How to make passion fruit tea to sleep better

How to make passion fruit tea to sleep better

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A great home remedy to calm down and sleep better is passion fruit tea, as well as passion fruit juice, as they have calming properties that help the nervous system to relax. Furthermore, passion fruit has sedative properties that help combat anxiety, irritability, insomnia and nervous disorders.

During the day, you should drink passion fruit juice and, towards the end of the day, start drinking warm passion fruit leaf tea. This home remedy is only contraindicated in cases of very low blood pressure or depression, as it can worsen these health problems.

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Passion fruit tea to sleep better

Tea should be prepared with the leaves of the passion fruit tree, as it is in the leaves that you can find higher concentrations of passionflower, which is the substance responsible for the calming and sedative effects of passion fruit.

To make the tea, simply place 1 tablespoon of chopped passion fruit leaves in 1 cup of boiling water and let it rest for 5 minutes. Sweeten to taste and drink afterwards, when warm.

In addition to this home remedy for better sleep, it is important to avoid eating foods with stimulating properties on the nervous system such as coffee, chocolate, and black tea and try to eat light meals at dinner.

However, when insomnia persists for more than 3 weeks, despite adopting all these habits, a consultation with a doctor specializing in sleep disorders is recommended because it may be necessary to investigate what is causing insomnia, and if you suffer from sleep apnea, which is a disorder where the person wakes up many times during the night, to be able to breathe better. Learn how to identify sleep apnea.

Passion fruit juice to improve sleep

Although the fruit does not contain large amounts of passionflower, passion fruit juice is also capable of calming and improving sleep quality. To make the juice, simply blend 1 passion fruit, 1 glass of water and honey to sweeten in a blender. Strain and drink afterwards.

If you drink this juice daily after 5 pm you will see an improvement in your sleep quality within a few days. This juice can be offered to children so that they can sleep better, feeling more rested and waking up with more energy to go to school the next day.

One option to increase the amounts of passionflower is through passion fruit suchá, which is made by adding 1 cup of tea from the leaves to passion fruit juice, stirring well and then drinking.