Making a SLEEPING POTION From Fresh VALERIAN
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Despite the benefits a city can offer, city life can be stressful and polluted with both noise and light, all of which means people are having more trouble sleeping than ever. I used to have insomnia all the time when I lived in the city, and even when over the counter sedatives wouldn't work I found that the gentle effect of a homemade herbal tincture would do the trick.
I made a valerian, hops, and chamomile tincture blend that served as a great sleeping potion to relax me enough to help me drift off at night. This spring I found a bunch of volunteer valerian growing in my garden so I thought it was time to make some more sleeping potion. I sleep really soundly most nights at Dancing Rabbit, but I figure I can send some of this to friends who live in the city, and it's always good to have some on hand just in case.
Thanks for posting this! I've never used it before and this was a nice a
Introduction.
I was preparing it as you were explaining it.
I noticed even working with it makes me calm.
How did it work?
You can add the leaves to your salad as well as the flowers can be used for a sleepy time tea.
Its better to wait till the plant is finished flowering and all the energy goes back into the root for the winter.
I heard it is better to cut off the flowers so the energy goes into producing more essentials for the use. Is your focus on using or multiplying?
If the valerian doesn't put you to sleep the vodka will.
It's true, though 10 drops won't get you very tipsy. But way back when, a shot of hard liquor was often used to get kids to sleep faster.
Really? Vodka can put to sleep
@@aishaaliali5245 yup. If you take enough shots it can put you to sleep. Permanently
@@HardcoreSustainable
That's utterly retarded no offense 😊
@@aishaaliali5245
And then gives you a terrible hangover next day lol
i use the valeriana mixed with passiflora for a sleep mixture .....
the passiflora is also helpful for old folks with shingles ...
wish more people could understand the wonderful benefits of this combo ....
thanks for a great report...
you feel passion flower? literally?
@@bartacomuskidd775 I bought some sedative stuff which has passion flower in it, also valerian, catnip and hops. Honestly, I never felt any difference, but valerian is the best herb for your heart after a lilly-of-the-valley. Want to make my own valerian and add some of those herbs for relieving stress...
@@VB-lc4xz So youve never felt anything from these herbs directly?
@@bartacomuskidd775 Nope... I didn't take homemade, but whatever I buy from the drug store - absolutely nothing... No calming effect, stress relief or sleepiness... No matter how much I swallow. On the other hand, coffee doesn't do anything for me either, no energy boost. Maybe it's just something wrong with me 😀
@@VB-lc4xz im highly suspect of things like that. herbs and "oils" but some work really well.. its just hard to find out which ones cause people talk alot of nonsense about herbs too
looks like you live in taos new mexico. i lived there is 1990 and your house looks like some i lived in and worked on
I've been to Taos. I didn't know they built houses like mine there. I thought they were mostly earthships. Still natural building though I guess. I live in Missouri.
Is a certain vodka recommended for this kind of use?
Hi, I need some seeds. How can I find it in Asia??
I would buy a small dropper bottle to try
How old is that plant. I hear that you need to use older plants. 3years + up ?
Why would you need to use older plants? Likely the ones I was using were one or two years old. I don't know. Could have been older.
Why do you seem so sad? Thanks for the info but I going to add the hops and camomile and anything else I can find,,, I have alot of trouble sleeping do to extreme pain 😣
I didn't realize I seemed sad. Maybe just tired because it was early in the day? Hops and chamomile are a good idea.
Projection. The dude is just doing chores, being a real human being, not a fake "personality".
I think he is just mellow. We have been conditioned to be bombarded with high energy tv and you tube videos.
I find him calming.
@@melig7543 Perfectly explained. He's not on Adderal, Modafinal, Red Bull, screaming into my face, flashing a huge smile, gesticulating, and dancing around telling me HOW TO LITERALLY BE MORE CALM AND GET MORE SLEEP!
He's farming. Ever met a farmer? I lived in Iowa for 2 years, they are mellow folk, full of energy, but they use it to work, not to yell at people.
