Onions: The Herbal Remedy for Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleeping disorder manifested by the inability to sleep for an adequate time necessary for an individual. It involves difficulty falling asleep, waking up very early with limited sleep, not feeling well rested after a night sleep.

It has both physical effects and Psychological effects, some are:

I. The ability to concentrate

II. Accidents: It contributes to about 10% of road accidents, because an effected person is unable to concentrate or stay fully awake.

III. Another cause of insomnia is stress and depression

IV. Heart disease: Studies show that people with chronic insomnia are prone to heart disease

V. Headaches

VI. Lack of focus in the work place which in turn could lead to unemployment

Some Causes:

1. Worry, anxiety and fear: This could be due to financial problems, medical problems, relationship problems and many more. Sleep requires peace of mind and tranquility, it is actually a process that involves more than one part of the brain, and they have to be in optimum balance before sleep can creep in.

2. Overeating and hunger before bedtime are two extremes that must be avoided, gluttony late makes one uncomfortable the system needs extra time to work on the food, on the other hand hunger causes lack of concentration, irritation, and discomfort, making sleep very difficult.

3. Medical conditions: some medical conditions makes sleep very difficult, example pain in the body, feverish condition, aches (stomach, tooth, head)

TREATMENT:

Orthodox Medication has proven abortive for some types of insomnia, especially long term, drugs used to medically tackle insomnia are Sedative drugs, minor tranquilizers, and anxiety drugs. Experts have warned against the long-term use of these drugs, they are said to have very bad side effects such as withdrawal symptoms, addiction.

Hope from herbs

Herbal treatment has remained one of the best solutions to insomnia, no side effects, and very potent.

The Onion;

Insomnia can happen due to a deficiency of Riboflavin, a daily dose of Onion will help solve and prevent this problem.