Indications For managing pain, anxiety, and insomnia. Provides relaxation, mild sedation, or both while treating a variety of disease states. Nonaddictive, safe, gentle, nonnarcotic pain relief. Mechanism of Action Some books have reported Eschscholzia to contain trace amounts of morphine, but there are no published studies attesting to the veracity.…
Indications Cardiovascular conditions such as congestive heart failure, coronary circulation problems, weak cardiac output, hypertension, angina, arrhythmias, and atherosclerosis. Hawthorn is also used as a sedative and anxiolytic. Mechanism of Action Proanthocyanidins, a group of flavonoid compounds in hawthorn berries are credited with much of the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions.…
Indications Insomnia, anxiety. Mechanism of Action German chamomile flowers contain 0.24%–1.9% volatile oil. The oil is made up of a variety of compounds. The principal terpenoids are α-bisabolol and chamazulene. Chamazulene has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity.1,2 Chamomile flowers also contain the bioflavonoids apigenin, quercetin, and patuletin, which are flavonoids.3 Apigenin…
Indications Acute and chronic anxiety, insomnia and depression. Mechanism of Action The majority of research on Lavandula has focused on its essential oil, which is composed of linalool, linalyl acetate,1,8-cineole, b-ocimene, terpinen-4-ol, and camphor. Several studies have pointed to sedative, anti-anxiety, and anti-depressive effects, though their exact mechanisms of action…
