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Homeopathic Remedies For Insomnia

Posted by Sanjib Sarkar on Sun, Dec 26, 2010 @ 07:44 PM

Tags: homeopathic remedies for insomnia, insomnia, homeopathy for sleeplessness

Insomnia is a common condition that causes sleeplessness.  Common causes of insomnia are stress and worry, .  Sleeplessness can cause decrease work performance, lethargy and grouchiness.  Diet and lifestyle changes also help relieve insomnia.  Drinking minimal amounts of caffeine and getting plenty of exercise often help get a good nights sleep.  If these did not work for your insomnia, homeopathy may be worth a try.

This alternative type of medicine offers a safe way to get to sleep.  These medicines are not addictive and there are no harmful side effects.  Homeopathy offers a wide range remedies to help with different kinds of insomnia.  Homeopathy is generally individualized according to your symptoms. Different types of insomnia will require a different remedy.  

Insomnia caused by bad dreams which may cause restlessness requires Belladonna or Chamomilla.  These remedies should be tried in a 6C potency.  Sleeplessness caused by frequent disruptions such as babies crying or on call support use the following remedies Cocculus and Nux Vomica.  The potencies of these should be a 6C.  Lack of sleep after an illness is also a common cause of insomnia.  After an illness, it takes the body some time to get back to a normal sleep schedule.  Kali Phosphoricum in a 6X potency will help with this type of insomnia. 

In summary, homeopathy offers a wide variety of remedies to help treat insomnia in a safe and effective way.  If you know some other remedies to help with insomnia, please list them in the comments section.

 

Homeopathic Remedies For Insomnia

Posted by Sanjib Sarkar on Sun, Mar 07, 2010 @ 02:21 PM

Tags: homeopathic remedies for insomnia

  Insomnia is a condition where some one is trying to get sleep.  However, they can not fall asleep for various reasons.  Either they are not having the oppurtunity to fall asleep or staying awake despite the oppurtunity to sleep.  There are various homeopathic remedies to help with these type of sleep issues.

  Coffea Crudea is used for sleepless and wide awake conditions.  Can not keep the eyes closed.  Too many thoughts in your head can cause sleeplessness.  The thoughts can be happy thoughts, worrying thoughts and problems you are trying to figure out.  Sleep is very light and can be awakened very easily.  This is the most common type of insomnia.  This is why coffea crudea is the most common homeopathic remedy for insomnia.

   Passiflora Incarnata is a homeopathic medicine for sleep if you are experiencing constant worries. Exhaustion causing sleeplessness.  Remedy is commonly used for insomnia in infants and the elderly.  

 Calcarea Phosphorica is used for sleeplessness for people with aching pains in their bones and joints.  These pains are causing sleeplessness.  The person may not be able to get up in the morning due to feeling really tired.  

  Lachesis Mutus is used to help with sleep during menopause. The person wakes up unrefreshed after sleeping and does not feel good after getting some sleep.

  Chamomilla is used to help infants and babies go to sleep.  Some babies or infants sometimes refuse to sleep.  Infants sometimes become restless and irritable caused by condition of tooth ache or colic. 

   Start these remedies in a 6X or 6X potency. Taking 3 to 5 pills approximately 3 times a day.  If you are on a prescription sleep medicine, please consult your doctor to make sure if you can stop taking that medication.

  

  

 

Homeopathic Remedies For Insomnia

Posted by Sanjib Sarkar on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 @ 02:23 PM

Tags: homeopathic remedies for insomnia

  Insomnia effects many people.  Causes of insomnia are many.  Some of the causes are stress, drugs such as caffeine and poor sleep environment such as a noisy area.   Lack of sleep effects your job performance, increases stress, leads to moody behavior and decreases your overall general health. 

  There are many types of homeopathic single remedies to treat insomnia and other sleeping disorders.  This article will review the most popular homeopathic remedies to help someone get a good nights rest.  It will also give you some guidelines on which medications to take for your condition.

  Coffea Crudea is used to treat insomnia for people that can not relax.  The person has so many worries that they can not fall asleep.  This remedy is also used to help people that drink too much caffeine before bedtime.  The coffea crudea 6X should be taken to treat this type of sleep disorder.

  Cocculus is used to help people get back to sleep after a disturbance.  This disturbance may be a crying infant, crazy work schedule and travel or jet lag.

  Lycopodium is a remedy to help people that have no memories of sleeping or dreaming.  They really do not even remember falling asleep.  They feel like they have not slept for days.  

  Nux Vomica is a remedy for people that fall asleep pretty easily but they wake up in the middle of the night and can not get back to sleep.  Causes of this type of sleep issues are working too much and experiencing too much stress.  Nux Vomica 6X should be the treatment for this type of insomnia.

  Aconite is used to treat insomnia with great fear.  This person has nightmares.  The person may be in shock or in fear of someone.  Aconite 6X should be taken to remedy this condition.

  Ignatia is used to help the person that is continually tired but can not get to sleep.  Rapid changes in behavior due to lack of sleep.  Causes of this include emotional stress or grief.  Ignatia 6X is needed to relieve this condition.

   Using the following homeopathic remedies should help with a good nights sleep.  The homeopathic medication may need to be taken over several days before you see some benefits.  Once you are getting a good nights sleep, continue taking the remedies for several more days.  You can discontinue the remedies after getting at least 5 days of good sleep.

References

Complete Guide To Homeopathy Dr. Andrew Lockie and Dr. Nicola Geddes. 

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