Hawthorn tea helps you sleep better

Hawthorn flowers, leaves and fruits are used for medicinal purposes, as all have a vasodilatory effect. If stress, heat, or worries do not let you sleep, drink hawthorn tea. It is an excellent remedy for insomnia and balances blood pressure. Hawthorn fruits contain flavonoids, fatty and essential oils, tannins, sugars, and vitamins C and B. They have a calming, sedative effect and are therefore recommended in treating arterial hypertension, headaches, and heart disorders with a nervous substrate. Hawthorn calms the sensations of heaviness around the heart, and regulates the heart rate. Infusion of this plant heals migraines and disorders related to menopause, balances blood pressure, and cures pectoral angina and disturbances caused by the menstrual cycle.

Hawthorn helps in cases of anemia, states of weakness, old age, and serious illness, and it is an adjuvant in bronchial asthma. As a remedy against insomnia, one cup of hawthorn infusion is recommended before bedtime, or 10-15 drops of hawthorn tincture in the evening. Large doses may have a sedating effect. Use with care during pregnancy.

Remedies for headache - II

Herbs to use:

- Aloe (Aloe arborescens). Boil one or two leaves of aloe in 2-3 liters of water and pour the resulting liquid, for a few nights in a row, on the head, and then on the whole body. You can also mix the aloe infusion with chicory juice. Take 15 to 30 grams per day.

- Thyme (Thymus serpyllum). Boil the Thyme in a lot of water and hold your head for 10-15 minutes in this decoction, and after pour it all over the body.

- Lady's mantle (Alchemila vulgaris). Prepare an infusion from one teaspoon of flowers per cup of water. Drink throughout the day.

- Pasque-flower (Pulsatilla montana). Prepare an infusion of two teaspoons of herb per cup of water. Drink one to two cups per day.

- Elecampane/horse heal (Inula helenium). Pour a glass of cold water over one teaspoon of roots. Leave for 10 hours, then strain. Drink a quarter glass once a day, 30 minutes before lunch.

- Sweet Mock-orange/English Dogwood (Philadelphus coronarius). Prepare an infusion of one or two teaspoons of flowers per cup of water. Drink two cups a day.

- Lavender (Lavandula officinalis). Prepare an infusion of one teaspoon of flowers per cup of water. Drink one or two cups a day.

- Dog Rose (Rosa canina). Prepare an infusion of one teaspoon of Dog Rose flowers in a glass of water. Leave for 30 minutes. Take two tablespoons three times a day, 30 minutes before meals.

- Marjoram (Majorana hortensis). Prepare an infusion of two teaspoons of herb per cup of water. Drink two to three cups a day.

- Peppermint (peppermint). Prepare a decoction of a teaspoon of flowers per cup of water. Leave for 40 minutes, then strain. Drink one cup in the morning on an empty stomach and at night before going to bed.

- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyva). Prepare a decoction of 20 g of hawthorn fruit in a glass of water. Boil for 10 minutes on low fire. Drink one to two cups per day.

- Pheasant’s eye (Adonis vernalis). Prepare a tincture of the aerial parts of the plant. Take five to ten drops three times daily.

- Willow (Salix alba). Prepare a decoction of willow leaves and violets. Before drinking the decoction add a few drops of vinegar. Take one or two tablespoons per day.

- Acacia (Robinia pseudocacia). Prepare a tincture of the aerial parts including the flowers. Take five to ten drops twice a day.

- Lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor). Prepare a tincture of 20 g of herb to 100 ml of alcohol. Leave for nine days. Take five drops three times daily, 30 minutes before the meal. This tincture is recommended for long-term headaches.

- St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). Prepare a decoction of a teaspoon of flowers in a glass of water. Boil for 5 minutes on low fire. Drink a quarter glass three times a day.

- Nettle (Urtica dioica). Prepare an infusion of one teaspoon of herb to one cup of boiling water and keep it in a thermos for 2 hours. Take one tablespoon daily, with a little bit of honey.

- Valerian (Valeriana officinalis). Prepare a tincture of the crushed root of the plant to 100 ml of alcohol. Take five drops three times a day.

Herbal blends

- Prepare an infusion of chamomile flowers, peppermint leaves, fennel fruit and valerian root, equal parts. Add a little more than two teaspoons of the mixture in 0.5 liters of boiling water. Leave overnight in a thermos and drink in the morning a cup of this mixture.