RE: Stress/Herbs

Thanks, Bonnie!

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Bonnie Holmes
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:14 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Stress/Herbs

Valerian (Valeriana officinalis), a member of the Valerianaceae family, is
a perennial plant native to Europe and Asia and naturalized in North
America . It has a distinctive odor that many find unpleasant. Other names
include setwall (English), Valerianae radix (Latin), Baldrianwurzel
(German), and phu (Greek). The genus Valerian includes over 250 species,
but V. officinalis is the species most often used in the United States and
Europe.

Preparations of valerian marketed as dietary supplements are made from its
roots, rhizomes (underground stems), and stolons (horizontal stems). Dried
roots are prepared as teas or tinctures, and dried plant materials and
extracts are put into capsules or incorporated into tablets 

From Medline.  (NIH has been conducting some trials on the herb.)

Mayo's site:  http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00059  

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 11/19/2003 4:56:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Stress/Herbs
>
> Valerian is another common name for Jupiter's Beard or "Centrathus ruber."
> I take it you're talking about the dried product and not the blossoms? 
The
> flowers have a very sweet scent on the plants I have.  I haven't noticed a
> bad odor from the stems or leaf parts either, but then I've never dried
any
> of it either.  
>
> I've never tried it in tea.  Does anyone have a recipe?
>
> Blessings, 
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:56 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Stress/Herbs
>
> Valerian.  It smells like somebody's old nasty shoe...but if you get it
in 
> capsule form...it does help.  Just don't burp afterwards!  LOL.  I don't 
> know how people used to drink Valerian tea....nasty smelling stuff.  Kava 
> Kava helps too (for stress).
>
>
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> Zone 6
>
>
>
> >From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Another OT
> >Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 06:52:08 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >Okay so what do you take if you are constantly under stress...and not 
> >getting any sleep?
> >Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >
> >"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> >--Albert Einstein
> >
> >  --- On Tue 11/18,  < Aplfgcnys@aol.com > wrote:
> >From:  [mailto: Aplfgcnys@aol.com]
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:59:42 EST
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Another OT
> >
> >In a message dated 11/18/2003 8:47:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> ><br>justme@prairieinet.net writes:<br><br>> Echinacea capsules?!? Never
> >heard of them Auralie...<br>> <br>> <br><br>Donna, they are available at
> >any vitamin suppy source - grocery store, <br>whatever.<br>Echinacea
> >boosts your immune system. You don't take it as a regular
> ><br>supplement, but whenever your system is likely to be under stress.
> >Check it out here. <br>It does work.<br>
> >
> >     http://www.herbs.org/greenpapers/echinacea.html
> >
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