On Sleeplessness.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 February 1887, Page 2

On Sleeplessness.

Think and consider whether of late yon have given way to any table indiscretion that may have affected the liver, and rendered it either sluggish or too active. In these cases the blood will in reality have become poisoned and contaminated with bile, the mind becomes dull and probably rglopmy all day, and^ over-active towards nightfall. The sure indicationfof treatment is to strictly regulate the diet for a few weeks, to take an occasional blue-pill at night, with a glass of Pullna water half -an -hour before breakfast, and' to take a course of Turkish baths (if permitted by yourown medical adviser), with a reasonable amount of exercise in the open air. Dyspepsia will produce sleeplessness, and may in ordinary cases be cured in the same way, though aperients should rather be avoided. Most careful regulation of diet is, however, a sine qua non. It is not a good plan to go to bed with an entirely empty stomach. Agai.i, ifthe body feels hot, a cold buth, followed by a bottle of soda water and fi teen grains of the bi- carbonate ofpoda, will have a good effect. Sometimes a hot bath will do more good than a cold one ; the state of one's feelings is to be consulted, and the results made a mental note of. Do you smoke much ? If so, a return to health is not to be expected until the habit is overcome Exercise in abundance taking during the day in the open air is in hundreds of cases a oure for sleeplessness, but this exercise should not be of a too iatiguing kind, it should be spread over a great many hours, it should be pleasant calming exercise, and not continued up t,n a late hour. Over-fatigue muat be carefully avoided. The practice of taking stimulants to any extent is very apt to produce sleeplessness by keeping up an unnatural excitement of the brain. Wine negus has been recommended as a nightcap, and even stronger stimulants. They should only be preecribed by a medical man, for they are narcotics, and narcotics in any form tend to make matters worst in tho long run.—" Caasell's Family Magazine."