On yesterday’s episode, February 25, 2009, of the Dr. Oz Show, per Gluten Free Carla’s Blog, Dr. Oz stated that Valerian Root works on the brain and is good for anxiety.
Has anyone tried this? Please let us all know if you have. If you’re about to try it, please bookmark this page and come back and give us an update!
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September 18, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Yes I’ve tried it, it works a bit although sometimes it seems to not work at all. It’s a common medicine russians take for sleeplessness and to calm down.
June 9, 2011 at 3:33 pm
I think valerian root works great it calms me down, also great for people that need some pain relief. the only question I have on it I heard if you take it you fail a drug test and would like to know if this is true
August 24, 2011 at 12:54 pm
yes, it does. it happened to a candidate that my job was going to hire.