Melatonin relieves insomnia, is it really magical?

Insomnia has become a problem for most modern people. In recent years, due to the rise of “melatonin”, it has been misled by businessmen and promoted as a “magic medicine” for the treatment of insomnia. So what exactly is melatonin? What are the benefits of melatonin? What are the precautions for taking melatonin? The following one by one for everyone to answer.

**What is Melatonin?**

In the upper posterior part of the human thalamus, there is a gray-red gland the size of a pea, which is called the pineal gland because it is shaped like a pine cone. The pineal gland secretes a hormone. The English transliteration of the name of this hormone is mellon ketone, and the free translation is melatonin. The reason for this name is that it can condense the melanin of the frog’s skin, making it white, and it plays a role in regulating the changes in the skin color of amphibians.

Melatonin is secreted by the human pineal gland called endogenous melatonin. Commercially available melatonin is exogenous melatonin, mostly chemically synthesized. Melatonin has physiological roles involved in regulating human circadian rhythm and sleep. The human body secretes melatonin at night and suppresses it during the day due to bright light. The secretion of melatonin is not only affected by various factors such as light intensity, light wavelength, light time, light cycle, and electromagnetic field, but even hunger and strenuous exercise can affect the secretion of melatonin. And with the increase of age, the secretion will gradually decrease, and the secretion of the elderly is generally lower than that of the young.

The effect of melatonin

1. Sleep quality

The pineal gland releases melatonin at night, which helps us fall asleep and regulate our mood. However, as people age, the pineal gland that secretes melatonin will continue to degenerate, especially after the age of 40, the melatonin in the body will continue to decrease, thus affecting the quality of sleep. Therefore, supplementing exogenous melatonin can shorten the time to fall asleep, reduce the number of awakenings from dreams, and improve sleep quality in patients with sleep disorders and circadian rhythm disorders caused by decreased secretion of melatonin.

The effect of melatonin is related to its taking method, dosage form, taking time and dosage, taking course of treatment, etc. Therefore, when supplementing exogenous melatonin, it is necessary to follow the natural secretion time of the body’s own melatonin, and it is recommended to take it 1 to 2 hours before going to bed. In addition, melatonin has a short half-life and a short duration of action, and the effect of slow-release melatonin is relatively good.

The mechanism by which melatonin regulates sleep is not fully established. Clinically, melatonin is generally not used as a drug for the treatment of insomnia in my country, but is classified as a health food, and the declared health function is limited to improving sleep. The recommended daily dose is 0.1-0.3 mg.

2. Delay aging

Free radicals are closely related to aging. Melatonin can scavenge free radicals and play an antioxidant role, thereby protecting the cell structure in the human body and preventing biological macromolecules from being damaged, thereby reducing the content of oxides in the body and helping people achieve anti-aging purpose.

Can melatonin whiten your skin?

Melatonin does not play a role in whitening. It does not belong to whitening products and does not affect the level of melanin in the human body. People with poor sleep quality for a long time, or people who often suffer from jet lag, can take an appropriate amount of melatonin to improve sleep quality and adjust facial complexion. Many commercial advertisements on the market are exaggerated, so don’t follow them blindly. The health care function of melatonin approved in my country is currently recognized as only “improving sleep function”, and its health care functions such as whitening and anti-cancer have not been recognized.

Melatonin side effects

A number of experiments have proved that taking melatonin in short-term and small doses is safe, with few side effects, and occasional adverse reactions such as fatigue, headache, and vomiting. However, long-term and excessive use of melatonin may affect the normal secretion of melatonin by the body and cause sleep disorders.

Under normal circumstances, the amount of melatonin in the human body is relatively low. If you take too much melatonin, the concentration of thyroxine and adrenaline in the human body will be relatively reduced, making people feel bad, drowsy and sleepy. Feeling dizzy after waking up in the morning (which can lead to traffic accidents while driving). Therefore, it is recommended that people who drive, work with machinery or engage in dangerous operations should use it with caution.

Some studies have also pointed out that melatonin has a certain ovulation-inhibiting effect, which may affect fertility. Taking high doses of melatonin may also cause cerebral vasoconstriction and increase the risk of stroke; it will also cause depression patients to have more dreams, nightmares, and wake up easily. Therefore, if insomnia is caused by depression, you must avoid taking melatonin.

Precautions while taking melatonin

Melatonin is not recommended for people with coagulation disorders, depression, epilepsy, and organ transplantation; patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases who take aspirin for a long time, especially melatonin, is not recommended, because aspirin and melatonin will interact with drugs It affects the efficacy of both; it should be used with caution in patients with autoimmune symptoms (rheumatoid, etc.) and hyperthyroidism.

Where could you buy Melatonin powder?

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The most important is that we could offer free samples for those companies who require for testing quality. COA or MSDS could be also provided if need.

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