Solaray Sleep Blend, 100 caps within category: Valerian
Valerian is a wonderful herb for relaxing the body, both the mind
and the muscles. It is the most commonly used
non-prescription sedative. Valerian is classified as a mild tranquilizer and a safe sedative for occasional home use, without many of the dependency side effects of its non-natural chemical cousins. It
relieves restlessness and anxiety and helps treat sleeping disorders and nervous
conditions.
Valerian is most commonly
administered orally, it may also be added to bath water to help relieve
nervousness and to induce sleep.A natural infusion of of valerian can be made with 1 teaspoon powdered root in 1 pint of room-temeprature water. Hot water should preferably not be used as the
valepotriates are unstable and are deactivated by heat.
More about: Valerian
What People Are Saying And Quick Facts** About Valerian:
- sometimes used to flavor foods and drinks such as root beer.
- the very best herbal source of calcium and an excellent herbal source of magnesium.
- further complicated by the relatively small number of published clinical studies.
- often standardized to its content of valerenic acid.
- known to have been used for its calming effect on the nervous system since Hippocratic times.
- considered to be one of the best herbal tranquilizers.
- available in a variety of forms, including tinctures, teas, capsules and tablets.
- often grown in the herb garden and also sometimes grown commercially as a medicinal herb.
- a safe sedative for occasional home use. But, the valepotriates are unstable and are deactivated by heat..
- one of many agents which have been used for the relief of epilepsy.
- safe for most people when used short-term, but can cause headache, excitability, uneasiness and even insomnia.
- a non-addictive tranquilliser that is used against sleeping disorders, restlessness and anxiety.
- also very attractive to rats, so much so that it has been used to bait traps.
- not recommended in pregnant or breast-feeding women or in children.
- thought to act as a sedative, anti-spasmodic, hypnotic, relaxant, and the dried root as an antiseptic.
- not believed to be addictive or cause grogginess in the morning.
- occasionally used for relieving bronchial spasm in the lungs.
- most effective when taken over a course of several weeks to regulate the sleep cycle.
- available in capsule or tablet form, and also as a tea.
- most effective if you take it shortly before bedtime.
- the active compounds are thought to be valepotriates, epoxy-iridoid esters, found in the root.
- a well-known and frequently used medicinal herb that has a long and proven history of efficacy.
- perhaps the most widely used herb for the treatment of nervousness, stress, anxiety and insomnia.
- utilized as a natural tranquilizer and sleep aid, which is occasionally helpful for headache patients.
- not addictive and does not build tolerance, the person doesn't have to be weaned off it later.
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