I grew up in NYC around constant yelling people.
I can't fint it do u sell it i would like to try it i have a hard time getting to sleep
I don't have or make any to sell at this point. I never thought of making it on a larger scale but maybe that's a good idea for a business.
I think its fake i see u make it can't sell a dropper bottle full it's fake
@@kennymartin379 So you are saying that if I don't sell something I show people how to make on UA-cam, it must be fake? I don't understand that. Maybe you do need sleep. Just grow some valerian and make your own watching this video. That's what it's for.
Are you my soulmate!?? LOL!!! 😉
Why to get 10 drops u just can drink like its vodka is alcohol right kust drink it
Alcohol is a stimulant. It doesn't relax you, although it can ease your mind. The valerian has a relaxing effect. As well, this is a great way to get the same effect and make a small amount of vodka go much further.
@@HardcoreSustainable look i know that valerian is a great thing to smoke mix with weed or idk good taste and to drink tea in tea is good but as greek i have to tale that alcohol relax u not actually u fell in your head idk i dont speak good English but u nas sleep try tsipouro lol
@@HardcoreSustainable anyway thanks
Plants do work; NCBI PubMed. Even with mainstream medicine end up dying.
It depends on the plant. Not all natural methods work, and certainly all folk plant medicines don't work in the intended way. It's true that mainstream medicine can't cure everything. I wouldn't expect it to be able to solve all problems. Even in Star Trek people die of incurable diseases or ailments.
They all end up dying whichever medicine they chose
You certainly don't seem sad,
Excellent video, keep them coming
Valerian is a very powerful herb....The musky smell of the roots is from the essential oil which is contained therein....It's very name comes from the Latin "valerius" , "I make well"
it makes me well
One story is it was used by the ancient Romans to treat PTSD in its soldiers after battles which is why they spread it around Europe from its Mediterranean source . I know the old country people ( with ill intent) used it for drugging guard dogs around desirable property.
Great info- I started growing valerian years ago and have some root I kept for this very purpose but didn't know how. Many thanks. I agree, a lot of "alterative medicine" is just profit driven unregulated nonsense, but, of course, there are herbs that have pharmacalogical effects like Valerian.
Food processor or blender and warm everclear grain alcohol for extractiion. Ethanol extractions are to be performed warm or hot. Never over a open flame and proper ventilation. Press and filter in coffee carafe. Never use 40% liiquors for extraction of alkaloids. Concentrate the mixture by evaporating the alcohol. Those should be easy and proper tincture preparations. Otherwise the extraction isnt effective.
So are you saying that the tincture I made has no effectiveness or I am imagining the effectiveness of it?
Very possible the extraction wasnt complete to derive the MAXIMUM medicinal alkaloids the plant has. Thats all i am saying.
@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921 Okay
So Morar and pecill and find dosage needed by effectiveness? filter ad hot water.
@@HardcoreSustainable
It can be made more potent.
With above method, I went through a few us.gov articles and the extracts can be pretty much as strong as modern day benzos.
Think I'll grow some here soon.
Fyi next time dont fill ur jar up so high and also use a mason lid with wax paper to keep out rust! It works better when u have room to shake it up the alcohol has to cover ur herbs in the jar
Great video, thanks for sharing. I have purchased dried valerian roots and it really works but that smell 😝
I kind of like the smell, but I think you either like it or you really don't. Glad you liked the video.
@@HardcoreSustainable awesome info does valrian really help sleep I hope it does work on me I really need good sleep
Did it work?
The roots need to be dry before they're tinctured! Otherwise the water content in the fresh root hinders the absorption !
this is untrue. you simply use less water to alcohol ratio for a fresh herb
That’s why you accommodate when tincturing fresh herbs..
Only thing that works for me with sleep and feel like rubbish the next day
The Valerian root is amazing it helps with sleep, anxiety, menstrual cramp. I know it helped me lots. It’s a powerful root and SHOULD NOT be used more than two weeks.
why??
i use it often, no problems. I actually use it during the day because I have a sweating/social anxiety. so i used it when I was in a job that made me very anxious
@@sigmamemeindonesia9687 i think if u drink a lot of time valeriana in same week u gonna feel more anxiety with out it
Will it cause a false positive on a drug screen?
