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| linden, 54-55 |
| linens, 71 |
| liver disease, and sleeping pills, 17 |
| M |
| massage oils, 31 |
| for children, 33 |
| materia medica, 38-67 |
| medical illness, and sleep, 10-11 |
| medications |
| and sleeping pills, 17 |
| and sleeplessness, 11, 12 |
| for stress, 78 |
| withdrawal from, 13 |
| medicines, see medications |
| meditation, 78-79 |
| menopause |
| and crampbark, 48 |
| and motherwort, 55 |
| and St. John's wort, 60-61 |
| menstruation |
| and black cohosh, 43 |
| and motherwort, 55 |
| and mugwort, 56 |
| see also dysmenorrhea; premenstrual syndrome |
| migraine headaches, 54 |
| minisleeps, 4 |
| miscarriage, 44 |
| mood, and sleep deprivation, 4 |
| motherwort, 55 |
| MSG, 36 |
| mugwort, 55-56 |
| muscle cramps |
| and black cohosh, 43 |
| and crampbark, 48 |
| and kava kava, 52 |
| and valerian, 61, 63 |
| and wild lettuce, 66 |
| muscle relaxants, 20 |
| muscle system, 20, 42 |
| and kava kava, 52 |
| muscle tension, see muscle cramp |
| N |
| napping, 68, 76 |
| and shift work, 77-78 |
| narcolepsy, 8 |
| negative associations, 11, 14, 69, 72-75 |
| see also sleep habits |
| nervine relaxants, 19, 41, 42-43 |
| nervine tonics, 19, 40 |
| nervines, 39-41 |
| nervous system, 20, 42 |
| and chamomile, 46 |
| and damiana, 49 |
| and hops, 50 |
| and lavender, 53 |
| and linden, 54 |
| and oatstraw, 56 |
| and passionflower, 57 |
| and skullcap, 60 |
| and vervain, 65 |
| and wild lettuce, 66 |
| see also anxiety; stress; tension |
| neuralgia |
| and black cohosh, 43 |
| and passionflower, 57 |
| and St. John's wort, 60 |
| and wood betony, 67 |
| neurological pain, 43 |
| nicotine, 75-76 |
| and sleeplessness, 11 |
| and stress, 78 |
| noise, 69-70 |
| and valerian, 62-63 |
| nutrition, 35-37 |
| O |
| oatstraw, 56-57 |
| oral pain, 52 |
| ovarian cramps |
| and black cohosh, 43 |
| and crampbark, 48 |
| P |
| pain, 62 |
| see also headache; oral pain |
| Parkinson's disease, 57 |
| passionflower, 57, 64 |
| as muscle relaxant, 63 |
| petit mal, 51 |
| pregnancy |
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