Alternative therapies, natural alternatives to overcome insomnia
You can include in your daily diet, foods that help you rest at night and avoid some foods that tend to prevent you from falling asleep.
Having trouble sleeping does not cause problems only at night, people who suffer from it also suffer from sleepiness during the day, moodiness and lack of energy, I give you some options to solve the disorder without generating dependence .
A person suffering from insomnia, has difficulties during the night trying to fall asleep, but also manifests the consequences of this lack of rest during the day, suffers morning dullness; lack of coordination in the generation of ideas, planning, calculations; Bad mood; tiredness, fatigue and lethargy out of bedtime.
The factors that can trigger insomnia range from taking some medications that generate alertness (amphetamines, sympathomimetics, coffee, etc.), to causes related to stress, excessive feeding. Nocturnal, sedative abuse, meridian changes (mainly on trips), panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorders and depression .
In order to alleviate this problem, medications that produce tolerance and dependence can be used, requiring greater doses over time to comply with the effect, or causing greater damage, other hypn drugs are added Ethics, which constitute the so-called hypnotic cocktails.
Natural options against insomnia do not cause addiction or dependence. Nor do they alter the reflexes, they do not cause morning dullness, they do not alter the hepatic function, and the person can interrupt them at any time.
Among the natural alternatives are vegetable drugs that have affinity for GABA-A receptors, they are medicinal plants that will bind to the same receptors that exist for anxiolytics or sedatives, but without causing the adverse effects of these.
We can mention within this group Valerian, hops, bitter orange, lemon balm, passionflower and kava. These are all medicinal plants with a lot of work in this regard and even many of them can be mixed together to synergize effects.
It is recommended to drink drinks of infusions and relaxing teas, where the infusion of valerian, lime and lemongrass stands out.
Other natural proposals are found in food, lettuce, whose “cabito” (the hardest trunk that precedes the leaf) is a rich source of natural diazepam (the Valium drug). The same as tarragon and immature potato tubers are sources of delorazepam (anxiolytic drug), the so-called St. John's Wort, contains melatonin, a natural hormone that regulates altered sleep cycles.
These are dried extracts of plants, which can be found in tablet, dragee or capsule presentations. The recommended dose should be in charge of the treating professional, according to the severity of the condition of the person suffering from insomnia.
There are foods that we should avoid eating before going to sleep, and consume them in the morning such as orange and kiwi (rich in Vitamin C), red meats and sausages, infusions such as tea or coffee, because they are rich in an amino acid called Thyroxine involved in the synthesis of catecholamines that alert us and are increased during wakefulness.
