Tired of Not Sleeping?: A Complete & Practical Guide to Overcoming Insomnia

Detailing the latest information on the correct use of antidepressants and sleeping pills and comparing them against natural herbal and nutritional sleeping remedies, this extensive guide illustrates that there are gentler, more natural ways to get optimal sleep at night. Providing in-depth examples of which supplements and foods help the brain and nervous system relax, examining the properties of the sleep hormone melatonin, covering aromatherapy benefits, and discussing behavioral and relaxation therapy, this handy resource provides extensive avenues for easy alternative remedies.

Sandra Cabot is the medical and executive director of the Australian National Health Advisory Service. She graduated with honors in medicine and surgery from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1975. As part of her extracurricular medical training, she studied herbal medicine and nutritional medicine. Dr. Cabot began her medical career in 1980 as an obstetrician-gynecologist and practiced in Sydney Australia. During the mid 1980s she spent considerable time working as a volunteer doctor at the Leyman hospital, which was the largest missionary hospital in India. Her first book, titled Women's Health, was an authoritative holistic health guide. Subsequently she wrote several more groundbreaking books including The Liver Cleansing Diet, which has sold well over two million copies worldwide. She has written twenty-two other health titles.