subject: Valerian root--green drug or remedy to cure insomnia naturally? [print this page] Valerian root--green drug or remedy to cure insomnia naturally?
How to cure insomnia naturally with holistic sleep aids like valerian root.
Many people rely on the alternative to herbal remedies for insomnia, which are the prescriptive sleep drugs.
Since March 2007 the FDA has required a stronger warning of the risks of prescriptive sleep drugs:
Warning labels are required to tell you that these drugs are associated with: severe allergic reaction, severe facial swelling, complex sleep-related behaviors, memory lapses, and hallucinations. Sleep behaviors may include sleep-driving, driving while not fully awake after ingestion of a sedative-hypnotic product, with no memory of the event.
Now let us compare that with a well researched natural remedy called Valerian Root.
Valerian root has been used as a natural remedy for nervousness and anxiety since the time of ancient Rome. Its medicinal benefits have also been confirmed by modern scientific research.
Valerian benefits a number of aspects of sleep, called sleep parameters. These sleep parameters are used by researchers to assess the overall quality of someones sleep. Some of the sleep parameters that are improved with valerian are:
*How long it takes to get to sleep after turning out the lights. Valerian shortens the time it takes to get to sleep.
*How long you sleep from lights out to finally getting up in the morning. Valerian increases how long you sleep.
*Frequency of waking: how many times you wake up during the night. Valerian decreases the number of times you wake up during the night.
*Nighttime motor activity: how restless you are during sleep. Valerian has muscle relaxing effects and decreases movement in bed at night.
*How normal is your sleep structure or your pattern of sleep? Do you go through all of the cycles of sleep normally? Valerian increases the quality of sleep.
Another author summarizes this way: Valerian extracts are an excellent option in the treatment of sleep disorders.
Valerian was approved by the German Commission E as a calmative and sleep-promoting agent, finding it useful in the treatment of unrest and anxiety-produced sleep disturbances.
If you would like to learn more about valerian root and other herbal remedies for insomnia, you will want to read my free ebook entitled Wake Up Energized.
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