There are lots of remedies for insomnia and sleep issues but I’m listing the most common ones below. Sometimes other remedies or potencies are required which might require a consultation with a Homeopath.
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Arsenicum
Very restless and anxious. Waking between midnight and 1am. Awake until after 3 am.
Avena Sativa
Chronic insomnia. Insomnia from worries, workload, stress, alcohol. Sleep issues after an illness, acute or chronic.
Chamomilla
Restless sleep. Frequent waking. Drowsy but cannot sleep. Feels irritable. Sleeplessness in babies due to teething, colic, pain.
China
Cannot sleep due to excited thoughts or hearing slightest noise. Mind keeps making plans and cannot switch off. Has imaginations and thoughts of doing heroic deeds.
Cocculus
Obsessed with getting the correct hours of sleep. Even the slightest amount of sleep lost can cause problems. Issues from sleep deprivation. Insomnia when nursing or caring for loved ones.
Coffea
This remedy is made from coffee, so it has that ‘wired but tired’ feeling. Mind racing with thoughts. Cannot switch off the mind. Sleepless after drinking coffee. Lots of ideas swirling around the mind.
Ignatia
Sleep issues triggered by grief. Can be insomnia, or increased sleepiness.
Kali-carb
Waking between 2 and 4 am. No real cause for insomnia. Jerks or starting in sleep.
Mag-phos
Waking with leg and foot cramps. Drowsy in morning.
Nat-mur
Insomnia from grief or from sadness and disagreeable events in their past. Cries during sleep. Dreams about their grief and sad past events.
Nux Vomica
Waking between 3 and 4 am thinking about work and business, or tasks that must be completed. Then cannot go back to sleep until morning. Might have partaken in rich food/alcohol/tobacco the previous day.
Passiflora
Just can’t sleep. Restless and wide awake.
Rhus Tox
Insomnia due to physical restlessness (mental too but more physical). Restless legs keeping person awake. Can’t get comfortable.
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