Can You Drink Yourself to Sleep? (No, Not With Booze)

And valerian, usually taken as an extract from the root of the valerian plant, has become one of the most common self­-prescribed insomnia treatments in the U.S., Rosenthal says. “The exact mechanism of action remains unknown, although studies using mice models suggest valerian inhibits the breakdown of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain, which induces sedation.”

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