A. Vogel Deep Sleep Tincture - 50ml

Difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep? Deep Sleep Improves quality of sleep. Promotes longer deep sleep and helps to decrease sleep onset time. This fast acting Valerian-hops tincture combination is absorbed as soon as you take it.

Valerian

Valerian has been used traditionally for many years as a sedative and alleviator of anxiety. It has many benefits over the use of pharmaceutical sedatives and sleep aids. Valerian does not alter the brain waves that occur as a part of normal sleep patterns. Therefore the sleep that you get after taking valerian is just as restful as normal sleep.

Additionally valerian does not give you a "hangover" the morning after you use it. Valerian's chemical components, the valepotriates, valerianic acids and pungent oils, relax the central nervous system by binding to the same receptors that are used by sedative medications. They also relax the gastrointestinal tract and skeletal muscles. Valerian can be used for restless leg syndrome and muscle spasms. It can also be used for stress and tension associated with PMS.

Dried valerian root can be made into a tea. Valerian can also be purchased in capsules or as a tincture. Water-soluble extracts of valerian contain more active ingredients than dried or alcohol-based formulas. Valerian may be found in formulas for relaxing the mind and body.

Due to valerian's sedating action it may increase the effect of some anti-anxiety, anti-depression, anti-histamine, sleep inducing medications. Do not use valerian when performing activities that require alertness. Children can be harmed by some components of valerian including the valepotriates and baldrinal. Never give valerian to children under the age of three

Important Information

Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you have depression and/or related diseases.
Not recommended to use with alcohol, other drugs or natural health products with sedative properties. Some people may experience drowsiness.
Exercise caution if operating heavy machinery or driving a motor vehicle or involved in activities requiring mental alertness within 2 hours of consumption.
Consult a healthcare practitioner if sleeplessness persists continuously for more than 3 weeks (chronic insomnia).
Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Avoid taking in case of known allergy to any of the ingredients in the product.

Sleep

Nothing replaces a good night's sleep. When you wake after one, you feel refreshed, energized, motivated and happy. Waking after tossing and turning for most of the night can make you feel the exact opposite. Unfortunately for a lot of people, they may wake feeling as if they hadn't slept at all, which leaves them unable to get a good start on the day.

Sleep Cycles and Stages
Sleep occurs in 5 different stages. Our sleep naturally cycles several times throughout the night through a variety of these stages, and not necessarily in numerical order. In fact, the numbers can skip around quite a bit. In general, sleep cycles through these stages four or five times a night.

Sleep and the Brain
We require sleep to rest and repair our bodies and our minds. It is thought that most of the sleep cycles are required for repairing the physical functions of our bodies, but that REM sleep is required for restoring our mental functions. Sleeping for an insufficient length of time does not allow the body to achieve sufficient REM sleep, and we cannot mentally rejuvenate. Since we also integrate our daily learning and store short-term knowledge in our long-term memory during our sleep, it is even more important for children to get sufficient sleep while they are growing and learning at exponential rates. Many bodily processes are regulated by sleep - for example production of certain neurotransmitters and hormones. If the specific glands and cells do not receive the correct messages produced by sleeping, then these important substances may not be properly produced. Depression may result in the case of neurotransmitter deficiency. Fatigue or anxiety may result in the case of insufficient adrenal or thyroid hormones.

Sleep and Repair
During the time we are sleeping, our body is still quite active on the cellular level. As stated above, this is a time when many hormones and neurotransmitters are produced and stored for later use. Also, the body takes this time to heal and rebuild our bodies from any trauma or stress from the previous day's activities.

Our muscles repair themselves, and gain strength from the previous day's use, and any cuts, bruises or other wounds are allowed to heal. Without this time of rejuvenation, our body cannot keep up with the constant daily insult, and we begin to feel the physical effects that we associate with aging. Giving your body sufficient sleep can help to reduce these effects and leave you feeling revitalized. Maybe there's something to the phrase "getting your beauty sleep".