I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time. I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA. -- Jim Cripwell. Thoughts from a confused philosopher. If a husband speaks in a forest, and his wife does not hear him; Is he still wrong? (And I know the answer is YES!!!)
Maybe it's luo han guo? There's some of it in Celestial Seasonings' "Gingerbread Spice" tea and some of their Wellness teas, I think. My husband claims that the Gingerbread Spice tea makes him feel sleepy, but when I looked this stuff up on the web, I found that it was part of a treatement for flu, and had as a possible side effect isomnia (!) (But if it works for him, so much the better! He gets a reaction to chamomile and valerian, the other "relaxing" herbal tea ingredients and doesn't like melatonin, which a friend of ours swears by.)
Maybe someone else knows a better webpage for looking up these things - the ones I found had scattered information and were rather difficult to understand - I don't know much about Chinese traditional medicine. I have heard that some of these herbs are very strong, so that self-prescribing is less safe than some western herbal treatments, especially for people with chronic problems of one kind or another. You wouldn't want to do more harm than good!
Good luck - I'm a light sleeper, too. These days the heater switching on is driving me nuts. -- Adrienne (FYI, the Gingerbread Spice tea doesn't seem to help me any more than any other hot decaf tea) And the Celestial Seasonings website is www.celestialseasonings.com, click on products to get to the teas. Gingerbread Spice is a Holiday tea. It's pretty good, but I still like the other two holiday teas better.
> I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on > sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie > "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time. > I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which > sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and > a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is > tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are > looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
Adrienne Allen <all...@super.colorado.edu> had some very interesting things to say about Re: OT: Chinese herbal medicine.:
>if it works for him, so much the better! He gets a reaction to chamomile >and valerian, the other "relaxing" herbal tea ingredients and doesn't >like melatonin, which a friend of ours swears by.)
I have to watch how much melatonin I take. Too much and I get nightmares. It *does* help, and I do use it, but carefully.
As for disturbing sounds at night, my cat likes to sleep on our headboard [we have the bookcase type], which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that both my husband and the cat *snore*!!!!
bf...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (F.James Cripwell) wrote in message <news:ap5vsf$o9f$1@freenet9.carleton.ca>... > I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on > sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie > "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time. > I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which > sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and > a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is > tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are > looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
Im thinking you might be referring to loquat which is a fruit. anyhow here's a link to a list and some description of Chinese medicinal herbs: http://www.doctorshealthsupply.com/chineseherbs/herbs.htm most of the time a concoction of herbs is brewed into tonic soup to boost health/body immune system in addition to using as cures.
Adrienne Allen (all...@super.colorado.edu) writes: > Maybe it's luo han guo? >(snip) > Good luck - I'm a light sleeper, too. These days the heater switching on > is driving me nuts. > -- > Adrienne
Thanks very much Adrienne. Maybe now I can get more information; particularly from my doctor!! -- Jim Cripwell. Thoughts from a confused philosopher. If a husband speaks in a forest, and his wife does not hear him; Is he still wrong? (And I know the answer is YES!!!)
If your husband is somewhat hyperactive, I was told by my son's pediatrician that sedatives have the exact opposite effect and vice versa. Seemed to definitely be true for him.
"Adrienne Allen" <all...@super.colorado.edu> wrote in message
> Maybe it's luo han guo? There's some of it in Celestial Seasonings' > "Gingerbread Spice" tea and some of their Wellness teas, I think. My > husband claims that the Gingerbread Spice tea makes him feel sleepy, but > when I looked this stuff up on the web, I found that it was part of a > treatement for flu, and had as a possible side effect isomnia (!) (But > if it works for him, so much the better! He gets a reaction to chamomile > and valerian, the other "relaxing" herbal tea ingredients and doesn't > like melatonin, which a friend of ours swears by.)
> Maybe someone else knows a better webpage for looking up these things - > the ones I found had scattered information and were rather difficult to > understand - I don't know much about Chinese traditional medicine. I > have heard that some of these herbs are very strong, so that > self-prescribing is less safe than some western herbal treatments, > especially for people with chronic problems of one kind or another. You > wouldn't want to do more harm than good!
> Good luck - I'm a light sleeper, too. These days the heater switching on > is driving me nuts. > -- > Adrienne > (FYI, the Gingerbread Spice tea doesn't seem to > help me any more than any other hot decaf tea) > And the Celestial Seasonings website is www.celestialseasonings.com, > click on products to get to the teas. Gingerbread Spice is a Holiday > tea. It's pretty good, but I still like the other two holiday teas > better.
> On 23 Oct 2002, F.James Cripwell wrote:
> > I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on > > sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie > > "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time. > > I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which > > sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and > > a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is > > tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are > > looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
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We have our little bulldog in our room. I sometimes wonder what it sounds like when we're all asleep!!! DH and the dog both snore, but not too badly. I never hear myself!
> As for disturbing sounds at night, my cat likes to sleep on our > headboard [we have the bookcase type], which would be fine if it > weren't for the fact that both my husband and the cat *snore*!!!!
> bf...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (F.James Cripwell) wrote in message <news:ap5vsf$o9f$1@freenet9.carleton.ca>... > > I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on > > sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie > > "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time. > > I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which > > sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and > > a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is > > tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are > > looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
> Im thinking you might be referring to loquat which is a fruit. > anyhow here's a link to a list and some description of Chinese > medicinal herbs: > http://www.doctorshealthsupply.com/chineseherbs/herbs.htm > most of the time a concoction of herbs is brewed into tonic soup to > boost health/body immune system in addition to using as cures.
