Herbal remedies for sleep : how to use healing herbs and natural therapies to ease stress, promote relaxation, and encourage healthy sleep habits
Title:
Herbal remedies for sleep : how to use healing herbs and natural therapies to ease stress, promote relaxation, and encourage healthy sleep habits
Author:
Groves, Maria Noël, author.
ISBN:
9781635867749
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
vii, 184 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Preface: my story of sleep -- Understanding and supporting quality sleep -- Managing stress and daytime energy -- Relaxation day and night -- Bedtime sedating sleep support -- Harvesting and drying herbs -- Sleep-support recipes and remedies -- Herbal safety and quality guidelines -- Properties of sleep herbs -- Metric conversion tables -- Recommended reading -- Resources -- Index.
Abstract:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
