Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  OVERDOSAGE
Massive overdosages can bring about Ginseng Abuse Syndrome, which is characterized by sleeplessness, hypertonia and edema.
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Mode of Administration: Comminuted drug infusions, powder and galenic preparations for internal use. Various standardized preparations containing ginseng root are available.
Preparation: To make an infusion, pour boiling water over 3 gm comminuted drug and strain after 5 to 10 minutes.
Daily Dosage: The average daily dosage is 1 to 2 gm root. The infusion may be taken 3 to 4 times a day over 3 to 4 weeks. |
Shannon Brownlee
See book keywords and concepts |  He was suffering from a bout of sleeplessness, an affliction that has plagued generations of college students.
In 2 002, doctors wrote nearly eleven million prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for kids between the ages of one and seventeen. | | But that doesn't make sleeplessness a sickness. What both the National Sleep Foundation and its corporate sponsors did was conflate serious, chronic insomnia, which can be truly debilitating, with garden-variety trouble sleeping.
Australian journalist Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, a Canadian pharmaceutical policy researcher, point out that companies hook up with third parties like the National Sleep Foundation because these groups can help them sell their products, not by pushing a drug directly but by selling the sickness the drug can treat. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Unproven Uses: Sweet Woodruff is used as a treatment for nervous agitation, sleeplessness, nervous menstrual disorders, congested liver, jaundice, hemorrhoids, circulation disorders, and venous conditions.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
The freshly harvested plant contains melilotoside as a glycoside precursor of coumarin. In the process of dehydration, coumarin is released (content up to 1% coumarin in freshly dried drug). Health risks or side effects following the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages are not recorded. | | BITTER ORANGE FLOWER AND FLOWER OIL
Unproven Uses: Preparations of Bitter Orange flower and flower oil are used as a preventive measure for gastric and nervous complaints, gout, sore throat, as a sedative for nervous tension and sleeplessness. Folk medicine uses include chronic bronchitis.
Chinese Medicine: Uses in Chinese medicine include pain in the epigastrum, vomiting, and anorexia.
BITTER ORANGE PEEL Approved by Commission E:
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¦ Dyspeptic complaints
Unproven Uses: Folk medicine uses include loss of appetite and dyspeptic symptoms. | | OAT HERB
Unproven Uses: Wild oat herb preparations are used for many purposes, including acute and chronic anxiety, atonia of the bladder and connective tissue, connective tissue deficiencies, excitation, gout, kidney ailments in Kneipp therapy, neurasthenic and pseudoneurasthenic syndromes, old age symptoms, opium and tobacco withdrawal treatment, rheumatism, skin diseases, sleeplessness, stress, weakness of the bladder, and as a tonic and roborant. The efficacy for the claimed applications is not documented.
Homeopathic Uses: Oats are used in homeopathy for exhaustion and insomnia. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Non-specific symptoms such as restlessness, irritability, sleeplessness, palpitations, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and headache appear with the long-term intake of dosages exceeding 1.5 gm caffeine/day. Caffeine can lead to psychic as well as physical dependency (caffeinism). Symptoms of withdrawal can include headache and sleeping disorders.
Pregnancy: Pregnant women should avoid caffeine, under no circumstances exceeding a dosage of 300 mg/day (3 cups of coffee spread out over the day). | | INDICATIONS AND USAGE
AVENAE HERBA
Wild oat herb preparations are used for acute and chronic anxiety, atonia of the bladder and connective tissue, connective tissue deficiencies, excitation, gout, kidney ailments in Kneipp therapy, neurasthenic and pseudoneurasthenic syndromes, old age symptoms, opium and tobacco withdrawal treatment, rheumatism, skin diseases, sleeplessness, stress, weakness of the bladder, and as a tonic and roborant. The efficacy for the claimed applications is not documented. |
Shannon Brownlee
See book keywords and concepts | | Five years later, the survey was reporting that a whopping half of Americans had trouble sleeping, an increase that was probably not the result of an epidemic of sleeplessness sweeping the nation, but rather of skewed polling. Data from the National Institutes of Health suggest that the number of people suffering from occasional but recurring insomnia is closer to 21 percent. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Taumelloolch is used for dizziness, nerve pain, nose bleeds, sleeplessness and stomach cramps.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
The drug can be toxic. In earlier times, poisonings were frequently caused by the presence of the berries of the plant in grain. No cases of poisoning are known in recent times.
The plant has now become extremely rare through intensive seed-corn purification. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | Nonspecific symptoms such as restlessness, irritability, sleeplessness, palpitations, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and headache appear with the long-term intake of dosages exceeding 1.5 g caffeine per day. Caffeine can lead to psychic as well as physical dependency (caffeinism). Symptoms of withdrawal can include headache and sleeping disorders.
