California Poppy Herb is considered to be a sub-opiate. It is milder and not habit-forming compared to its cousin, red poppy, which is a source of opium. It may be used to maintain psychological functions without affecting the central nervous systems. It contains alkaloids such as californine and protopine that helps treat insomnia, depression, anxiety and nerve pains. It is also used to treat the symptoms behavioural disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It also has the capacity to improve the memory, focus, and concentration, particularly in the elderly. California poppy herb also has antispasmodic effect that relieves muscular pains. It has also been used to cure fever, rapid pulse and coughs.

GABA or gamma-aminobutyric acid is an amino acid classified as a neurotransmitter that is abundant in the brain. It balances the chemicals in the brain. It is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that keeps the balance between excitement and inhibition –that reduces anxiety, tension, stress and depression. It also helps induce relaxation and sleep. GABA also help stimulates the anterior pituitary that stimulates the production of human growth hormones. Growth Hormones give an anabolic effect which promotes the formation and building of muscles. It also has lipotropic effect that helps in weight management and prevents fat formation. GABA also has antioxidant property that slows down the aging.

Hops Strobile- The female flower clusters of humulus plant. The plant is from the family Cannabaceae. They are widely cultivated in Germany, U.S.A and many other parts of the world. Most of the Hops produced in world are used in bear making but it has some medicinal properties as well. Hops are used in herbal medicine for treatment of restlessness, anxiety and insomnia. It is also used by folk people. A pillow filled with hops is a folk remedy for sleepnesness. It is also believed to be an antibacterial agent.

Kava Kava is a shrub grown in the South Pacific and has its connections to the pepper family. Kava kava is an excellent remedy for anxiety and panic attacks. It reduces stress and nervousness and eases muscle spasms and chronic pain. Kava is used as an anti-depressant because it has sedating effects. The root of the kava plant is used in making medicines. The kava root is also called kava lactones. Kava lactones are believed to affect the neurotransmitter level in the blood. The function of neurotransmitter is to carry messages all through the body. The kava plant has six kava lactones – kavain, demethoxy-yangonin, methysticin, yangonin, dihydrokavain and dihydromethysticin Kava kava is available in stores in tea, pill, capsule and liquid form. Pregnant and breast feeding women must stay away from it.

L-Glycine- Glycine is an organic compound and one of the 20 amino acids deemed as building blocks for proteins. This proteinogenic amino acid is not only the smallest but also the only amino acid of the group that is not chiral, which means there is no enantiomer of glycine. With the prominent exception of collagen, which thirty five percent are glycine, most proteins contain only small amounts of it. As a solid, glycine is sweet tasting, crystalline and has no color. Despite being non-essential, because it can be biosynthesized from the amino acid serine, glycine has several important physiological functions, besides being a precursor to proteins. It is a biosynthetic intermediate of purines and the D-Aminolevulinic acid and it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter found in the central nervous system.

Passion Flower- Passion vines, or Passiflora, are a 500 species strong genus of flowering plants that all belong to the family of Passifloraceae. While most of the plants are classified as vines, there are also some shrubs and herbaceous plants that can be found. With the exception of Europe and Africa, as well as Antarctica, these plants are found all over the rest of the world. While the passion flower is mostly known for the Maracuja, or Passiflora edulis, the passion fruit, the vines of some species in this genus are known to have properties that have been used by Native Americans for treatment of insomnia, epilepsy and hysteria, as noted with Passiflora incarnata. Many other species contain beta carboline harmala alkaloids, which function as monoamine oxidase inhibitors and are powerful antidepressants.

Skullcap Herb