07SW01 - Botanical Interventions for Sleep Disorders

Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Sleep is that enigmatic state that provides for the possibility of dreaming. Sleeping and dreaming are activities that are extremely important to our mental and emotional well-being, but the western medical model still doesn't know why. We discuss agents that are helpful to get a person to sleep, keep them asleep, facilitate a rich dream world and normalize automatic processes like breathing patterns and relaxation of skeletal muscles. In-depth coverage of insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea and frequent waking.