5 Effective Herbal Remedies For Narcolepsy

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Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by disturbed sleep at night and frequently falling asleep during the daytime. Most of the patients experience sleeping intervals at night that is accompanied with body and eye movements. The most annoying character of this malady is that it makes you feel so sleepy at times during the day that you fall asleep within 5 minutes of experiencing the sleepy feeling. It affects your personal as well as professional lives. You may get bullied at work and home due to this, but you cannot resist falling asleep. Moreover, the problem is often accompanied with a sudden muscular weakness accompanied with a rush of emotional feeling.

To add to your despair narcolepsy can at best be managed, but not cured completely. The mode of treatment is often tailor made for the individual. However, you can help the traditional mode of treatment with some herbs. Let us look at some herbal remedies for narcolepsy.

Herbal Remedies For Narcolepsy

St. John’s Wort

This herb has been found to work quite well in regulating the nervous system. It has a soothing action on the nervous system. This helps to improve the sleep pattern. You can take this herb as tea. Get some dried herb from the local pharmacy store and add one teaspoon of it in boiling water.

Simmer the herb for around 10 minutes. Cool the decoction and take it sip by sip. With regular consumption of two cups of tea on a daily basis you will notice an improvement in the sleep pattern as well as emotional rush.

Ginkgo Biloba

This chinese herb has been used for centuries to treat disorders of the nervous system. The antioxidant property of this herb protects the neural cells and also improves blood circulation to the brain. Due to these specific properties this herb is considered to be quite effective in treating narcolepsy.

It also helps you to fall asleep at night. Gingko biloba extracts are available over the counter. Get the exact dosage for you from the doctor or herbalist. You will feel much relieved from narcolepsy.

Ginseng

This is another Chinese herb that is known as an adaptogen. This means that it can enhance the body’s resistance to stress. Learning to cope with stress can be one of the ways to fight narcolepsy. In this respect ginseng can be quite effective in treating narcolepsy.

It also improves digestion thereby enhancing metabolic activities. This has the effect of revitalizing your health and provide more energy. The dosage of this herb varies from person to person so it is imperative that you consult a doctor or a herbalist to ascertain the perfect dosage for you.

Guarana

This herb acts as a stimulant. It contains caffeine and some alkaloids. In fact the caffeine content of this herb is even more than that of coffee. So it can work as a better stimulant than tea or coffee.

Thus you can use it at office during working hours when the sleepy feeling strikes you. But it is not recommended for regular use as it is not a cure for narcolepsy.

Gotu Kola

This herb has the character of improving blood flow to the brain.

When the brain is supplied with fresh and adequate amount of blood it starts working again and shakes off the sleepiness. You can have it as tea.

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Matthieu Hartig says:

Aug 19, 2013 at 1:55 pm

You are using the word "narcolepsy" as if it was just some temporary state, like being tired. This is highly offensive to anyone suffering from narcolepsy, an auto-immune disease with no known cure. Please, educate yourself.