About Catnip
A mint-family herb (Nepeta cataria) traditionally used in humans as a mild sedative and for digestion. Human clinical evidence is essentially absent; use is traditional.
What Catnip supports
- Traditional calming herb
How much Catnip to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
100–1000
mg
Traditional calming/sleep use; amounts vary. No established dose.
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Traditional use only; no clinical evidence
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