A massage with calming essential oils

Homotherapy and acupuncture

Drinking a warm cup of herbal tea or taking a herbal supplement

great topic, here some more tips that have proven at least as effective as medication:

* Stimulus control: Don't watch TV, eat or read in the bed.
* Don't go to bed until you are sleepy.
* Get up at the same time every day.
* Don't nap during the day.
* If you can't fall asleep for 15 minutes, get out of bed and engage in some relaxing activity.
* Make sure your room is dark (e.g. add light-proof blinds to your bedroom).
* Don't overeat before sleeping, but don't go to bed hungry either.
* Before going to sleep, limit beverages, specially alcoholic drinks and caffeinated drinks (that includes most teas, like black tea, green tea, etc.).


source:
http://www.savecure.com/Sleeping Well Without Pills.html

You can Deal with insomnia using lettuce, water, honey and lemon.

I always do yoga meditation with music in bed. I never finish the 45 minutes music. It purifies my mind and relaxed.

Sleep is crucial to me since I have seizure. My Neuro/sleep Dr told me that my sleep pattern is not good after several overnight tests. I tried to maintain 7 to 8 hours sleep every single day. I tried to minimize using pills.

I am working in a very stressful environment (a Wall Street firm). It is a challenging. You are not alone.

Although this will not really get rid of insomnia, but reading actually helps people who are having trouble trying to get to sleep.

Bathing in bath salts can also help people with insomnia. Studies have shown that even bathing alone can help relieve stress and tension. What more if aromatherapy bath salts are added? With this, the body will feel more relaxed , restful and more inclined to sleep.

Relaxation tapes and products that tweak your brain activity work wonders.

However, there a lot of good tips and tricks for people who have transient (short-term) insomnia.

- Lay off caffeine and avoid smoking before going to sleep.
- Get in some good exercise earlier on in the day
- Avoid taking naps
- Adjust the room temperature to a comfortable setting
- Buy a comfortable bed along with pillow made of the material you like (feathers, foam, etc.)
- Use aromatherapy techniques like putting some english lavender under your pillow while you try and rest

The list goes on and on, but yet again, these techniques only work for people who have mild insomnia.

good ventilation / constant comfortable temperature (difficult to achieve both simulaneously at this time of year in the northern hemisphere)

for more tips try googling "sleep hygeine"