{"id":3637,"date":"2014-06-06T09:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T23:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2017-06-19T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T03:39:58","slug":"home-made-sleep-potion-passionflower-and-valerian-tincture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/home-made-sleep-potion-passionflower-and-valerian-tincture\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Made Sleep Potion: Passionflower and Valerian Tincture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sleep is something I often struggle with because I feel like I am wound up and frantic and can’t slow down enough to slip into slumber. There are two beautiful herbs that are wonderfully sleep inducing so I have since prepared myself a tincture with them to help me unwind and nod off. In addition, I infused the alcohol (used as a solvent for the herbs) with a smoky quartz crystal. Here is a little about all three ingredients:<\/p>\n
Smoky quartz is hands down the crystal for stress. If you are wound up and stressy, you may find it very hard to drift off at night. Smoky quartz is a lovely earthy brown colour, and relates to the base chakra. It is incredibly grounding and helps ‘bring you back down to earth’ and settle and relax you, diffusing stress and anxiety. By infusing the vodka with this crystal before making the tincture, the vibrations of the stone are able to transfer over to the liquid ready for us to take later on.<\/p>\n
Both Valerian Root and Passionflower are classed as hypnotics (that is, they help induce sleep), Valerian being the stronger of the two. It has a characteristic pong but we overlook that for her ability to help us snooze. These herbal sedatives relax the nervous system and ease tension.<\/p>\n
Combines synergistically with Valerian for insomnia. It is also an anxiolytic - so is useful where there is anxiety. The perfect herb for restlessness and irritability with difficulty in falling asleep [1]. I found packets of both these dried herbs at my local organic health food store.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Optional:<\/strong><\/p>\n Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dosage:<\/strong><\/p>\n Best taken 45 minutes before bedtime to enable the herbs to take effect. 10 drops in a little water or juice.<\/p>\n Sleep is something I often struggle with because I feel like I am wound up and frantic and can’t slow down enough to slip into slumber. There are two beautiful herbs that are wonderfully sleep inducing so I have since prepared myself a tincture with them to help me unwind and nod off. In addition,...<\/p>\nPassionflower and Valerian Tincture<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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1. Bone, K., & Mills, S. (2013). Principles and practices of phytotherapy (2nd ed.). China: Elsevier.<\/span><\/h5>\n
2. Ganora, L. (2009). Herbal Constituents. Foundations of Phytochemistry. Louisville, Colorado: Herbalchem Press.<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"