Is it true that food may be used to promote sleep, and is most beneficial to nervous persons who have not eaten a very hearty or a very late meal?

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Food at Bedtime

Q. Is it true that food may be used to promote sleep, and is most beneficial to nervous persons who have not eaten a very hearty or a very late meal?

A. The above is true, but it is far better to draw the blood from the brain by warming the feet than by exciting the stomach. Or, if it is necessary to divert blood into the abdominal veins, this may be done by a moist abdominal bandage, thus saving the stomach the labor of digesting the food. One might divert blood from the head to the feet by walking, but this would exhaust one's energies if he were already tired. The effort of digestion is likewise exhausting, and interferes with sleep. It is well when one is wakeful to warm the feet, if cold, by the application of a hot bottle, or heat in some other form, or by rubbing.

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