Pregnancy: Pregnant women should avoid caffeine, under no circumstances exceeding a dosage of 300 mg per day (3 cups of coffee spread out over the day). |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | They are potentially addictive, causing rebound insomnia, a worsening of sleeplessness when you stop taking them, as well as anxiety and nightmares.
Restoril is the most widely used benzodiazepine, but most doctors prefer to prescribe non-benzodiazepines.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
The so-called sedating antidepressants—ne-fazodone (Serzone), trazodone (Desyrel) and amitriptyline (Elavil)—are prescribed for people who are depressed and also have insomnia. Taken at night, they induce sleep and relieve depression during the day. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | Big decisions, the illness or troubles of a loved one, major life changes, financial difficulties, and any number of the other lumps and bumps life hands out can all cause sleeplessness. Depression and anxiety will often cause sleeplessness, which creates a vicious circle of more depression and more sleeplessness.
DEPRESSION: PART OF BEING HUMAN
With very few exceptions, we all have cycles in our lives when we're down, cycles when we're up, and cycles when we're somewhere in between. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  Low levels can result in
IN C U n U IN U I K I C IN I i , IVI U U U 5, A IN D TUUh IVII IN U depression, anxiety, panic disorder, sleeplessness, hunger, insomnia, migraine headaches, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and heightened sensitivity to pain.
Type of neurotransmitter. Calming.
Nutritional building blocks. Serotonin is actually a form of the amino acid L-tryptophan. (Like other amino acids, tryptophan is often written with an "L" prefix.) Amino acids combine to form protein, so you will find L-tryptophan in fish, meats, eggs, and other protein-containing foods. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  If you drink excessive amounts of brewed tea, you may experience caffeine-related irritability, sleeplessness, irregular heartbeat, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, or loss of appetite.
Green tea is an iron binder. [Chinese J Physiology 41: 189-94, 1998] Green tea molecules inhibit the absorption of iron from plant foods. Green tea does not inhibit iron absorption from iron pills or meat. [Am J Clinical Nutrition 73:607-12, 2001]
Fluoride content of green tea is of concern. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  As with a vitamin E deficiency, when the body does not have enough magnesium to support calcium absorption, many women report PMS symptoms such as mood swings, fatigue, headaches, and sleeplessness.
Premenstrual chocolate craving is a phenomenon that has puzzled many physicians. They have been unable to explain why some women have this overwhelming urge to eat lots of chocolate right before their periods, yet at other times of the month the women's chocolate cravings are not as strong. The PMS-chocolate connection makes a lot of sense because chocolate is very high in magnesium. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  The children show signs of retarded growth, develop high blood pressure, nervousness, sleeplessness and turn excessively passive and lethargic. They become depressed and apathetic, a common symptom among those who took the drugs. Making changes in their diets, such as eliminating stimulating foods like sugar, chocolate and other unnatural sweets, chips, breakfast cereals and basically all junk food, can help most of these children. | | Symptoms may include depression, lack of interest in life, sleeplessness, anger, nausea, ravenous hunger, obesity, cardiovascular disease, lack of concentration, and shaking. However, these symptoms can only manifest if you believe that you have been deprived of your freedom to smoke.
Choosing To Smoke Less, But...
Don't fight your desire to smoke. Contrary to general belief, to give up smoking you do not need to abolish your desire to smoke. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | With long-term administration, the following can occasionally appear: headache, restless states, sleeplessness, mydriasis, disorders of cardiac function.
Where large skin injuries or acute skin illnesses, severe feverish or infectious diseases, cardiac insufficiency or hypertonia are present, entire-body baths with the addition of the volatile oil or of extracts from the drug should be carried out only following consultation with a doctor.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Valerian is used internally as expressed juice from fresh plants, tincture, extracts, and other galenic preparations. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  To treat deficient depression: Symptoms include fatigue, sleeplessness, decreased memory, and low motivation. Mix 12 g of Huang Qi (milk-vetch root), 10 g of Ren Shen (ginseng), 12 g of Bai Zhu (white atractylodes rhizome), 12 g of Fu Shen (poria spirit), 12 g of Yuan Zhi (Chinese senega root), 12 g of Suan Zhao Ren (sour Chinese jujube seed), and five pieces of Da Zhao (Chinese jujube).