Excellent video - informative and thoughtful. First three minutes are a GREAT antidote to the ''natural is best, give us your money'' brigade. There are a lot of snake-oil salesmen out there , ut as you say if you do the research and think for yourself there are also treasures growing in the back yard. Viva!
I'm glad you like it. There is a lack of critical thinking in a lot of the alternative medicine movement, and an outright dismissal of mainstream medicine. People are trying to make money everywhere and there is good and bad everywhere.
how is it alternative medicine when its the original medicine used for thousands of years before biomedicine? I agree with what you say I just don't like the term "alternative" when biomedicine is really the alternative.
I think the difference is that a lot of medicine from the past was done before the advent of science, and much of it was bunk, like the concept of bleeding people to cure them. Like the doctrine of signatures I mention in the video. This was the belief for hundreds of years, but it was totally wrong. It's alternative medicine because there is a mainstream medicine (with its own problems, but still far better in many ways) that is dominant, so these natural ways are seen as alternatives to them.
It's probably similar to the term organic being applied to the kind of agriculture that was practiced for thousands of years, which does really annoy me...that you have to be certified to NOT use chemicals and do things the way they were done for thousands of years, but you don't have to be certified to spray all kinds of toxic chemicals on your crops. But to me this is a much more cut and dried better way of doing things than herbal medicine is to mainstream medicine. It might not be as productive in the short term, but it is far more sustainable over the long term.
NICE BROTHER!!! Glad to see Banjo. Hope she is doing well..
Yes Banjo is doing well and happily hunting rabbits!
Doesn't it smell like stinky feet to you? I have to store my tea in an airtight container, or else the smell drives me crazy whenever I am in my kitchen.
I actually like the smell.
@@HardcoreSustainable You must be a French cheese lover as well then. To each his own I guess.
@@jaardpeer4148 I love stinky cheeses, yes.
It smells nothing like cheese or feet. It's a strong sleepy/sedative smell.
@@lightbeareradonis lol how tf does something smell sleepy😂 imo it smells kinda like feet and taste bitter af
I've just started growing some valerian, it was going to be for the cats, but I think I might use it for myself!!
I didn't know cats liked it.
@@HardcoreSustainable I just starting to take Valerian Tea and i noticed when i put my mug down my cats went crazy over the super hot cup!
@@HardcoreSustainable valerian is a type of cat nip!
Yep good bad and ugly on both sides of the fence
Dancing Rabbit...aint that a commune in Missouri? Cant wait to try fresh Valerian..cool vid.
It's an intentional community, not a commune. Communes share income, but we are just like a village of people who have to figure out on our own how we make money. It is in Missouri.
Do the leaves have any nice effects?
@@jamboalive4208 not that I know of.
Its 5 o'clock somewhere....
Really appreciate ur video. Attempting my first go at it right now & you made it simple & easy. Definitely subscribed
Passiflora ots ten times better for me
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Maybe if I wore a bikini like some of the women on some gardening channels, I'd get more views and would start making some real money.
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Think I found my new favorite UA-camr 🤣
Wow, what a nice compliment! Glad you found the channel.
Could i use dry valarian powder,to make this?
yes, definitely. Some say it's better. Probably would be more concentrated. But you have to be careful because if the dried stuff is old or exposed to air, it will lose its potency. It's best as fresh as possible if it's dried.
it smells like dirty socks lol
awesome!! thank you!!
Thanks but you’d be better off staying away from Web MD... 🤦🏻♀️ I’d imagine just drinking the Vodka before bed would do the same. Lol
Why stay away from webMD? 10 drops of vodka isn't enough to do anything.
