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There are certain natural foods, which may work as sedative by stimulating the activity and levels of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin that clams the brain.

Honey and other carbohydrates and considered by some to affect serotonin inducing tranquility and sleep in most people. Glucose may also work directly on the neurons in the brain’s hypothalamus. There are certain other foods that contain peptides or release peptides in the gut that can send messages from the intestinal tract directly to the nervous system and brain.

Foods that induce tranquillity and sleep

Aniseed, Bottle gourd, Celery, Cumin seeds, Dill, Honey, Indian hemp, Lettuce, Long pepper, Milk, Nutmeg, Oats, Peppy Seeds, Rauwolfia Thiamin-Rich Foods and Valerian.

Aniseed

Aniseed is an annual culinary herb belonging to ajawain or celery family. Its fruit, known as aniseed, is one of the oldest species. The seed is ground-gray to grayish-brown in colour, oval in shape and 3.2 to 4.8 mm in length. It has an agreeable odour and a pleasant taste.

Aniseed is a claming and sedative food. A tea made from this spice can calm the nerves and induce sleep. This tea is prepared by boiling about 375 ml of water in a vessel and adding a teaspoon of aniseed. The water should be covered with a lid and drunk hot or warm. The tea may be sweetened with honey and hot milk may also be added to it. This tea should be taken after meals or before going to bed. Aniseed should not be boiled too long as it may lose its digestive properties and essential oils during the process.

Bottle Gourd

The bottle gourd, also known as wild gourd, is a common vegetable in India. It is yellowish-green, having the shape of a bottle. It has white pulp, with white seeds embedded in its spongy flesh.

This vegetable is relaxing and sedative food. It imparts tranquility and feeling of relaxation after eating it. It is thus an effective remedy for sleeplessness. A mixture of bottle gourd and sesame oil can also be beneficially massaged over the scalp every night before retiring, to induce sleep. The cooked leaves of bottle gourd, taken as a vegetable, also serve as sedative and calming food. They are thus valuable in insomnia. The bottle gourd should not be eaten in raw form as it may prove harmful for stomach and intestine.

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