The POWER of PLANT Medicine - Sleep

Today I want to let you know what happens if you pour hot water over a banana.

This is one of my favourite remedies to take just before bed.

Bananas are high in potassium and magnesium.

These two minerals improve the length as well as the quality of your sleep.

They also help relax the muscles so that your sleep will be as calm as possible.

But banana peels also contain something else called tryptophan.

This amino acid plays an important role in the production of serotonin and melatonin, two sleep inducing hormones.

So what happens when you pour hot water over a banana?

You get a natural sleep promoting tea.

Here’s how I do it..

• Gently but thoroughly wash a whole banana with running water to ensure that you remove germs and chemicals that are present in the peel.
• To avoid chemicals such as fertilisers I always opt to get organic bananas.
• Cut off both ends of the banana.
• Boil the water in a small saucepan. Once boiling, add the banana to it. If the banana is too big for the saucepan, you can cut it in half.
• Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Strain the banana and enjoy your tea before bedtime.

If you’d like, you can add a pinch of cinnamon for taste, and if blood sugar is of a concern to you just use the banana peel instead of the whole fruit.