Natural Remedies Center

If sleep has plunged to the bottom of your to-do list, you're not alone. Although the National Sleep Foundation recommends getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night, the average American logs only six hours and 40 minutes. What gives? Blame crazy schedules and, of course, sleeping woes.

Before you rush to the drugstore to buy an over-the-counter sleep medication, try one of the following natural sleep remedies.

"These are safer and have fewer side effects than OTC medications," says Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, author of "From Fatigued to Fantastic" and medical director of the national Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers. Many of these can not only help you fall asleep and stay asleep, but they may also promote muscle relaxation.

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