What is insomnia?
Inability to sleep is called insomnia. If a person is unable to sleep for days it can lead to death. Sleep is essential requirement as it restores energy and permits us to lead a healthy life.
Causes
Excessive fatigue, post illness, stress.
Remedy (Nuskhe)
- Avoid drugs. Try a cup of hot milk at bed time after a warm bath.
- If you do not fall asleep after going to bed try the following method: Lie on your back and do deep breathing for about 15 times and then lie on the side. You will easily go to sleep.
- Sometimes you can be so tired you can't even go to sleep! Try taking a hot and then a cold bath. It will refresh you.
- It is said that raw onion eaten daily induces sound sleep.
- Add 2 teaspoons of honey to a big cupful of water and have it before going to bed. Babies generally fall asleep after having honey.
- A cup of warm milk sweetened with honey should be taken before going to bed. Have it everyday.
- Juice of celery leaves (ajwain ka patta) with thick ribs and brittle stalks mixed with a tablespoon of honey when had at night before retiring helps to relax into a restful sleep.
- Fry cumin seeds (jeera) in a little ghee and grind to a powder. A teaspoon of this mixed with the pulp of a ripe banana should be taken at night regularly.
- Two teaspoons juice of fenugreek (methi) leaves along with 1 teaspoon honey may be taken daily.
- Soak 1 tablespoon leaves of fresh mint (pudina) in 1 cup water for 30 minutes. Drink every night. (Do not boil.)
- Take seeds of watermelon and white poppy seeds (khuskhus) and grind them separately. Mix equal amounts by weight. Have ¾ teaspoon once in the morning and once before sleeping. Take for 1-3 weeks as needed.
