Home remedies · Sleep, nerves & head
No home remedy here replaces treatment, and none is talked down. What has done good for generations does good — even if no one ever measured it. Where something is well studied, it says so. Where it is only experience, it says that too.
As tea one or two cups in the evening, as a preparation per the packet — and over two to four weeks, not just once.
These plants are among the longest-used calming remedies. Studies show a small but repeatedly found effect on falling asleep.
The effect builds slowly — it is not suited as an instant remedy for a single night.
Do not combine with alcohol or sedatives. In pregnancy, breastfeeding and for children, ask first.
Get seen at once: the sudden, worst headache of your life, headache with fever and a stiff neck, with weakness, speech or vision trouble. Likewise dizziness with double vision or an unsteady gait. Sleeplessness over weeks with loss of drive is something to discuss, not to endure.