Monday, April 25, 2011

Ganoderma Lucidum Herbs for Insomnia

            Insomnia is a worrying health problem. However, using herbs for insomnia can help to improve sleeping condition and even cure it. But you must take the correct herbs specific to your condition. Many people don’t know about herbs for insomnia and take drug  medication such as sleeping pill instead.  Although medication can put you to sleep, it has some serious drawback. When you sleep, your brain waves alternate between fast (high  frequency) and slow (low frequency) waves. During slow wave stage, your body rebuilds vitality and energy.
During fast wave stage, your mind rests and rebuilds its mental energy. You dream at this stage.  After taking sleeping pill, your fast brain wave stage gets blocked. This stops you from thinking about anything that may be bothering and stressful. Sleeping pill makes your brain stays in slow wave stage all night long. This only lets you sleep but it doesn’t cure your insomnia. When you wake up, your body regains its energy. However your brain didn’t rest at all. After some time, you discover that your mind power becomes weaker. After prolong usage of sleeping pill, you might experience poor memory. In the long run, it certainly cause more harm than good.
            Therefore, we recommend using herbs for insomnia to uproot the actual cause of sleeping difficulty. This may result in long term improvement for insomnia without drug medication. First, let’s look at what causes insomnia…
            1) Excessive body heat In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), excessive heat especially in heart, liver and kidney causes insomnia. To reduce body heat, we recommend taking Five Leaves Ginseng herbs (Rhinacanthus Nasutus) and White Crane Lingzhi herbs (Gynostemma Pentaphyllum).
            2) Weak kidney another type of insomnia is caused by weakening of kidney energy. To effectively enhance kidney energy, you can take Cordyceps Sinensis as herbs for insomnia.
            3) Menopause Some woman experiences insomnia during menopause. At this stage, the reduced estrogen and progesterone female hormones causes hormone  imbalance that leads to sleeping problems.
To improve insomnia associated with menopause, Royal Jelly is one of the best supplements you can take. It contains high amount of natural hormones that balance your body hormones. Isoflavones from soy bean are another good alternative. As a type of phytoestrogen, soy Isoflavones have similar function as female hormones. Therefore, it can improve insomnia caused by menopause.
            4) Imbalance and weak nervous system Ganoderma Lucidum as herbs for insomnia can regulate imbalance and weak nervous system. Therefore, it helps to improve insomnia caused by nervous system problems. As you can see Ganoderma Lucidum is only one of the herbs for insomnia.
            You need to choose the correct herbs for your specific condition for effective improvement. If you don’t =
Know your main insomnia cause; you can take all those herbs for insomnia together.
            These natural herbs can be taken for long term without any side
            Effects. However, you must also control your emotional stress because it directly affects your sleeping condition. Return from Herbs for Insomnia to Ganoderma Lucidum Medical Research