Benefits

Nervous System

• Calms the nervous system without feeling “drugged”
• Has a natural quieting effect that can assist with sleep
• Taken regularly over a period of time, can create permanent benefit for nervous afflictions
• Beneficial influence on the central and sympathetic nervous systems
• Beneficial for neuralgia
• Acts to quiet nerves

Muscle Spasms

• Known for helping spasmodic afflictions such as St. Vitus’s Dance (involuntary jerking motions)
• May assist with epilepsy
• Has been used to help relieve palsy

Mood and Chronic Fatigue

• Helps create a feeling of well-being and inner calm
• Helps to alleviate symptoms of chronic exhaustion occurring as a result of depression
• Helps to alleviate anxiety
• Helps recovery from extreme fatigue caused by blood toxins
• May help rebuild healthy sleep patterns and diminish insomnia

Detox

• Eases problems associated with drug and alcohol withdrawal
• Helps lessen severity of detox reactions

Brain

• Has been shown to help rebuild nerve ending in the brain

Digestive System

• Soothes inflamed digestive tissue
• Improves digestive functions

Respiratory

• Helps heal upper respiratory infections

Additional Uses

• Traditionally used to help with fertility
• May assist with headaches caused by coughing and tension concentrated in the head

Parts of the plant used include for therapeutic purposes:  the whole plant