Herbal RemediesChamomile German (Matricaria recutita), Roman (Chamaemelum nobile)
Chamomile's medicinal properties range from skin inflammations to lightening hair to treating digestive problems. As a mild sedative, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial, it improves digestion by relaxing the muscles throughout the gastrointestinal system and it can induce an overall sense of calm and well-being.
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Improves circulation and acts as a sedative. Good for relieving anxiety, fatigue, high blood pressure, insomnia, nervousness and stress. Helps ease the pain of irritable bowel syndrome, muscle and menstrual cramps, and pain, spasms and ulcers.
Rosehips (Rosa canina)
If you leave the flower on your rosebush, the petals will fall off after it finishes blooming, and a small red fruit will form -- that is the rosehip. Rosehips form on any sort of rose shrub, even a hybrid tea or floribunda, but the hips most commonly used in foods and beverages are harvested from wild roses. Fresh rosehips are a source of vitamin C, which is how they got the reputation for being healthful.
Catnip leaf (Nepeta cataria)
Catnip has always been used by people, for whom it is a mild, safe sedative. Catnip tea was a regular beverage in England before the introduction of tea from China. It is a traditional cold remedy. It also is traditionally used for upset stomach and children's ailments, such diarrhea, hysteria and nightmare. The essential oil in catnip contains a monoterpene similar to the valepotriates found in valerian, an even more widely renowned sedative. Animal studies (except those involving cats) have found it to increase sleep. The monoterpenes also help with coughs.
Hops flower (Humulus lupulus)
Hops are high in the bitter principles humulone and lupulone. These are thought to be responsible for the appetite-stimulating properties of hops. Hops also contain about 1–3% volatile oils. Hops have been shown to have mild sedative properties. Many herbal preparations for insomnia combine hops with other sedative herbs, such as valerian, passion flower and scullcap. Hops have tonic, nervine, diuretic and anodyne properties. Their volatile oil produces sedative and soporific effects, and the Lupamaric acid or bitter principle is stomachic and tonic. For this reason Hops improve the appetite and promote sleep.
Skullcap (Scutellaria laterifolia)
Skullcap relaxes states of nervous tension whilst at the same time renewing and revivifying the central nervous system. It has a specific use in the treatment of seizure and hysterical states as well as epilepsy. May be used in all exhausted or depressed conditions. Can be used with complete safety in the easing of pre-menstrual tension.
Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Improves circulation and acts as a sedative. Good for relieving anxiety, fatigue, high blood pressure, insomnia, nervousness and stress. Helps ease the pain of irritable bowel syndrome, muscle and menstrual cramps, and pain, spasms and ulcers.
Rosehips (Rosa canina)
If you leave the flower on your rosebush, the petals will fall off after it finishes blooming, and a small red fruit will form -- that is the rosehip. Rosehips form on any sort of rose shrub, even a hybrid tea or floribunda, but the hips most commonly used in foods and beverages are harvested from wild roses. Fresh rosehips are a source of vitamin C, which is how they got the reputation for being healthful.
Catnip leaf (Nepeta cataria)
Catnip has always been used by people, for whom it is a mild, safe sedative. Catnip tea was a regular beverage in England before the introduction of tea from China. It is a traditional cold remedy. It also is traditionally used for upset stomach and children's ailments, such diarrhea, hysteria and nightmare. The essential oil in catnip contains a monoterpene similar to the valepotriates found in valerian, an even more widely renowned sedative. Animal studies (except those involving cats) have found it to increase sleep. The monoterpenes also help with coughs.
Hops flower (Humulus lupulus)
Hops are high in the bitter principles humulone and lupulone. These are thought to be responsible for the appetite-stimulating properties of hops. Hops also contain about 1–3% volatile oils. Hops have been shown to have mild sedative properties. Many herbal preparations for insomnia combine hops with other sedative herbs, such as valerian, passion flower and scullcap. Hops have tonic, nervine, diuretic and anodyne properties. Their volatile oil produces sedative and soporific effects, and the Lupamaric acid or bitter principle is stomachic and tonic. For this reason Hops improve the appetite and promote sleep.
Skullcap (Scutellaria laterifolia)
Skullcap relaxes states of nervous tension whilst at the same time renewing and revivifying the central nervous system. It has a specific use in the treatment of seizure and hysterical states as well as epilepsy. May be used in all exhausted or depressed conditions. Can be used with complete safety in the easing of pre-menstrual tension.
Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Passionflower is a mild tranquilizer made from a climbing native flower of the southeastern United States that also produces an edible fruit called the maypop. The whole plant is used to make tinctures and extracts. These are calming without being sedating and are a useful complement to programs of stress reduction, much safer than pharmaceutical tranquilizers. Take one dropperful of the tincture in a little warm water or two capsules of extract up to four times a day as needed.
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