About Wild Lettuce
A plant (Lactuca virosa) whose milky sap (lactucarium) was historically used as a mild sedative and pain reliever. Human clinical evidence is absent; claims are traditional and anecdotal.
What Wild Lettuce supports
- Traditional sedative/analgesic herb
How much Wild Lettuce to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
100–1000
mg
Traditional sedative/analgesic use; amounts vary. No established dose.
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Traditional/anecdotal only; no clinical evidence
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