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How It Works
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Promotes relaxation and improves sleep quality by enhancing GABA activity in the brain, which helps regulate the nervous system.
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Calms physical agitation, racing thoughts, and emotional overwhelm—especially useful during hormonally-triggered irritability or stress.
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Addresses common midlife sleep disturbances and nighttime anxiety, offering gentle grounding during hormonal fluctuations.
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Acts as a general sedative for the entire system, making it helpful in muscle tension, stress headaches, and emotional tightness.
Rebecca’s Tips
People seem to love or hate Valerian, in part I think because of it’s very distinctive smell. If the smell bothers you, try taking it in orange juice or when holding your nose. Go slow at first. Try a half dropper to see how you feel and work up if needed from there - but that might be enough. My son loves valerian - loves the smell and would request a full dropper to help with sleep on occassion when he was as young as 8 or 9. He never felt groggy the next morning so I just let him go for what seemed like a big (to me) dose. Valerian is especially helpful if you have strong menstrual cramps to help you get restful sleep and be less likely to wake from the discomfort.
