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Valeriana officinalis Valerian flowers in Oleo Europea extra virgin cold pressed olive oil. Harvested from my rooftop in the #Bloorcourt neighbourhood of Toronto and made by me. No Standardization.
NOT AN ESSENTIAL OIL! Here is the root to boil for a tea THIS IS NOT A SLEEP AID FOR INGESTION.
The name of the herb is derived from the personal name Valeria and the Latin verb valere, meaning to be strong and healthy. The plant grows up to 2 metres (7 feet) tall and 1 metre wide. In the summer, the mature plant can bear sweetly scented pink or white flowers. I call it the scent of mercy.
Packaged in a 100mL blue glass bottle.
SUGGESTED USES: I suggest that the herbal oil be used in massage, in healing and pain-relieving balms, and as part of spiritual practices and rituals for restoration and healing, imparting the qualities of rest and mercy.
TRADITIONAL USES: Valerian has been used in traditional herbal medicine since at least the times of ancient Greece and Rome. Hippocrates described its properties, and Galen later prescribed the root as a remedy for insomnia, and it is used this way to this day. In medieval Sweden, it was sometimes placed in the wedding clothes of a bridegroom to ward off the "envy" of the elves.
CHEMISTRY: Phytochemicals
Known compounds detected in valerian include:
Alkaloids: actinidine, chatinine,shyanthine, valerianine, and valerine
Isovaleramide may be created in the extraction process.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Valeric acid
Isovaleric acid
Iridoids, including valepotriates
Sesquiterpenes (contained in the volatile oil): valerenic acid, hydroxyvalerenic acid and acetoxyvalerenic acid
Flavanones: hesperidin, 6-methylapigenin, and linarin
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