5 Foods to Fight Insomnia

Lemon Balm

This lemon-scented member of the mint family has been a sleep-inducing superstar for ages. Other benefits include better digestion and decreased agitation. Try making lemon balm tea by steeping 1 to 2 teaspoons of the dried herb in 1 cup of hot water for 5 to 10 minutes. (If you take thyroid meds, talk to you doctorâ€¦drinking the tea could mean you’ll have to adjust your dosage.)

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Other Herbs

If lemon balm’s not your thing, another herb, sage, also works as a natural sleep aid. Just steep 4 tablespoons in a cup of hot water, steep for four hours, strain, and reheat to drink. Chamomile tea and valerian teas, other sleep inducers, are also more widely available pre-bagged in natural food stores, if you don’t want to fuss with the aforementioned straining herbs.

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JL A.

5:51PM PDT on May 5, 2012

good to know

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jessica w.

8:31AM PDT on Oct 22, 2011

thanks

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Michele W.

12:31PM PDT on Sep 29, 2011

Thank you

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jane r.

11:33AM PDT on Aug 28, 2011

thanks for the info

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Shawn P.

1:12AM PDT on Aug 24, 2011

Thanks for the info!

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Remy C.

8:41AM PDT on Jul 26, 2011

thanks this is very informative i will surely try and do this now

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Maria F.

11:36AM PDT on Jul 19, 2011

I´ve suffer from this terrible problem for years, but I´ve been taken meds. Is it possible to combine, untill I can sleep only with natural things?.Thanks so much 4 the info.