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Main article: Medicinal herbs and plants

In herbalism a number of extracts are said to improve psychological conditions.

List of herbs used to treat psychological conditionsEdit

• Rauvolfia Serpentina, used extensively in India for sleeplessness, anxiety, and high blood pressure. The first proven allopathic medicine for high blood pressure was extracted from this herb.
• St. John's wort, has yielded positive results, proving more effective than a placebo for the treatment of mild to moderate depression in some clinical trials.^[1]
• Valerian root can be used to treat insomnia. [1]

• Herbal sedatives
  • ashwagandha
  • Duboisia hopwoodii
  • Prosanthera striatiflora
  • catnip
  • kava (Piper methysticum)
  • mandrake^{[citation needed]}
  • valerian

See alsoEdit

• List of plants of interest to psychologists
• Plants (botanical)

References & BibliographyEdit

1. ↑ Gupta RK, Moller HJ. "St. John's Wort. An option for the primary care treatment of depressive patients?" Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2003 Jun;253(3):140-8. PMID 12904978

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