Review of the Causes of Sleep and Sleeplessness
Ayurveda states the first step in the treatment of insomnia is to ascertain and remove the causes of sleeplessness. Ayurvedic Science is comprehensive and so when it analyzes the causes of sleeplessness it also analyzes the causes of sleep.
What is it that causes a person to sleep?
Ayurveda states that fatigue, the darkness and tranquility of night, the habit of sleep are the most common factors. Children require more sleep then older people. Those exposed to hard physical labour also require more sleep. Mental work can also exert the functioning of the brain and lead to more sleep. Eating a heavy meal can bring on sleep. Illness, whether long term or short term, such as a fever, will cause a person to sleep more.
Now for the causes of insomnia, or sleeplessness:
Excess mental work along with less physical exertion often creates difficulty sleeping and in addition, worry, anxiety, anger, emotional stress and strain cause sleeplessness. Aggravation of Vata and Pitta in the body result in insomnia. These would include intake of spicy food, stimulating drinks, exercise immediately after meals, exposure to noise and change of environment, certain drugs and stimulants, menopause in women and old age in men, high blood pressure, heart disease, diseases of the kidneys and liver, and conditions associated with pain in various parts of the body.
In addition insomnia or sleeplessness may be transitory or may continue for a long time. Sleeplessness may start from the beginning of bedtime or a person may wake many times a night. Some are disturbed by the slightest noise. Sleeplessness results in weakness of the system and may result in indigestion and wind in the stomach and for those who suffer prolonged periods of sleeplessness it may lead to more severe illnesses such as heart disease and high blood pressure.
For this reason it is always important to find out the cause of sleeplessness and to remove it. If inspite of this, sleeplessness persists then Ayurveda states that various medicines and therapeutic treatments should be administered.
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