This article aims to help the reader in the rapid identification of natural remedies useful in the treatment of various symptoms, disorders and pathologies. For some of the listed remedies, this utility may not have been confirmed by sufficient experimental tests conducted with a scientific method. Furthermore, any natural remedy presents potential risks and contraindications.
If available, we therefore recommend that you click on the link corresponding to the individual remedy to learn more about the topic. In any case, we remind you of the importance of avoiding self-treatment and to consult your doctor beforehand to ascertain the absence of contraindications and drug interactions.
There is talk of hypersomnia to indicate a sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness with extreme ease to falling asleep: at a bar table, leaning against the edge of a wall, on the chair of an audience ... or worse still during work, the driving, embracing or using machinery.
Excess sleep during the day recognizes a wide range of possible causes, but in some cases hypersomnia may also be essential, that is, manifest without an apparent cause. Before thinking of herbal medicine and its remedies, it is therefore essential to ascertain the underlying causes of excessive sleepiness. This condition can be consequent to: excessive nocturnal sleep fragmentation, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, obesity, depressive states and nervous breakdowns, liver dysfunctions, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, bulimia, alcoholism, abstinence from nerve foods, anorectics or stimulants in genus (coffee, ephedrine, amphetamines, cocaine), abuse of sedative-hypnotic drugs, debilitating diseases (diabetes, infectious diseases), chronic sleep deprivation, premenstrual syndrome, Klein-Levin syndrome, Pickwick syndrome, tumors, infections and poisoning of the central nervous system.
Medicinal plants and supplements useful for hypersomnia
To cope with acute and occasional attacks of excessive sleepiness: coffee, cinnamon, coca, ginseng, damiana, eleuterococco, nutmeg, chilli, pepper, bitter orange, cocoa, cola, guarana, ephedra, tea.
Weight reduction: balanced diet + correct lifestyle, possibly supported by anorectics and nerves (contraindicated in the presence of hypertension and heart disease); it is a useful approach in case of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome related to obesity.
To cope with hypersomnia, identify the causes of origin with the help of a specialist (instrumental tests such as the night polysomnographic study are very important) and treat sleep hygiene (for example, regularity in sleep at night + short scheduled daytime naps).