Hardcore Sustainable Web MD isn’t the most reliable source is all. Earth Clinic is a WEALTH of great info on anything you could think of. I was just joking about the vodka lol. I just finished infusing some Valerian root oil for muscle spasms. I’m going to do a salve of like 8 powerful oils for pain/inflam. in hopes of it helping my herniated disks, been down 2 MONTHS now. Best to you! 🥰
@@user-22- It's fine to try natural remedies if they work, but a lot of them haven't been scientifically tested and side effects aren't known.
I find people in the alternative medicine community by and large lack critical thinking skills. They are skeptical of everything mainstream because they think (rightly so) that it is corrupted by money. But so is alternative medicine. It's no better to charge people a lot of money for alternative cures that don't do anything than it is to charge people lots of money for pharmaceuticals. The difference is that the drug companies at least have to do tests on their drugs to make sure they are safe and effective. Or at least they have to warn you about the side effects of the drugs, that often are like a long laundry list. But at least you are informed.
When the alternative medical field is full of charlatans selling fake cures because no one questions or even tests the claims made about their efficacy, it loses all credibility in my opinion. If the alternative medical community would fund third party studies on the efficacy of their remedies instead of just saying, "hey this is ancient wisdom", they would have more credibility. They don't do this as far as I can tell. Instead, misinformation is spread from person to person along with what may be real useful medical information. That hasn't stopped scientists from studying some herbal remedies, but there is little funding put into it. If drug companies are required to provide evidence of efficacy and safety of the drugs they produce, at least that bare minimum should be required of alternative medicines. But if that were done, probably 90% of alternative practitioners would be out of business. Instead, alternative medicine practitioners just can't make claims about their "cures" curing anything. Why not just study their cures and make them legitimate medical remedies that have been proven to work? And if they can't do something as simple as prove scientifically that their remedies work, then their motives in selling them to consumers are suspect.
WebMD is an authoritative source for good medical information. They actually do mention that Valerian has efficacy in helping with sleep but they also say there are not a lot of studies supporting the claims.
Good luck to you and I hope your natural remedies have been helpful with your health problems.
Can this sleeping potion knock u out permanently?
Not a chance. It is made of vodka, though, and vodka can if you drink enough. Using this in the recommended dose, ten drops, will never kill anyone.
I appreciate the fact that you don't feed us bs. I am glad to hear some negatives about the alternate medicine because nothing is ever perfect. Thank you for highlighting the things that are wrong so people can hopefully make a more informed decision regarding their health!
I wish everyone could have a little bit of skepticism. For me, I trust someone more if they can be honest about what may be drawbacks or pitfalls to something they think is good. Not that there always has to be, but if there are, it's good to know.
How much dried Valarian root would you use if you make a simple tea, and how long should it cool off. I will use 2g tonight hope that's not to much, I'll find out. Thanks a lot for this video!
I'm not sure about dried root and tea amounts. You might try to find a recipe elsewhere online.
How did u go ?
40 grams per litter.
Alternative medicine is what has helped with my back pain,inflammation,hair,skin,nails, my mother has dementia ,I have concocted some tea for her that helps her to be a little more with it,I guess you could say, medications keep her down and sleepy just to tolerate what is going on. Medication has also given her stomach issues, which the herbs help with.
I'm not against alternative medicine, but it is not scientifically verified as much as mainstream treatments are. If it doesn't do any harm to someone, even if it's just a placebo effect, I'm fine with it. Unfortunately, anyone can (and does) just make things up and spread them as legitimate treatments, when in reality they may be doing more harm than good. Without testing we can't know the effectiveness and long and short term negative effects. It's important to verify that treatments, alternative or mainstream, actually work, and don't do more harm than good, or give people false hope when they are actually ineffective.
That's my opinion of alternative medicine. It needs the same scrutiny (but rarely gets it from those who practice it) as pharmaceuticals and mainstream methods do. There are people in alt medicine out there trying to get rich conning the gullible, no different from big pharma. But big pharma at least is required to do some testing before releasing their products on people. Alt medicine is a multibillion dollar industry and it is mostly unregulated.
