A Natural Remedy For Insomnia

[Charlotte W]

I have always slept like a log, I once slept through a burglary and most of the chaos that immediately followed it, until about 4 years ago when I found I was waking up in the early hours of the morning and found I could not get back to sleep.

I decided to find out what natural remedies there were for insomnia and to my surprise found something that worked the very first time I used it. It involved a pressure point on the forearm and a humble kidney bean. I had to tape a kidney bean between the tendons found on my lower arm and go to bed with it.

I actually woke up during the night but I went straight back to sleep without any difficulty. I did this for about 3 or 4 nights. It worked so well that if I woke up in the morning but did not get out of bed straight away I ended up going back to sleep and oversleeping. I was able to sleep through the night without the aid of the kidney bean from then on. Over the last 4 years I have had bouts of disturbed sleep but each time I have used the kidney bean to overcome the problem.

I know that insomnia is quite a common problem and would like to know if anyone else has used this method successfully. I would also be interested to find out if any insomniacs reading this would be willing to give it a try and let me know how they get on.

The method is described in the following link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/110734-pressure-points-fall-asleep/

[Huguenot]

Interesting, what prompted the first time share Charlotte?

[silverfox]

Do you have to soak the kidney bean overnight first?

[maxxi]

Left wrist or right wrist? And if I only want a nap will a lentil do?

[steveo]

Can you re use the same bean?

[Huguenot]

Hmmm, I think it was spam :(

[Voyageur]

OP does seem to be a ruse to flog summat and/or get people to peruse a webiste, however....

I am a right old insomniac and have been using acupuncture pressure points at the somewhat ridiculously termed 'inner gate' and 'spirit gate' on the inner wrist for a few years - it seems to help, although I am pretty much convinced that this is psychosomatic. Here's a guide to the points if anyone is interested http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_4422401_find-sleep-inducing-pressure-points.html

Sod the fiddly kidney bean palaver though, I use these http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ywqOGxlRL._AA160_.jpg (and no - I don't flog them!).

[woodrot]

My downward dog is broken, my feng shui is fucked and my chakras need realigned - can you help Charoltte W?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Red wine - that well known soporific. That and lettuce sandwiches, so much more pleasant than a kidney bean.

[Voyageur]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Red wine - that well known soporific.

Works a treat :) - until you wake up at 3am with your heart thumping as the stimulant effect kicks in :(

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

You forgot the lettuce sandwiches, stoopid. And you wake at 3am due to withdrawal symptoms, not stimulant effect. So keep a brandy flask by your bed so you can drop off again

[Voyageur]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> You forgot the lettuce sandwiches, stoopid. And

> you wake at 3am due to withdrawal symptoms, not

> stimulant effect. So keep a brandy flask by your

> bed so you can drop off again

:D

[Sue]

Voyageur Wrote:

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> OP does seem to be a ruse to flog summat and/or

> get people to peruse a webiste, however....

>

> I am a right old insomniac and have been using

> acupuncture pressure points at the somewhat

> ridiculously termed 'inner gate' and 'spirit gate'

> on the inner wrist for a few years - it seems to

> help, although I am pretty much convinced that

> this is psychosomatic. Here's a guide to the

> points if anyone is interested

> http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_4422401_find-sleep-induc

> ing-pressure-points.html

>

> Sod the fiddly kidney bean palaver though, I use

> these

> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ywqOGxlRL.

> _AA160_.jpg (and no - I don't flog them!).

xxxxxx

I've used those wristbands successfully in the past for sea sickness :)

Psychosomatic or not, I don't care as long as they work!

I used to get very sea sick, and with these everybody else was heaving except for me :)

[maxxi]

woodrot Wrote:

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> My downward dog is broken, my feng shui is @#$%&

> and my chakras need realigned - can you help

> Charoltte W?

Sounds like you need a cat stretch Woody.

[Jeremy]

I often have trouble sleeping, but it's usually because of sleep anxiety... worrying about not being able to sleep, and how tired I'm going to be tomorrow, etc. Perhaps things like the kidney bean method act like a sort of placebo - i.e. you're much more relaxed because you think you're going to sleep well.

[The Minkey]

"OP does seem to be a ruse to flog summat and/or get people to peruse a webiste, however...."

What, a kidney bean? It's just a link to an article about pressure points which are supposed to assist sleep. Tsk, Jeremy, check your facts.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

I've been up all night wondering how a kidney bean could work.

[Huguenot]

Nah Minkey, the link doesn't have to be so obvious to be a ploy:

A site's position in Google results has a great effect on commercial success, and this position is largely dictated by the pagerank and relevance to the initial enquiry.

The EDF has a higher page rank than the livestrong article, and by adding in a large amount of relevant 'puffer' text it makes the link from the EDF real and relevant.

The article in its turn will bleed that pagerank to raise the profile of all the other pages on the livestrong site, and hence bump them up the Google search results.

Hence the link 'bleeds' pagerank from the EDF to livestrong.

That's what the spam was doing, not trying sell us kidney beans.

[silverfox]

I have to thank Charlotte W. I followed the link to that article and within a couple of seconds of starting to read that new age crap fell fast asleep.

Certainly cured my insomnia.

[Jeremy]

The Minkey Wrote:

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> "OP does seem to be a ruse to flog summat and/or

> get people to peruse a webiste, however...."

>

> What, a kidney bean? It's just a link to an

> article about pressure points which are supposed

> to assist sleep. Tsk, Jeremy, check your facts.

Mink, Voyageur said that, not me! Check your facts!

[Dopamine1979]

It's 'bean' years since I had a good night's sleep. I think my duvet is too short and not enough 'leg-ume'

Thanks. I'm here all week.

[silverfox]

It's 'bean' years since I had a good night's sleep. I think my duvet is too short and not enough 'leg-ume'

It's enough to make your pulse(s) race

[The Minkey]

"Mink, Voyageur said that, not me! Check your facts!"

Lol, yes I just noticed it wasn't you. Doh ;-) Must be the insomnia.

[Charlotte W]

Apparently, one in 10 people in this country suffer from insomnia. Insomnia contributes to daytime tiredness, which can lead to accidents, illness as well as work and relationship problems. Furthermore, the NHS spent ?50 million pounds on sleeping pills last year. I think those are good enough reasons to share a possible solution that costs nothing if one has some kidney beans in a kitchen cupboard and some tape lying about the house.

The method has worked for me over the past 4 years. It has also worked for people I have recommended it to but these have all been acute sufferers and I was wondering if there were any chronic sufferers on this site who might like to try it and provide feedback.

I do not grow or sell kidney beans and I have no personal link to the website I mentioned. I chose it at random as it was the only one that came up when I did a Google search on the method. The original article I saw 4 years ago was written by a medical doctor but it no longer appears on the net.

I?m genuinely interested to know if chronic insomnia sufferers gain any relief using this method.

[charliecharlie]

any use?

xxCC