Natural Remedies for Sleep
All Natural Insomnia Remedies

Find natural remedies for sleep that will help you get a better night's sleep. These natural insomnia remedies are easy to make and effective. Not being able to get a sound night's sleep will greatly affect your life. Lack of sleep makes it difficult for your mind to function well and can make it hard to accomplish simple tasks.

Here are some of the best remedies online.

Herbs

Valerian

Valerian is a common folk remedy used to cure insomnia. It's a natural sedative, and it lowers your blood pressure.

You can take the herb in tea form. Just use 2 teaspoons of valerian to two cups of water. You can take it as a tincture. You can mix the tinture with water. Just follow the directions on the bottle. It'll take 30 to 45 minutes for it to take effect.

Hops

Hops aren't just good for beer. They can also put you to sleep. Actually, when hops were harvested by hand by workers, growers had problems with their workers falling asleep in the field. Since all you need to do is smell hops to sleep, you can make a satchel to use as a sleep aid. Just put two handfuls hops in a thin cloth bag. You can use an old thin pillow case. Add a few sprigs of lavender too. Lavendar is also a good calming herb.

Place your hops and lavender satchel under your head with you sleep. It should have you drifting off to dream land in no time.

Chamomile

Chamomile is a mild sleep aid. It will encourage drowsiness. You can buy chamomile tea at most stores. Just drink a cup before bedtime.

Supplements

Here are some vitamins that act as natural sleep remedies.

• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin B12
• Chromium

Supplementing your diet with these vitamins will help you get to sleep faster and increase the quality of your sleep. Here are some other supplements that act as natural remedies for sleep.

Melotonin

Melotonin is the chemical naturally produced in your brain to make you sleepy. You can buy melotonin in pill form and take it as a sleep aid. It takes about 30 minutes to work. You should take a low amount, less than 1 mg. This remedy works on people who are not sleeping well because their melatonin levels are low. We use this with my son who has Asperger's syndrome. People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders naturally have low melatonin levels.

5-HTP

This sleep aid helps increase the quallity of your sleep. It increases the amount of time you're in deep REM sleep. When you wake up in the morning you feel well rested and you don't get tired during the day. It takes about a half hour to work. You can also buy this at health food stores.

I hope these natural remedies for sleep helped you. You can find more great advice on natural remedies at my Free Home Remedies page.