The doctor will select the best sedative for you. But there are situations when it is not yet possible to get to the doctor, and a sedative would not hurt. In this case, you should understand the medicines of this type in order to understand what to give your preference to.
What are sedatives?
- for children and adults;
- synthetic, plant-based and combined (from plant-based synthetic components).
According to the effect on the body, all drugs with a calming effect are divided into groups:
- Anxiolytics (tranquilizers). This is a group of psychotropic drugs to relieve feelings of fear, anxiety, mental stress and other disorders.
- Antipsychotics. Used only by specialists in psychiatric practice.
- Normothymic means. These are psychotropic drugs that are used in medical practice to stabilize the mood of people with an unhe althy psyche.
- Sedatives. Typical plant-based sedatives(infusions of motherwort, valerian, etc.) or medicines containing bromine.
Sedatives
This group of medicines is the most preferable in use, despite the fact that it does not have such pronounced effects as when using synthetic and combined drugs.
A sedative based on valerian, motherwort or lemon balm has significant advantages: gentle effect on the body, the minimum number of adverse reactions, which, as a rule, are reversible.
The most widely known sedative is valerian drops or tablets. One of the positive properties of medicines based on this plant is to promote the rapid onset of the stage of deep sleep and sound sleep.
Folk sedatives
In order to balance your nervous system, it is not necessary to take medication. Some centuries-old methods can give even more effect than pills:
- Evening warm baths with a decoction of herbs such as hops, mint, chamomile. At the pharmacy, you can ask for herbal sedatives and use them. To do this, the packaging of raw materials is poured with boiling water and allowed to brew for ten minutes. Then the infusion must be brought to a boil and set aside for a while. Strain, pour into a bathtub filled with water to the middle, lower the soaked grass there, which must first be wrapped in a gauze or canvas flap. Take a soothing bath before bed for 15-20 minutesonce a week. Course: 7–10 baths.
- By the same principle, coniferous or motherwort baths are taken.
- A good sedative is a neck pillow filled with lemon balm, mint, chamomile, hops and crushed valerian root. You can make it yourself.
- Tea. Pour a spoonful of dry hawthorn berries into a thermos and pour boiling water over night. To improve the taste, you can add rose hips to them. Drink half a glass before meals two to three times a day.
Be he althy!
