Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

Remedies: Sleep hygiene

Practice Good Sleep Hygiene

Good sleep hygiene is essential for mental and nervous system health.

How Does This Ayurvedic Home Remedy Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Sleep hygiene includes:

  • Getting 8 consecutive hours of sleep (adequate REM sleep)
  • Getting to bed on time
  • Avoiding blue light an hour before bedtime
  • Sleeping in a dark room
  • Not leaving the bed or turning on lights when one has insomnia
  • Relaxing the mind an hour before bed.

Metabolic Impact of Practice good sleep hygiene

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Practice good sleep hygiene
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

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Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Practice good sleep hygiene

  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Chamomile

    Chamomile has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Nutmeg

    Nutmeg has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Cloves

    Cloves has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Sunflower Seeds

    Sunflower Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Oat Milk

    Oat Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nervine

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  • Oyster

    Oyster has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Crimini & Button Mushrooms

    Crimini & Button Mushrooms has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Lima Beans

    Lima Beans has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Rose Water

    Rose Water has these Actions in Common

    Nervine

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Practice good sleep hygiene

  • Find a true source of hope

    Find a true source of hope has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Saraswatarishta- Nerve Tonic

    Saraswatarishta- Nerve Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Kapha Shirodhara Oil

    Kapha Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Pitta Shirodhara Oil

    Pitta Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Tagar (Indian Valerian)

    Tagar (Indian Valerian) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Balarishta- Vitality Tonic

    Balarishta- Vitality Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Cypress Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

    Cypress Essential Oil - 1/3 oz has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Valerian

    Valerian has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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  • Blue Vervain

    Blue Vervain has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nervine

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Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Practice good sleep hygiene may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

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