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- Promotes relaxation and reduces anxiety
- Enhances mood and sleep quality
- Improves sleep patterns and regulates the cycle
- Medicinal Part: Brown-grey powdered seed with a peppery odor.
- Botanical Description: A stout, woody, climbing shrub growing to about 3m with greenish flowers and inflated black pods.
- Habitat: Mainly found in West-Central Africa, in thickets, often associated with termite mounds on plains, in forests, secondary vegetation, and old farms. It is an evergreen, vigorous plant with wide adaptability. Commercial production of 5-HTP involves extraction from the seeds.
Valerian: Valerian is an herb commonly used as a sleep aid, available in various commercial forms. The extract from Valeriana officinalis, a flowering plant native to Europe and Asia and also found in North America, contains over 150 active constituents. Valerian root extract includes the fresh or carefully dried subterranean parts of the plant, such as rhizomes, roots, and stolons.