Archive for May, 2007

Caffeine May Be A Cause Of Insomnia

Monday, May 7th, 2007

There are many people suffering from insomnia, the sleeping
disorder that actually makes someone unable to find quality
sleep. Some insomniacs can stay up for many days without
sleeping. If you suffer from insomnia, try to eliminate
caffeine from your diet totally. Could it be, if you can’t find
good sleep, that caffeine is the cause of your insomnia? The
answer is an defintely a yes.

Coffee After Dinner – A No-No

Many people like to drink coffee after large meals, especially
dinner. Waiters will often ask if you want coffee after your
dinner. Digestion takes up energy and people often become tired
after they eat. For this reason, people drink coffee to perk
themselve up. However, having this cup of coffee, or two or
three, after dinner can mess up your sleeping schedule. That
very cup of coffee could be the cause of your insomnia. With
all of that caffeine surging through your body, there’s no way
that you can lay down and fall asleep peacefully. Your heart
and head are racing and your legs feel as though there are
things crawling underneath them. You’re up and you’re ready to
go, even though you know that you should be winding down so
that your body can fully recharge.

That’s what sleep is. Sleep is your body’s way of recharging
after a day of many activity. Your body requires good sleep and
without quality sleep, your body will literally weaken and
whither away. You will become absent minded, unable to complete
thoughts and your body will literally feel drained out all the
time. If you do suffer from this sleeping disorder, it’s
important to find out if what you consume, such as caffeine is
the main cause of your insomnia.

If you are reading this, and you think coffee may be the cause
of your insomnia, try switching to decaf type. Or, if you need
your coffee in the morning for fear of going postal on everyone
around you, try switching to decaf at night instead, if you are
a night coffee drinker.

It should be noted that even decaf has a slight amount of
caffeine in it but it’s a good alternative to drinking full
strength right before youto be go to bed. Insomnia sounds good
to some, imagine all you can get done when you’re not bothered
by sleep! However, it’s not good at all. The less sleep you
get, the less you are able to function efficiently.

So, if you think coffee is the cause of your insomnia, skip
that last cup of coffee after dinner and get some sleep. You
can have all the coffee you can drink when you wake up in the
morning after a good long night’s sleep.

About The Author: Tangopang is the author and editor of many
publications at http://www.insomiasite.com. Read about insomnia
alternative treatment at http://www.insomiasite.com

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Insomnia, Constipation, And Anxiety Are Treated With Daily Oil Massage

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Daily oil massage plays a major role in preventing
complications from stress like hypertension, depression,
headaches, and more. In India massage is a natural part of
daily life. Infants are massaged every day from the day they
are born to age three, and weekly after that. By age six,
children are massaging their elders. It’s common for entire
families to massage one another once a week. Pregnant women are
massaged daily during pregnancy and for more than a month after
giving birth. Sensual massage with aphrodisiac oils is advised
in treatises on sexology.

In Ayurveda, bathing is a ritual designed to clean you inside
and out, and begins with the application of oil. Applying oil
to your skin lubricates, protects, detoxifies, and rejuvenates
your skin and nervous system, while soothing your endocrine
system. The oil helps loosen and liquefy ama so that the toxins
can drain into the body’s gastrointestinal tract for
elimination. It is an excellent antidote for modern stresses
and is said to help you achieve the balance that is the
foundation of spiritual development. As the body’s largest and
most sensitive organ, your skin deserves abhyanga every day.

In Ayurveda getting a massage or giving one to yourself is one
of the most effective and pleasant ways you can balance vata
and is a wonderful way to start the day. With regular practice
you’ll see why abhyanga is considered to be the crown jewel of
rejuvenation, prevention, and longevity. Sesame oil is
recommended for vata, pitta, and kapha types, and for healthy
people as well as those suffering from an illness. The only
exception is when your kapha is aggravated in this case you
should use a dry massage, described below. Be sure to get
cold-pressed organic oil from a health food store. Olive oil is
also acceptable, and coconut oil works well for pitta types.
Never use mineral oil or any other oil that is not digestible
(the skin is a digestive organ). It’s traditional to cook the
oil one time, heating it until it forms tiny bubbles. This is
said to cure the oil and prevent it from turning rancid.
Certain condi=ACtions respond best to medicated oils=97oils to
which special herbs and fragrant spices have been added, as
specified in the A=96Z section. Once you’ve been treating
yourself to abhyanga regularly, it’s hard to stop, and even
busy people manage to make time.

“If I get lazy or pressed for time and skip my daily abhyanga,
I really start to miss it. I feel scattered, less grounded,
less able to cope. I love the little pool of serenity it
creates in the morning . . . a quiet, sensual time just for
myself before I get swept up in the madness of the day. I think
what a different world it would be if everyone had v,p,k,
massage in the morning Copyright =A9 Dr.Helen Thomas 2007. All
rights reserved.