The phrase alternative medicine literally means “not medicine”. Something other than medicine. Alternative to using medicine.
Either it’s medicine at the right dose or it’s not. Many plants are medicine. Many plants are not medicine and therefore alternative medicine.
Smells like feet! Lol
Does it work with dry valerian as well?
Yes, definitely. Some say it works better because the dried stuff will be more concentrated.
Cool man!
Very calming video
Hi could you make tea from the leaves or flowers? Thanks
I'm not sure. I've never tried. You could look it up.
Better to dehydrate the roots, grind dried roots to powder then soak in ethanol (vodka).
Hello! can this be made if the valerian root is dried?
Yes definitely. Some people on here have suggested that it's better to make the tincture from dried valerian root.
Wonder if it works in baths for muscle pain?. Good video
I don't know. I've never tried it. I don't imagine it would be very potent in a bath.
I don’t know if you would want to bath in the valerian scent
Its fake your just trying to get points on u tube
Why do you say that??? These herbs are traditional western herbs for anxiety/sleep. And soaking herbs in alcohol is one of the main ways medicinal herbs are used. The only error I believe he made was using fresh plants. It waters down the alcohol a bit...
Super useful video.
I would love live the bush and live off the land,
Can you just use the Valerian leaves and soaked them in hot water and drink it? Like you'd do with fresh mint tea for example.
Sorry I don't know about that. I thought the medicinal properties were in the roots. You might want to look it up since different parts of plants can be toxic or not. let us know what you find out.
Yes, you can use as a tea. But I heard the medicinal properties are alcohol based so a tincture will pull it out better and makes a better medicine
Do Valerian leaves have any uses?
I don't know actually. I imagine they must.
Use moon shine and if there's anything in there you'll know for sure.
My Dad said skull cap is stronger then valerian. Valerian makes me feel super tired much more so than melatonin definitely works in my experience. St. Johnswort made me tired too.. L-Theanine is more relaxing then tiring. Kinda reminded me of a weaker non euphoric Benzo.. Definitely not as strong. I have really bad PTSD and have struggled with addiction and still struggle with benzodiazepine use. If your having a panic attack it definitely won't work. Probably would if you caught it early. (Right when you start feeling slightly over whelmed) but is great for insomnia slight social anxiety and basic every day GAD.. My bodies pretty hard core so I have a cocktail I use when not trying to take benzos. 75mgs of Benadryl 6mgs of melatonin and 400mgs of L-Theanine.. if I want extra sedation I take a couple home filled capsules of valerian root from the health food store. I don't suggest you take anywhere near what I do. My body is use to it, would probably induce seratonin syndrome in most.. Peace and love everyone!
Can you plant the part of the root you are not using , to grow another plant of valeriana? Thanks
It's possible that if you replanted the crown of the plant it would grow another plant. I've never tried.
Yes you can divide it. I've got a patch that started as one plant I divide every year.
@@sampedro9316 thank you
Excellent video
This stuff just wakes me up
Doesn't it makes fall asleep??
Pettre Hello Maybe crystal meth will make you fall asleep then??
finally I know what to do with those roots-thank you
Home brew Valium and Xanax
A little safer than both of those though.
@@HardcoreSustainable Very true.
Does valrian root really puts you to sleep???
It's supposed to relax your muscles and that helps you to sleep.
@@HardcoreSustainable thank you sooo much for replying stay blessed Takecare
Valerian is soothing the nerves and calms the mind. It’s not hypnotic for falling asleep but for relaxation.
only 10 drops he says
@@StevieRevbo I say a different Dosis, scumbag
Enjoyed your video. Is there anything else I can use in this process other than vodka or any other drinking alcohol? Thank you.
I'm not sure. I'd guess you could make an infusion too. I haven't done it, but it seems like it could work. You might want to clean and dry the valerian root first for the infusion, otherwise you might end up with a fetid compost tea. You might look it up to find out more about a possible process.
Thank you 🤠👍👌
Super useful video.
Awesome video man! Thanks for sharing. I'm growing some Valerian in the garden currently so will try this soon
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Good luck.
