Insomnia is a widespread phenomenon; there are those who suffer from it constantly and those who only experience sporadic episodes. In fact, it is a transversal disorder that affects people of all ages, lifestyles and professions equally. It is estimated that about 35% of the world’s population has experienced transient symptoms of insomnia on sporadic occasions, while about 10% suffer from chronic sleep disorders.

The causes of insomnia are many, but the main one is certainly stress. Experiencing particularly heavy and challenging periods can disturb sleep. Restless sleep can also be caused by the change of season or time of day, which, with changes in light and temperature, can disrupt our circadian rhythm.

This type of insomnia may occur occasionally, perhaps for a few consecutive days, and then fade away, but over time it may also degenerate, increasing the disturbance.

Other forms of insomnia force one to interrupt sleep suddenly in the middle of the night. They are often accompanied by nightmares and anxiety and often do not allow sleep to be resumed.

Whether it is a passing phenomenon or a condition that gradually becomes chronic, know that insomnia affects your daily activities, causes lack of attention, increased aggression, memory loss and even depression.

To treat insomnia and its triggers, you don’t have to resort to medication; there are natural methods that help you rest better and reduce feelings of anxiety and stress. One of these is CBD, extracted from the cannabis plant, with which natural and perfectly legal products are created.

In this article, we will show you how to fight insomnia with 100% natural methods, perfect for regaining your lost sleep.

What can insomnia be due to?

The origins of insomnia, as mentioned, are many. To understand them, we must first emphasise how dangerous the negative emotions we experience during the day are.

A particularly tough or disappointing professional situation, tension with one’s partner, an economic hardship, an argument with a close friend, but also a bereavement or an illness that has affected one of our loved ones are just some of the worries that each of us has had to face and that, literally, did not let us sleep at night.

This is because the discomfort absorbed during the day generates adrenalin spikes and prevents us from resting properly, because our mind is overstimulated and cannot ‘switch off’.

In addition to stress, depression and anxiety can also be the cause, or consequence, of insomnia, because it triggers a kind of vicious circle that is very complex to break.

Another cause could be an unhealthy lifestyle, with an unbalanced diet, excessive alcohol and nicotine consumption, too much or too little exercise, or the habit of using tablets and computers in bed.

Other more serious reasons include certain diseases, such as sinusitis, asthma, sleep apnea, gastro-esophageal reflux, arthritis, hyperthyroidism and degenerative syndromes, or taking drugs that lower the level of melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep.

Natural remedies for insomnia

After illustrating some of the causes of this disorder, we want to explain how to fight insomnia with natural methods, which therefore do not involve taking drugs that could cause other negative consequences.

First of all, we advise you to listen to your body and try to trace the cause of your discomfort: if your problem is linked to an unhealthy lifestyle, you should reduce alcohol and cigarette consumption and start a balanced diet, balancing macronutrients and favouring fruit and vegetables, but above all avoiding fizzy drinks, coffee and tea. Also, try to eat a light dinner to facilitate digestion and always go to bed at the same time, to create a set routine that your body can ‘recognise’ and make its own.

Not to be underestimated are breathing exercises, meditation and yoga, which provide a general and persistent feeling of relaxation.

Before going to sleep, it can also be a good habit to indulge in a hot herbal tea, perfect to help you rest: choose ingredients such as evergreen chamomile, mallow, passion flower, hawthorn, linden, lemon balm and, of course, valerian.

Often herbal tea may not be enough and so to promote sleep it may be useful to take Bach flowers or phytocomplexes in supplements; in herbal shops you will find alcohol-based tinctures to dissolve in water or in capsules. Alternatively, you can turn to melatonin to compensate for the lack of it by taking a supplement.

Finally, we would like to recommend an infallible remedy for peaceful sleep, which in recent years is proving to be really effective in combating insomnia: CBD, in its various forms and applications.

CBD and insomnia 

According to consumer testimonies and many scientific researches, if you want to treat insomnia effectively with natural methods, taking CBD can be really valuable.

CBD is a cannabinoid found within the cannabis plant, i.e. a phytocannabinoid, but this type of chemical is already present in our bodies, within the endocannabinoid system.

The endocannabinoid system is a biological cellular communication network, a complex that interacts with our central and peripheral nervous system and the immune system, and is responsible for what is known as homeostasis, i.e. the balance of several vital functions – hunger, mood, movement, concentration and of course sleep. The moment the system is damaged, all these functions cease to work properly, and we experience a decrease in appetite, states of anxiety and low mood, fatigue, pain and insomnia.

Taking cannabinoids such as CBD can be useful in such cases, to make up for the deficiencies, come to the rescue of the endocannabinoid system and restore the damage; this is why, when you are looking for a natural way to treat insomnia, using cannabidiolbased products may prove to be a winning strategy.

But what to take for severe insomnia?

When the disorder lasts for more than six months and we do not get more than 4-5 hours of sleep per night, we are dealing with severe insomnia, a real illness that needs to be treated thoroughly. Before turning to clinics specialising in targeted treatment, we recommend using a CBD Full Spectrum oil, which contains the full spectrum of cannabis cannabinoids including THC in minute amounts. In this way, you will be able to benefit from the plant’s miraculous properties with an enhanced formula that is neither harmful nor psychoactive.

CBD oil that helps you sleep better

CBD oil, taken regularly, will help you treat insomnia successfully, first of all by supporting you in managing stress and anxiety and in general to banish all negative feelings and nervousness that ruin your days: a winning strategy to regain your restorative sleep and sleep better.

This product will help you reach the deepest phase of rest in a short time and prolong it, in effect re-establishing a balance between the waking and sleeping phases and curbing the risk of sudden and persistent awakenings.

To this end, Maria CBD Oil, an Italian company specialising in cannabis light products, has designed a range of oils with varying percentages of active ingredient, from 5% to 25%, with the aim of satisfying every need. Among them, we have reserved a remedy specially designed for peaceful sleep: Sleep Oil – Sleep Solution.

Browse the site in the dedicated section and discover the oil for your needs.