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Valerian Root Tonic.
Whole valerian root from the Balkans, extracted 1:5 in 45 percent alcohol: pungent, earthy and unmistakable, a dropper in water as the house goes quiet. May cause drowsiness.
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About this product
You will smell it before you open it: pungent, earthy and unmistakable even through a sealed dropper bottle. Valerian has always been the evening herb of the old herbals, kept in monastic infirmaries long before anything modern sat on the nightstand, and its smell has always been its one flaw.
This tonic is made from the whole root of Valeriana officinalis, grown in the Balkans, where the plant has been cultivated for the herb trade for generations. It is extracted at a 1:5 ratio in 45 percent alcohol, strong enough to carry the root's full drowsy, slightly sour character rather than a thinned imitation of it. In tradition it belongs to the hour when the room is quieting down and the mind keeps turning the day over.
Details
- Whole valerian root, Valeriana officinalis, grown in the Balkans
- Extracted 1:5 in 45 percent alcohol (ABV)
- 50 ml per bottle
How to use
Stir one dropper into a small glass of water and take it about half an hour before bed, while the room is already quieting down. Hold your nose if you must. It may cause drowsiness; do not combine it with alcohol or sedatives. It is not a remedy for insomnia or any diagnosed condition, which are better brought to a physician.
Its scent is famously unlovely; its place in the evening ritual is not.
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