Does indian valerian aka valeriana wallichi works same way as europien valerian?
I think the internet would give you a better answer than I could. Maybe a viewer will offer their expertise. I don't know anything about the Indian version.
Valerian is terrific stuff
would you sell some valerian root? i live on longisland
Do you want it for planting, or for direct use as a medicine?
@@HardcoreSustainable both lol
@@HardcoreSustainable i dont sleep much from pain i would like to try it
@@HardcoreSustainable ??
@@mybabies2725 Sorry for the slow reply. I'm currently not at home where the valerian is. I'd maybe recommend ordering some from a nursery. Once I get back to DR I'd be happy to collect some seed or send some roots. Probably the best time to send roots would be in the early spring. Seed seemed to work pretty well because they volunteer readily around my gardens. As long as you know what the seedlings look like, you can just let them grow. Once they have good roots, they are pretty easy to move around.
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing procedure. it was really helpful. You're a life saver.
thankyou for the lesson very helpful.
Tinctures are always made with dry herbs! The fact that the herb is dry allows the medium to flood in and saturate the herbal matter....Fresh herbs are mostly too green and still water filled to allow that...
a tincture can be made with fresh items as well
I don't know if that always the case. Be I use to visit a old well known Chinese herbes
Actually fresh herbs are way better as they contain all susbstances that could evaporte/degrade during drying. The tric is to use 90% ethanol instead of vodka. This will increse solubility.
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ive got some in a 5 gallon pot.. but i was concerned about losing so much of those tiny tiny roots. theres like.. twice the root weight still under ground. Do you think the alcohol drew out the compounds or would it have helped to macerate the hell of out it.
i grow klip and wild dagga too. hoping to find some motherswort, but i keep failing at my passionflower. was hoping to make a pint of all those mixed together.
I would guess it might help to mash it up, but I'm pretty sure it got a lot of the good stuff out. The tincture smells exactly like the roots used to. I'm not familiar with klip or dagga. We have motherwort in some particular spots where I live. What would that tincture do?
@@HardcoreSustainable Motherwort and Klip and Wild Daga are leonurines. Deliberate sedatives. But there are lots of different kinds of mothersworts. I have the Wild and Klip Dagga growing now, and a MOtherswort, but im not sure what motherswort i have. i plan to mix them all up. Ive tried the Klip Dagga, in a pipe, and it worked. Im not really into that, but im hoping to mix all three and make drops this fall. well, next fall.
Thank you for the info. How long does it take from seed to get to harvest the roots?
It really only takes a couple of years. They can get pretty big in one season, but you might want to wait until the second season. I think many of the ones I used here were started the year before.
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Wow, thank you!
How long can you use this? It is so much.
It is a lot. I'm sure it has a shelf life, but probably longer because it's in alcohol. I've seen some info saying they can be good for a couple years, but I'm sure it also depends on the herb you are using.
why don't you dry those roots first?
Is there a reason I should dry them? Seems like more work and you lose a lot of stuff when you dry it.
@@HardcoreSustainable when you dry the only thing you loose is water and at the same time by removing water you change chemical structure that left in the plant that suppose to make difference .
Do you know why dry mushrooms people eat and not raw?
and you harvest roots in the autumn because that way all valuable "juice" from the plant are stored in to roots.
You wait until plant "die" and then take roots . then you dry them (I don't know why) just follow protocol if you change anything then you can't have guaranty for the same result . Specially if we don't realy understand why ? so at least we follow protocol in order to get same result.
Can be that only from dry plant some chemicals can be dissolved in the alcohol.(?)
@@anabelcamacho6584 In fact, you lose a lot when you dry plants. There are many compounds that are volatile and will float away in the air in the drying process. They will do this in the tincture process as well but they will have time to make contact with the alcohol and bind with it because alcohol is volatile as well. Many of these are the compounds that make valerian so aromatic and have the desired medicinal effect.
Is it possible that you do something that's been passed down without question for many years and isn't backed up by evidence? You say you don't even know why you do it.
