Sleep Disorders Insomnia Because the circadian rhythm controls the sleep/wake cycle, circadian rhythm disorder often results in insomnia . If there is a pattern to the sleep disturbance, i.e., one consistently wakes up or falls asleep at the wrong time, or if he/she cannot get to sleep at certain ...

Insomnia is not standing apart from the current trend of alternative treatments that many medical conditions are addressed with. Despite the intense advertising efforts made by pharmaceutical giants, more and more people are looking into traditional, herbal and alternative medications to cope with their ...

Insomnia Solutions Often times through insomnia, a Chinese medicine perspective looks at the energy of liver as a root cause of sleep disorders. Thus, the strategy for improving insomnia is to scale the liver and yin (blood, fluids and hormones). Foods that balance the liver to improve insomnia include: ...

Sleep forms part of human’s biological need to rest. As a person sleeps, the various physiological processes of a human body figuratively put into an apparent arrest and some parts of our system that were mostly exploited can be replenished for future use. However, imagine a system so disrupted ...

The treatment is related to the cause, if the cause can be determined. If there is an obvious physical or psychological disorder causing insomnia, it should be treated. Depression is a very common cause of insomnia and can usually be treated with medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, or interpersonal ...