About The Author:
http://www.drhelenthomas.com/health_care/store/massage_oils_2.html
California License to Practice Chiropractic 1983 Bachelors From
California Institute of Integral Studies Focus Ayurveda Trained
In Practicing Ayurveda in California for fifteen years. First
Ayurved Formal education : Mah

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Living With Chronic Insomnia Everyday

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Chronic insomnia is defined as sleeping poorly or not at all
for a long period of time, such as a few months or maybe even
more. There is a variety of causes of chronic insomnia that are
known to physicians and, in all likelihood, a wider variety of
causes to this illness that are not known to man yet. Stress,
anxiety, depression, other diseases, pain, medications and
their side effects, other related sleep disorders, or poor
sleeping and poor lifestyle habits can all contribute to the
insomnia puzzle. You should examine your life for these factors
if you are experiencing insomnia on a chronic or even slight
minute basis.

One of the best ways to combat chronic insomnia is with the
replacement of bad sleep habits with the good ones. The first
thing that needs to happen is the establishment of a regular
and structure sleeping schedule. Go to bed and rise at the same
time every day of the week, including weekends and days where
you do not have a place to be at a certain time. This
established periodic regularity will create a pattern in your
biochemical reactions that could contribute to a better
sleeping ideology within. Do not attempt to move your sleeping
patterns around without carefully establishing them with some
regularity, especially if you have chronic insomnia.

Other Factors To Consider

Another factor to consider in the fight against chronic
sleeping problem is to eliminate caffeine from your diet,
especially after noon. With this, you should also exercise
regularly. Regular exercise means a daily form of exertion that
will use up your body’s energy cells and require rest so as to
recuperate. You should not exercise too closely to your
established sleeping period time. As nicotine is a stimulant,
you should also consider giving up smoking for the benefits not
only of your health overall, but also to your chronic insomnia
and the symptoms that are related to it.

Try to use your bed only for sleep and sexual activity. If your
body begins to associate the bed with other things, such as
eating or reading, it may not know how to react (naturally)
when you are in it. Hopefully training your body to see the bed
as a place of sleep does not impede your sexual activity in bed
(that will be a disaster), but if it does you can try other
areas for that activity as well. Treating chronic insomnia is
about making compromises and tough decisions, and your sex life
may have to suffer for some time before it is actually cured.

About The Author: Tangopang is the author of many insomnia
publications at http://www.insomiasite.com. Sleep better at
Natural Home Remedy for Insomnia

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Insomnia Treatment: Treat Insomnia Using Natural Remedy

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Insomnia is the sleeping disorder that prevents a person from
getting a quality night’s sleep. In fact, insomnia can keep a
person up for many days. This leaves the person feeling tired,
wasted and weary. Your body needs sleep to recharge, it needs
quality sleep in order to perform at its best. Therefore, if
you suffer from insomnia and you just can’t seem to fall asleep
at night, it is important that you find some form of insomnia
treatment quickly. To find the right insomnia treatment,
however, you need to find out just what’s keeping you up all
those sleepless nights.

Is It Something You’re Doing?

Sometimes, insomnia is caused by what the person is doing.
That’s right, you could be causing your very own insomnia. The
reason you can’t sleep can be due to the fact that you’re
eating certain foods or maybe you’re drinking too much coffee.
Caffeine from coffee and other foods can keep you tossing and
turning, unable to sleep, so a good insomnia treatment would be
to try and eliminate such things from your diet. Experiment with
different foods and see if that helps relieve the insomnia
symptoms.

Another insomnia treatment that you can try is to get plenty of
exercise during the day. The more energy you use up during the
day, the less energy you’ll have at night. Your body will want
to rest, and finally you will eventually fall asleep. Try
taking up a sport or an exercise as an insomnia treatment. Look
at it this way, not only will you probably find sleep but you’ll
look and feel great too!

Stress and other emotional feelings can also cause insomnia,
too. If you have some event coming up that’s causing you
stress, anxiety or fear, try avoiding that situation
altogether, or try looking at it positively. Remember, these
are your own feelings and it’s up to you to relieve them. If
you’ve tried to alleviate them as part of an insomnia treatment
and you just can’t seem to get rid of them, try some stress
relief exercises, such as Yoga, Tai Chi or even meditation. Or,
just slowing down and taking a different outlook on life can do
wonders for your well being as well as your ability to get some
sleep.

If you’ve tried all of these insomnia treatment and nothing
seems to help at all, then it’s time to see your doctor. There
are many over the counter medicines that can help you fall
asleep. However, try the above insomnia treatments first before
the medicine. Most often, you’re wide awake night after night
because of something you’re doing. Pay attention to your daily
life routine and find out what’s keeping you from a nice,
restful sleep.

About The Author: Tangopang is the author and editor of many
publications at http://www.insomiasite.com. Read more about
Insomnia and Natural Remedy at http://www.insomiasite.com.

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