While a majority of the world's population struggles to fall asleep or to keep their eyes closed for more than a cycle or two, others sleep like babies and without any problems. This relationship that we have with sleep is random. Indeed, the latter is specific to each individual, according to his experience, his lifestyle but also according to his emotional life. While some will fall into the arms of Morpheus quickly, others will not be so lucky. They will look back for hours and hours, which may then seem endless. This vicious cycle of falling asleep can even become anxiety-provoking for some individuals, who can sometimes sink into depression or fear of going to bed.

The causes of these inabilities to get a good night's sleep can be as numerous as varied. But at a time when we swallow sleeping pills - psychotropic drugs that are proposed for sleep problems - as a child would suck a mint, it would be interesting to consider a little more the human being to understand its physiological and psychological mechanism. Therefore, proposing a complete history would allow a global view and a deepening of the physical, emotional and perhaps even energetic state.

In various articles published in the press over the years, we discover alarming statistics expressing that, based on the figures of reimbursements of the social security, the taking of sleeping pills increases with age and that women are greater consumers than men. Is there a cause for this? Certainly... Do we have to question our living environment and our society? Is there a problem today with our active life that always pushes us to extremes, whether it is in the world of work, family or social? We live today in an environment that pushes our glandular system to the limit, leading to exhaustion that impacts our physiology, including the sleep is part of.

Change things...

Withdrawing from sleeping pills is not an easy battle. Indeed, stopping a treatment suddenly would be a very bad idea for your health. This is why it is really interesting to be able to open a dialogue with your doctor so that he or she can correctly dose the medication in order to achieve a better life balance. At the same time, you can start a phytotherapy treatment that would fill in, in a limited time, the drug chemistry.

In one of his books, Dr. Ménat suggests some very interesting formulas.

Formula for insomnia in nervous or hyperactive people.

Magistral preparation, which can be prepared by your pharmacist, in capsules with the following dry extracts:

• Eschlotzia: 100 mg
• Horehound: 100 mg
• Passionflower: 50 mg
• Valerian: 100 mg

Take 2 capsules at bedtime

Formula for insomnia in postmenopausal women.

Magistral preparation in capsule with the following dry extracts:

• Eschlotzia: 100 mg
• Sweet Clover: 100 mg
• Passionflower: 50 mg
• Valerian: 50 mg

Take 2 capsules at bedtime.

Phytotherapy offers a wide range of plants with soothing or hypnotic properties that can be used to treat a person's condition in order to restore a balance. Some will be more effective than others, depending on the cause of the disruption and the deep needs. To be accompanied by alternative therapies for a parallel work could be very interesting: sophrology, yoga-therapy, acupuncture, shiatsu or even dream therapy or reflexology are tools not to be neglected to allow a positive evolution towards well-being and sleep health.