good idea would be to skip naps. Naps will stop you from sleeping properly if you can’t get yourself to sleep at night. If you skip naps, then your body will be tired to fall asleep at night.

Have You Tried a Reflexology Technique? Toe Wiggling is an Example. Wiggle your toes up and down for 12 minutes as you lie on your back. You can relax your body both inside and out if you do this. Channels of energy that are treated by acupuncture are called “meridians.” What the meridians in your feet does is connect with every organ and every part of your body. Helping to bring out a relaxing energy within your body is toe wiggling.

There you have it, the 10 you can fight insomnia. Have a good night’s sleep then!

Amy Whitehouse is a health articles writer and NLP Master Practitioner.

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