Valerian and sleep
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplement appears to have beneficial effects on quality of sleep but larger studies are needed to focus on an accepted standard of sleep quality, Stephen Bent, MD, et al., Osher Center, UCSF, infer from meta-analysis. Reviewers chose 11 randomized, placebo-controlled trials found in MEDLINE search covering January 1966 through December 2000 and a Cochrane Library search. The studies, encompassing 632 subjects, used differing methods, doses and preparations of valerian and measured varying specific sleep outcomes, Bent et al. acknowledge