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==News About Valerian == | ==News About Valerian == | ||
'''A medicinal herb in the mountains of New Mexico''' | |||
*Source:http://www.taosnews.com/lifestyle/article_e42fcb66-e44e-11e4-8f31-eb5b3d61eb44.html | |||
:By Rob Hawley | |||
Valerian is one of the best-known medicinal herbs and we have three species growing in the mountains here in Northern New Mexico. | |||
Valerian has small white to pink flowers in branched clusters and leaves growing from the base of the stalk. The singular identifying characteristic of our valerians is a pair of opposite leaves on the flower stalk that appear to be barbed. In our mountains, we have two species of medicinal valerian, V. acutiloba and V. arizonica and one species that is edible, named V. edulis. | |||
Valerian is an herb with a variety of uses due to its calming nature, and in fact, the benzodiazepine drug Valium takes its name from valerian due to the long history and well-known properties of valerian, as a sedating herb. | |||
The roots are the most often used and are useful in promoting sleep and calming jangled nerves, but perhaps valerian is most useful due to its effect of relaxing of the smooth muscle of the intestines and uterus when stomach or menstrual cramps are causing discomfort. | |||
The plant can be used in the dry form as capsules or tea but the most effective way to use valerian is in the form of an extract of the fresh plant. As valerian dries a stinky substance called isovaleric acid forms that smells something like dirty socks. Isovaleric acid, if used everyday can contribute to depression so the fresh form of the plant as liquid extract is the most effective and preferred medicine. | |||
At Taos Herb Company we use the whole fresh plant harvested in the late spring or early summer. | |||
Consult your health care practitioner about the use of herbs or supplements, especially if you are pregnant, taking prescription medication or administering herbs to children. | |||
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'''Getting to the root of the sedative effects of valerian''' | '''Getting to the root of the sedative effects of valerian''' | ||
*Source:http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=32927 | *Source:http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=32927 | ||