Natural/Herbal Sleep Aids in SD?

Try this shop: Org?nica
You'll find American products.

alicious said:

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if natural or herbal sleep aids are available in Santo Domingo, and if so where? (Preferably around San Isidro area, but anywhere is ok...)

Thinking along the lines of Melatonin, Tryptophan or Valerian Root??

Would they be the same quality and consistency as what we get in North America? And if possible an idea on price range....?

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I have found all of the above in "Brasil Ferreteria" one one betancourt in bella vista...Also they say Tamarindo juice is a good natural sleep aid as well-you can buy concentrate in Nacional or Pola

i cannot help you with the location but the quality should be the same. i have only seen imported melatonina (3mg, from GNC) and valerian root (also GNC). you can also try st john's wort. the prices should be about 400 pesos per bottle (usually around 100 pills).
there are also herbal pills from domincan labs: plindan relax and bonuit. alternatively i would suggest a herbal tea from manzanilla (camommile) and flor de tilo (linden).

Another option is straight magnesium... Up to 800 mgs... Taken an hour or so before you want to sleep, magnesium relaxes your muscles... It won't "put" you to sleep but it can help you relax enough to drift off. My naturopath recommended it to me because melatonin is way too strong for me... I was skeptical but it seems to work. Mild side effect of softened stool for some people... Not the runs, just softer.

Ella

a daily intake of magnesium should not go above 450mg. overdose can cause diarrhoea, stomach pain, a drop in blood pressure and even cardiac arrest. just so you know.
i do take magnesium for muscle cramps but i go with a lower dosis...

Mamajuana..a couple shots..all natural!!

they also have a very strong herbal tea here called

te relejante

which must have valerian in it

and is VERY strong and good

Although all the herbal teas are sold in the coffee/tea section.. some of the herbals are REALLY medicinals and are marked like that -- for the liver for colds, but if you do not speak Spanish you could end up serving some very strong tranquilizing tea to guests when you thought it was just camomille.

This caught my attention, so I called don Nelson Rodriguez, a noted naturalist and published author on the subject.

He manufactures and distributes a whole line of natural medicines and he told me that Valeria and Paciflor (from Passion Fruit) and hops are very effective. If you want to give him a call, you can send me a PM and I will give you his phone number.

Glad to see this is progressing since 30 years ago it was almost unknown.


HB

I say... gnaw on a turkey and drink a bunch of rum. Not herbal, but mostly natural. LOL

dv8 said:

a daily intake of magnesium should not go above 450mg. overdose can cause diarrhoea, stomach pain, a drop in blood pressure and even cardiac arrest. just so you know.
i do take magnesium for muscle cramps but i go with a lower dosis...

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I thought the same thing dv8, but that top end has been revised upward by some naturopathy practitioners to the higher end in some cases. personally, I never need more than 400 mgs as a sleep aid and I agree that the higher doses are not without potential side effects. I think the higher dose range is perhaps because it is not something to be taken at that dose on a daily basis, but rather on an as needed basis...?

That being said, I defer to your expertise and people should also remember that so called natural or herbal remedies can be just as powerful and have as many side effects and risks, both positive and negative, as prescription medicines.

Ella

That's why you shouldn't listen to your 'naturopathic "practitioner"'. It's just voodoo mumbo jumbo!

Randall Bell said:

That's why you shouldn't listen to your 'naturopathic "practitioner"'. It's just voodoo mumbo jumbo!

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Oh ffs. Seriously? LOLOLOL

Yes

Naturopathic Misrepresentations

Wow, that's really current LOL Within every medical practice there are both good and better practitioners as well as outright quacks. That includes mainstream and alternative medicine. We are all free to follow our own path and choose the style of medicine that best suits our individual needs. If you don't "believe" in alternative medicine, great! I happen to think it can complement traditional medicine. But I don't see a need to be disparaging about it.

Ella

I've used the Plindan relax myself and it really works.

EllaTO said:

Wow, that's really current LOL Within every medical practice there are both good and better practitioners as well as outright quacks. That includes mainstream and alternative medicine. We are all free to follow our own path and choose the style of medicine that best suits our individual needs. If you don't "believe" in alternative medicine, great! I happen to think it can complement traditional medicine. But I don't see a need to be disparaging about it.

Ella

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Dear Ella,


Maybe your opinion would be different if a loved one in your family was incorrectly influenced by quack medicine that's touting to be 'complimentary' to real medicine, the way a mistress 'compliments' a wife in a monogamous relationship! haha.

To try to trivialize what I posted a link to as 'not current' is sad. I was not trying to defile "naturopathic medicine" as quackery because some rare, distant, 'one-off' practitioner went rogue. To the contrary, the evidence shown in that link demonstrates how some very 'fundamental' practices by contemporary NPM practitioners are just guff and lies.

Hair toxicity analysis? Still happens to this day. so does 'iridology' which sounds scientific, but then again so does masturbatology...

But as you say, to each his/her own! I can only present facts and science. Natural selection will take care of the rest!

Good night!

Dear Randall,

I am sorry for the unfortunate experience that your relative had; however painting an entire form of medicine with one brush is akin to saying all men are good in bed. Clearly not true LOL.

Taking nutritional supplements, balancing of one's diet, yoga and other exercise... These are all things that are beneficial to one's health, would you not agree? And all could be recommendations of a naturopath. Not running to take antibiotics for every little sniffle (whichwon't do anything for a simple cold but mainstream doctors continue to prescribe them anyway) is only common sense. I suppose you sneer at organic food too.

Hair analysis is done as a form of drug testing as it can show a potential employer whether or not a potential employee has taken illegal drugs within a recent time fame. My sister was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrom initially by an iridologist who noted her fraying optic nerves and had the diagnosis confirmed by a world renowned specialist in this serious condition. Go ahead and poopoo it all you like.

As with anything, it is incumbent upon an individual to do their own due diligence, not blindly follow any advice and to seek second opinions if something isn't working.

Ella