2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
For a sound, healthy sleep, it is useful to have a pillow with aromatic herbs. Thanks to its soothing properties, it will help you fall asleep quickly and well
Using herbal pillows improves sleep and calms the nerves. Making such pillows and sachets is not difficult: a small bag is stuffed with fragrant herbs that help improve sleep, which then needs to be put in a pillowcase worn on the pillow. The smell of medicinal herbs helps to improve sleep - a person sleeps soundly, sometimes even sees colorful and cheerful dreams. For example, here are a few herbs you can put in your pillow to improve sleep:
1. Lavender
Field lavender attracts bees with its scent. Its relaxing properties are used to improve sleep by adding the herb to special scented pads. Lavender pillow soothes well and is good for people of all ages to sleep.
Some people think they don't like the lavender scent. But this impression is erroneous, because in stores there are items (more often household chemicals) with the so-called lavender scent. But in fact, they are not - this is a fake.
If you do not grow lavender on your property, you can purchase it from any herbal store. It can be found in the steppe, southern zones. The most fragrant is fresh lavender. To prevent the smell of lavender from fading for a long time, you can slightly grind the grass, or drip essential oil onto the pillow.
2. Hops
It is easy to find it in any vegetable garden in Central Russia. Hops are good for relaxation, nerves and sleep. It is recommended to use hop pads to get a good night's sleep before a busy and stressful day, and for students before exams. The grass is placed in the pillow both dry and fresh.
3. Chamomile
There is probably no person who does not know what fragrant aroma comes from blooming chamomile. Chamomile is especially beneficial for young children, so its delicious scent is used to improve children's sleep.
Some parents make animal pillows, fill them with chamomile, and put them under their kids' pillow or pillowcase. Even a bag lying next to the pillow, in which chamomile is sewn up, will calm the child with its relaxing aroma.
4. Rosemary
Rosemary is a great addition to the "sleepy" herbs found in special pads. It does not relax the body, but promotes the vision of vivid dreams. Many of us try to get away from everyday problems during sleep. Thanks to the vivid dreams provided by the aromas of rosemary, a person manages to maintain a normal balance throughout the day. It is important not to overdo it, but only take a small amount of rosemary.
5. Wormwood
Wormwood is an unusual herb with medicinal properties. It stimulates vivid dreams when combined with rosemary. Add wormwood to your herbal pillow, and you will have a great rest at night and have interesting dreams. Using this herb, you can forget about bad dreams and nightmares, about the invasion of excruciating insomnia.
6. Valerian
Valerian is used to make infusions and extracts, which are well-known and widely used sedatives. Valerian preparations are taken by people who suffer from nervous excitement and poor sleep.
To prepare a soothing tea, grind the valerian root and pour (a tablespoon of the product) into a glass of water, previously boiled and cooled. After 7-8 hours, the infusion is filtered, and then taken three times a day in a tablespoon. The third time - right before bedtime.
7. Oregano
Oregano has soothing properties, improves sleep and appetite, reduces anxiety. A soothing tea is prepared from two teaspoons of herbs (dry, crushed), which is poured into a glass of boiling water. After half an hour, the infusion is filtered, mixed with a teaspoon of honey. It is enough to drink half a glass before bedtime.
Oregano is contraindicated for pregnant women, men suffering from diseases of the reproductive system, people who have stomach ulcers and heart diseases. You can use oregano for external use as a sedative - wash your hair with a strong decoction of the herb.
It is useful to combine the listed herbs with each other. For example, pads made from a mixture of herbs: hops, lavender with chamomile, rosemary, wormwood with chamomile or oregano, chamomile and valerian, perfectly improve sleep.
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