Sleep aid tips about herbal pillow for information and remedies for your better sleep which may also cure any mild sleep disorder you may want herbal pillow remedies for.
he delightful herb pillow has been used for centuries as a type of aromatherapy.
They are usually made as a small pillow or sachet of herbs to be put in the pillowcase with the regular sleeping pillow, or placed under it.
It can be used for medicinal purposes, or you can have it near you for its beautiful sleep inducing fragrances.
They are very handy on long car journeys, as they are soothing and freshens the air.
Any scented or aromatic plant can be used for a fragrant herb pillow, but the types chosen are usually those which are known to have a calming or sedative effect on the body and mind.
The base herb for sleeping herb pillows is Hops used for calming nerves and inducing sleep, (the key herb used in brewing Beer) the other herbs to be added, depend on whether you suffer from asthma.
The herbs that are best for asthmatics are Betony (Betona Officianalis) Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and Lemon Verbena (Verbena Officianalis),
The following herbs are suggested for a sedative effect when added to your hops; Lavender (Lavendula vera) Lemon Thyme (Thymus citrodunus) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and Chamomile (Matricaria camomilla).
Add a few cloves, pine needles, peppermint, sage, or any herb you desire to vary the fragrance.
Simply mix the dry herbs or flowers, place into a loose woven material pillow (approximately 5” x 8”) and stitch closed.
“If you want to be cured of I don’t know what,
Take this herb of I don’t know what name,
Apply it to I don’t know where and you
Will be cured I don’t know when.”
- Medieval Joke!
Many plants have had ascribed to them since the earliest days miraculous medicinal properties.
Although home remedies are a curiosity to most of us, we tend to forget that these so-called granny recipes saved many of our ancestors in times when doctors were few and far between, and when the prescriptions that the doctors of that time gave would most likely have been far worse than the ailment.
We tend to forget that even our recently discovered miracle drugs quite often contain plant or herbal ingredients which have been used for countless generations.
We get penicillin and many of the antibiotics from moulds and lichens (the Egyptians used mouldy bread as a healing agent) digitalis, a blood pressure lowering agent, from fox-glove; atapine with its anesthetic properties from belladonna and Comfrey has long been used as a healing agent for broken bones and damaged tissues.
Scientific analysis has found that it contains allatonin, a cell prolifferant, a “modern” miracle haling agent, the list goes on and on.
Herbal teas can help to tone and relax the body, and to prepare it for sleep.
Moderation is the rule when using herbs at home. A cup of herb tea in the morning and evening is generally sufficient.
Massive doses will not increase the potency of the herbs, but more likely cause an imbalance of the metabolism,