Herbs to induce sleep?

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Hi Don and Suzi,

I believe my insomnia began when my husband was legally murdered by doctors.

He was teetering on the edge of death so he got an unneeded hernia operation

to take care of the problem. Depression followed right along. I will never

believe anything a doctor tells me again!

Then more stress when my Mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last Jan.

She is having great difficulty in swallowing even kefir, let alone any pills

so I suspect the worst. I don't know if she would have the strength to try

the Breuss Cancer Cure or not. I have everything in place to try but she

has lost her muscle tone from inactivity, her stomach is swollen, probably

from the cancer in her liver and she is having trouble breathing, probably

from the cancer in her lungs. I thought at one point we were winning but

now am quite worried.

I do think we made the right choice as far as her quality of life and

without torture to date. Just not sure what to do next.

I appreciate the information on insomnia and will try some of these formulas

in the near future.

Thank you,

Baugh

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>> Is there anywhere a list of herbs that help induce sleep? As in insomnia?

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>> I'm researching: Corydalis root, vetiver root, Elephant's head and

>> wild lettuce.

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>> Thank you,

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>> Baugh

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> Hi

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> While not being Suzi I thought I would just jump right in here and

> assist you. One of the major questions we must ask here is what is

> causing the insomnia. Menopause? Stress? Depression? Indigestion?

> Excessive worrying? There are many aids for insomnia, probably most you

> already know about. Some herbs to try other than the ones you have

> listed would be in order of strength:

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> Mild Hypnotics:

> Chamomile (Matricaria recutita), Lemon Balm ( officinalis),

> Catnip (Nepeta cataria), Linden (Tilia platyphyllos), Red Clover

> (Trifolium pratense)

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> Moderate Hypnotics:

> Motherwort (Leonuruis cardiaca), Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris),

> Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), Vervain (Verbena officinalis)

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> Strong Hypnotics:

> California Poppy (Eschscholizia californica), Hops (Humulus lupulus),

> Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa), Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata),

> Kava Kava (Piper methysticum), Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

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> Try 1 part each passionflower, valerian and motherwort if experience

> insomnia due to menopause.

> Try 1 part each passionflower, valerian, mugwort and lemon balm if your

> insomnia is due to indigestion.

> Try 1 part each passionflower, valerian, wood betony, linden and cramp

> bark if your insomnia is due to hypertension and headache.

> Try 1 part each passionflower, valerian, St. 's Wort and mugwort if

> your insomnia is due to depression.

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> Make a sleep pillow using 2 to 3 handfuls of peppermint, sage and lemon

> balm all mixed up with 1 to 2 handfulls of lavender, dill, lemon thyme,

> tarragon, woodruff, red bergamot and rosemary and add in 1 to 2

> tablespoons of valerian.

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> Here is an essential oil bath mix or massage mix you can use:

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> 3 drops each of lavender and neroli oil

> 2 drops each of clary sage, marjoram and ylang ylang

> 1 drop of German chamomile

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> or for a diffuser:

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> 25 drops lavender oil

> 10 drops sweet orange oil

> 8 drops each of chamomile and marjoram

> 6 drops ylang ylang

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> I don't know but maybe some of these will help. I am not sure you will

> find a concise listing of all herbs that act on insomnia as there are so

> many and each and every herb has more than one action.

>

> Hope this helps you Jean. Peace be with you and your mother.

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> Peace, love and light,

>

> Don " Quai " Eitner

>

> " Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

> and wakes in man. "

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