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      Mayo Clinic: "Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep"
    
      Complementary Therapies in Medicine: "The effects of chamomile extract on sleep quality among elderly people: A clinical trial"
    
      Journal of Advanced Nursing: "Effects of an intervention with drinking chamomile tea on sleep quality and depression in sleep disturbed postnatal women: a randomized controlled trial"
    
      Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Autonomic Nervous System in Midlife Women with Insomnia"
    
      Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing: "Effects of Lavender Tea on Fatigue, Depression, and Maternal-Infant Attachment in Sleep-Disturbed Postnatal Women"
    
      Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "Lavender and the Nervous System"
    
      Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine: "Valerian Root in Treating Sleep Problems and Associated Disorders—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
    
      University of Utah Health: "Benefits of Turmeric"
    
      Phytomedicine: "Possible nitric oxide modulation in protective effect of (Curcuma longa, Zingiberaceae) against sleep deprivation-induced behavioral alterations and oxidative damage in mice"
    
      MyFoodData: "Whole Milk"
    
      MyFoodData: "Unsweetened Almond Milk"
    




Drinking certain teas before bed may promote relaxation and better sleep quality.

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Image Credit: franz12/iStock/GettyImages

“Tea by itself can never solve your sleep problems,” Dr. Dasgupta says. “What helps more is having your favorite tea at night along with a set bedtime and wake-up time, exercising during the day and putting technology away.”

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      Mayo Clinic: "Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep"
    
      Complementary Therapies in Medicine: "The effects of chamomile extract on sleep quality among elderly people: A clinical trial"
    
      Journal of Advanced Nursing: "Effects of an intervention with drinking chamomile tea on sleep quality and depression in sleep disturbed postnatal women: a randomized controlled trial"
    
      Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Autonomic Nervous System in Midlife Women with Insomnia"
    
      Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing: "Effects of Lavender Tea on Fatigue, Depression, and Maternal-Infant Attachment in Sleep-Disturbed Postnatal Women"
    
      Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "Lavender and the Nervous System"
    
      Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine: "Valerian Root in Treating Sleep Problems and Associated Disorders—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
    
      University of Utah Health: "Benefits of Turmeric"
    
      Phytomedicine: "Possible nitric oxide modulation in protective effect of (Curcuma longa, Zingiberaceae) against sleep deprivation-induced behavioral alterations and oxidative damage in mice"
    
      MyFoodData: "Whole Milk"
    
      MyFoodData: "Unsweetened Almond Milk"