Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits
Ease your stress and finally get a good night's sleep with the help of this guide to the top herbal remedies and natural methods.

A good night’s sleep is the key to good overall health—both physical and mental—but as many as a third of adults say they don’t get enough of it. The pandemic has led to increased anxiety and stress, making it even more difficult to sleep than it was before. Over-the-counter sleep aids can be habit forming, and many people prefer a more natural approach.

Herbal Remedies for Sleep introduces readers to the top 15 herbs for reducing stress and encouraging a good night’s sleep, along with recipes for using them in homemade formulas. The book includes three classes of herbs: those that have a general calming and relaxing effect; adaptogens, a class of herbs that has grown in popularity for its ability to balance and calm the nervous system; and sedative herbs, for those nights when you just can’t stop tossing and turning and need to go to sleep quickly. Remarkably, many of these herbs can easily be grown in an ordinary backyard, making it simple for people to grow a garden that helps promote a restful night’s sleep.
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Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits
Ease your stress and finally get a good night's sleep with the help of this guide to the top herbal remedies and natural methods.

A good night’s sleep is the key to good overall health—both physical and mental—but as many as a third of adults say they don’t get enough of it. The pandemic has led to increased anxiety and stress, making it even more difficult to sleep than it was before. Over-the-counter sleep aids can be habit forming, and many people prefer a more natural approach.

Herbal Remedies for Sleep introduces readers to the top 15 herbs for reducing stress and encouraging a good night’s sleep, along with recipes for using them in homemade formulas. The book includes three classes of herbs: those that have a general calming and relaxing effect; adaptogens, a class of herbs that has grown in popularity for its ability to balance and calm the nervous system; and sedative herbs, for those nights when you just can’t stop tossing and turning and need to go to sleep quickly. Remarkably, many of these herbs can easily be grown in an ordinary backyard, making it simple for people to grow a garden that helps promote a restful night’s sleep.
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Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits

Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits

by Maria Noel Groves
Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits

Herbal Remedies for Sleep: How to Use Healing Herbs and Natural Therapies to Ease Stress, Promote Relaxation, and Encourage Healthy Sleep Habits

by Maria Noel Groves

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Ease your stress and finally get a good night's sleep with the help of this guide to the top herbal remedies and natural methods.

A good night’s sleep is the key to good overall health—both physical and mental—but as many as a third of adults say they don’t get enough of it. The pandemic has led to increased anxiety and stress, making it even more difficult to sleep than it was before. Over-the-counter sleep aids can be habit forming, and many people prefer a more natural approach.

Herbal Remedies for Sleep introduces readers to the top 15 herbs for reducing stress and encouraging a good night’s sleep, along with recipes for using them in homemade formulas. The book includes three classes of herbs: those that have a general calming and relaxing effect; adaptogens, a class of herbs that has grown in popularity for its ability to balance and calm the nervous system; and sedative herbs, for those nights when you just can’t stop tossing and turning and need to go to sleep quickly. Remarkably, many of these herbs can easily be grown in an ordinary backyard, making it simple for people to grow a garden that helps promote a restful night’s sleep.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781635867749
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 04/02/2024
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Maria Noël Groves is the author of Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies and Body into Balance. She is a clinical herbalist and herbal medicine teacher with more than two decades of experience, and a registered professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. She has written for numerous publications including Herbal Academy’s The Herbarium, Taste for Life, Remedies, Herb Quarterly, and Mother Earth News. Her business, Wintergreen Botanicals, is based in New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Preface: My Story of Sleep

1  Understanding and Supporting Quality Sleep
The Importance of Sleep
How Sleep Works
Core Habits for Better Sleep
I Still Can’t Sleep! What’s Going On?
 
2  Managing Stress and Daytime Energy
The Effects of Stress
Supporting the Stress Response with Adaptogens
Adaptogens for Sleep Support
   Ashwagandha
   Reishi
   Holy Basil (Tulsi)
   Magnolia
 
3  Relaxation Day and Night
Why Relaxation Matters
You Are How You Think and Feel: Mind–Body Balance
Relaxation beyond Herbs
Gently Calming and Uplifting Nervines
   Milky Oat Seed
   Lemon Balm
   Mimosa
Relaxing Nervines
   Motherwort
   Skullcap
   Kava
Additional Nervines to Consider
 
4  Bedtime Sedating Sleep Support
Before Herbs, Sleep Tips
Sedative Herbs for Deeper Relaxation
Gentle Sedatives
   Chamomile
   Lavender
   California Poppy
Stronger Sedative Sleep Aids
   Passionflower
   Valerian
   Hops
Additional Sleep Remedies

5  Harvesting and Drying Herbs
Harvesting Herbs
   Leaves and Aerial Parts
   Flowers and Buds
   Bark
   Roots
Drying Herbs
   Drying Methods
   Garbling Dried Herbs
   Storing Dried Herbs 

6  Sleep-Support Recipes and Remedies
Tips for Taking Herbs
Herbal Beverages
   Maria's Sleep Tea
   Holy Rose Water
   Happy Lemon Tea
   Chamomile-Mint Tea
   Tangy Vitality Tea
   Tart Cherry Soda
   Lemon Bliss Seltzer
   Ashwagandha Chai
   Adaptogen "Coffee"
Using Powders
   Aromatic Rose Powder
   Warm Honey Milk with Nutmeg
   Ashwagandha Golden Milk
Capsules
Tinctures
   Maria's Go-to-Sleep Tincture Blend
   Relief Tincture Blend
   Stress Relief Tincture Blend
   Hops Citrus Nightcap Bitters
Herbal Glycerites
   Mellow Me Glycerite
   Lemon Balm-Catnip Glycerite
Flower Essences
Aromatherapy

7  Herbal Safety and Quality Guidelines
Considerations for Special Populations
Buying Herbs and Remedies

Properties of Sleep Herbs
Metric Conversion Tables
Recommended Reading
Resources
Index

 
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