I guess it's possible that the drying might be necessary to get rid of the volatile compounds (if they are not the active ingredient), and concentrate the active ingredient so that you get more of it. Drying definitely changes plants a lot. Dried cilantro tastes like nothing. But other herbs, like mints, retain their potency. I find that my potion works well the way I make it.
@@anabelcamacho6584 I did find some information on ancient use of the roots in Britain that was saying the volatile oil changes during the drying process and give the medicine its "potent, disagreeable smell". But they also say the fresh root has no odor, which doesn't fit my experience at all. The fresh roots I grow smell really strong as I talk about in the video, and they make a tincture that smells the same. I will have to try them dried sometime and see if there is a significant difference in the smell of the roots, and the tincture.
I think it's possible most recipes I find use dried root because that is what is most easily available to most people, and a lot of people don't like to grow their own, just like they don't grow their own food. But I have found lots of recipes with fresh valerian. That's the recipe I followed many years ago when I first made this tincture.
@@HardcoreSustainable i guess you did not Finnish here :
'...because alcohol is volatile as well. Many '
Is this real?
What do you mean?
Yes, it is real. Valerian works.
A lot of talking....
I have to ask, tincture is always made with vodka; wouldn’t that be what makes you sleep? I take a chug at night to go to sleep and am looking for something besides the double shot of liquor, for sleep. The liquor is tearing up my stomach and I am a lifelong insomniac. The idea of vodka makes me think tincture might not be for me. Anyone tried a tea with this?
You take 10 drops of tincture. That is unlikely to be enough to make you sleep. A shot of vodka contains 887 drops. So the dose for this tincture is about 1% of the effect of a shot. Not much and not enough to make you sleepy. Alcohol is a stimulant, and so it's not good to drink to help you sleep. It makes you restless and your sleep won't be restful.
@@HardcoreSustainable thanks for clearing that up! That’s a big difference-10 drops to 887! I’ve tried valerian root capsules, unfortunately no luck. I’ve tried everything else OTC, Rx, sleep hypnosis, gummies, etc. Skullcap and wild thistle are next on my list. Alcohol is the only thing that works so far. I go to sleep and STAY asleep.
For some reason I thought that that Valium was pharmaceutical grade valerian root. I don't know where I got that information from or even if it is true?
Oh, I don't really know what Valium is made of. I can't imagine it is the same thing, but maybe has a similar relaxing, sedating effect, only about 20 times more potent.
So I googled it and clearly it is a common misconception that valium is derived from valerian root. You are right valerian root is not used in making valium and it says so on drugs.com not sure this is an authoritative source but it says valium is made of from a synthetic chemical compound.
I am really surprised you used those hairy roots, but not the bulb itself. I have never seen anyone doing that! Isn't the good stuff in a bulb?? Also, you mentioned you don't have fresh hops and camomile. Aren't dry herbs better for tincture because they are more concentrated? Fresh, but dried? Looks like such a cool channel! Thank you! Subscribed😳
I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure you lose a lot in the drying process. All the volatile compounds will float away, and I would think you'd want those. I think people use dried herbs largely because they are so disconnected from the land they buy all their herbs, and they are only sold dried. I suppose it's possible that because they are dried and take up less space, you could get more of them in a given amount of alcohol, and then you'd be getting potentially more stuff in your tincture. This seemed to work well though. Glad you like the channel and subscribed to it!
@@HardcoreSustainable Thank you so much for getting back to me! I also kinda think that dry stuff has just always been more available, but I will look it up. Sorry to bug you, but I am very curious why exactly you use that part of the root? I will search, but I am curious if you have any specific reason to do that? I want to take valerian for my heart which doesn't feel good, but the doctors say - you are fine!! And for stress, of course. It's the best remedy for the heart after the lilly-of-the-valley. It helps you sleep too, of course. Any drug store tincture never helps, I can shove down the whole thing, it won't help. So here if valerian doesn't help, vodka will for sure😀