subject: Simple, Natural Cures for Insomnia [print this page] Simple, Natural Cures for Insomnia Simple, Natural Cures for Insomnia
If you're suffering from insomnia, you'll want to try everything you can to get more sleep. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars visiting doctors and taking expensive prescription medicines. Your cure might be as simple as turning the heat down or watching what you drink.
Is your bedroom set up for optimum sleep? Studies show people sleep best in a dark room where they are cool and comfortable. Make sure your curtains block out the majority of light, and, if necessary, use a rolled up towel or pillow under gaps in doors where light escapes. Remember to ensure air can still circulate around the room you might like to use a fan on particularly warm nights.
Is your bed as comfortable as you'd like? Have you turned your mattress recently? If you can feel springs or lumps poking you when you try to sleep, it's a sign you need a new mattress.
Studies show people sleep better when they're a little cool, rather than warm. So make sure your room isn't too hot and you don't have too many blankets on the bed. However, make sure your feet are covered and warm most people can't sleep if their feet are too cold.
Make sure you use your bedroom only for sleeping. Do you keep your desk, a TV or a games console in your bedroom? Move them to another room in the house. Work brings stress and you should never be stressing in your bedroom. TV, Internet and console games over stimulate your brain before bed and trick your eyes into thinking
Your bedroom should be your sleeping sanctuary. If you're struggling to sleep, it may be your bedroom or how you use it that causes problems. By keeping your room dark, cool, comfortable and distraction free, you can find natural, hassle-free sleep with no problems.
Before trying expensive and potentially addictive prescription sleeping pills, see if herbal sleeping pills or teas work for you. Herbal sleeping pills aren't addictive and can provide instant relief from insomnia. They contain ingredients like Chamomile, which has been used as a cure for insomnia for thousands of years.
For more information about insomnia and sleep remedies you can visit the Sleep and Insomnia Guide