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Acupuncture: Treatment is often recommended in conjunction with herbal remedies, and may be given once or twice a week for one to three months depending on the particular condition. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
See book keywords and concepts |  We all recognize the immediate effects: dry mouth, motor agitation, sweating, heart palpitations, increased blood pressure, enlarged pupils, sleeplessness, and mental anxiety.
The problem is that our lifestyle is chock full of stressors that keep the fight or flight response constantly active. Constant stress leads to poor digestion, autoimmune problems, glandular disease, poor healing, and poor functioning of critical organs.
The effects of stress are cumulative and insidious. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | Common side effects include headache, dizziness, irritability, motor restlessness, sleeplessness, urinary disorders, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, seizures, and possibly death (Anon, 1996). Chronic use may cause an anxiety state.
Urinary retention secondary to ephedrine use is more commonly seen in males with prostatism.
Dependence can develop with extended intake. Because of the danger of the development of tachyphylaxis and of addiction, the drug should only be administered for short periods. |
Shannon Brownlee
See book keywords and concepts | | Twenty years ago, a kid like Justin might not have even gone to his college clinic for sleeplessness. And if he had, the doctor probably would have reassured him that a few nights spent tossing and turning were nothing to fret about, and that he should knock off drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes, which could keep him awake. Now, parents and doctors worry that every child who fidgets in class has ADHD, and that every teenager who can't sleep or hits a rough patch on the road to adulthood is clinically depressed and liable to take his own life. |
Roberta Bivins
See book keywords and concepts |  After six weeks of agony and sleeplessness, Busschof was persuaded 'to suffer an Indian Doctress to come to me, (whom my wife commonly employed for the curing of our slaves...)'. This 'Doctress' immediately recognized Busschof s illness and claimed that she could easily cure it. Busschof was delighted—until she told him the method she used. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
See book keywords and concepts |  If you are experiencing sleeplessness or insomnia consistently, think about going to bed later so that the time you spend in bed is spent sleeping. If you are only getting five hours of sleep at night, figure out what time you need to get up and subract five hours (for example, if you want to get up at 6:00 a.m. go to bed at 1:00 a.m.). This may seem counterproductive and, at first, you may be depriving yourself of some sleep, but it can help train your body to sleep consistently while in bed. |
Shannon Brownlee
See book keywords and concepts | | By the time Lunesta was launched, the National Sleep Foundation was saying that about half of adults suffered from frequent insomnia and that sleeplessness was "under-recognized, under-diagnosed, and as a result, under-treated." That year, the poll found that an incredible 7 c percent of adult respondents' sleeping problems were so bad that they were interfering with their sex lives. That's a lot of sleepy, sex-deprived people. The problem seemed newsworthy to at least two dozen papers, which ran stories about the twin epidemics of insomnia and no sex that were gripping the nation. | | In addition, Sepracor was a $250,000 platinum sponsor of the foundation's 200c poll; another $300,000 grant from the company went toward a series of "Sleep Medicine i ne rer suauer i i y 1
Alerts," brochures to educate doctors, who, according to Gelula, don't treat insomnia adequately because they "don't think sleeplessness is a sickness."
But is it? For some people, of course, chronic insomnia is a ruinous affliction. Night after night, they toss and turn; they try books, booze, hot baths, watching TV, anything to get to sleep. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  You feel slammed with fatigue, feverishness, achiness all over, sleeplessness, and a fuzzy-headed feeling. Your doctor explains that even though you don't have mono, you probably have something like it, and these viruses often take up to a few months to disappear.
You go home and drag on. The weeks slip away, and one day you realize that you've been sick for a few months. You speak with your doctor again, and she tells you that there really is nothing more she can do for you. You just have to wait it out. While telling you this, she seems a bit defensive and curt. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
See book keywords and concepts | | The immediate effects are dry mouth, motor agitation, sweating, heart palpitations, increased blood pressure, enlarged pupils, sleeplessness, and mental anxiety.
There is such a thing as good stress. The challenges posed in our lives have the potential to enhance our physical and mental functioning. However, if stress is chronic and excessive, ir eventually causes harm. Chronic stress can cause anger or rage, fear or terror, fragmented or distorted thinking, impatience, emotional lability (erratic emotional states), memory loss, anxiety, and depression. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts | | It can also help remedy sleeplessness due to a sensation of "restless legs" at night that makes it almost impossible to keep the feet and legs still.
Rhus tox: If the rash looks blistery and crusty, and feels very itchy at night, use Rhus tox. It is especially helpful for moist athlete's foot that is made more noticeably distressing, irritating, and distracting if it gets cold, damp, or wet.
Sepia: For athlete's foot that has a tendency to flare up periodically (for instance, during seasonal changes), use Sepia. |
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