Valerian is a product that usually we hear mention our grandmothers once, this herbal medicine, like many others, came to meet all the elements and substances that medical science has created today for many requirements previously were in the natural.

This traditional herbal medicine has always been used by people suffering from insomnia or those who had anxiety disorders, and thanks to its sedative properties, allowing almost immediate recovery of normal.

But not only that valerian is make us sleep easier, but also scientifically proven that taking it increases deep sleep and are more times when you dream, so we’re definitely talking about a better quality sleep.

Its properties make great valerian is recommended for cases of depression, intellectual exhaustion, migraines, headaches, dizziness, headache, irritability and even panic attacks, demonstrating the enormous power that is always recognized in the past and today also stands among the grasses with better immediate results.

In the case of people with arrhythmias, valerian is very prescribed, as it allows the heart rate stabilizes. It also helps people with hypertension who have a nervous origin, and is a great jerky so widely used in cramps, gastrointestinal or bronchial spasms.

Very useful for premenstrual and menstrual days, even for those who suffer from constant bloating or indigestion.

Perhaps we are falling short with the recognition that we owe to this traditional herb, but the fact is that we will never use, even with the most modern science that we propose.

Disease overworked, bon vivants, gourmands and gourmets, gout is a condition resulting from an overload of uric acid in the body. The main clinical signs of joint damage in inflammatory and biologically, by hyperuricemia (greater than 70 mg / l of uric acid in the blood). Some regions such as the big toe, the elbow region and the cartilage of the auricle are predisposed.

Gout insidiously. The crisis first brief and localized, become more frequent, lower intensity, longer duration, with involvement of other joints, usually in the upward direction.

Treatment of gout may be that prolonged treatment. It should start one month after the last attack of gout. This is based on combining a diet and herbal medicine.

Herbal diuretics

At all times, that is to say during crises and outside them, drinking tea, diuretics are very useful, and among them, should be recommended the combination of three plants (for a cup boiling water, one tablespoon of the mixture following):

* Ash leaves: 50 g
* Flower heads of meadowsweet: 50 g
* Blackcurrant leaves: 100 g
These teas will be taken without food due to half a liter per day.

Homeopathy

* Uricum acidum 7 CH: 10 pellets each Sunday morning.
* Arnica 4 CH: 3 pellets in the morning.
* Ranunculus 4 CH: 3 pellets at noon.
* Colchicum 4 CH: 3 pellets at bedtime.

Pharmaceutical name: Rhizoma Ligustici.
Botanical Name: Ligusticum sinense Oliver,  Ligusticum jeholense Nakai et Kitag.
Common name: Ligusticum Root.
First record: Shennong Bencao Jing.

Part used and method of pharmaceutical preparation:
The roots are extracted in the spring. After removing the fibrous roots, are dried in the sun. Then dive into water and then cut into slices.

Properties and Taste: Spicy and warm.

Meridians: Urinary bladder.
Features:

1. Emit and dispel cold outside

2. Expel wind and dampness,

3. Curbing the pain.

Indications and Combinations:
1. Headache caused by invasion of wind and cold, which manifests as pain in the vertex and migraine. The root of Ligusticum (Gaoben) is used with Angelita dahurica root (Baizhi) and rhizome Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong).

2. Bi syndrome of wind-cold-dampness manifested as pain in joints and limbs. The root of Ligusticum (Gaoben) is used with Ledebouriella root (Fangfeng), angelica root (Qianghuo), root clematis (Weiling-xian) and Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu).

Dose: 2-10 g

Precautions and Contraindications:

This herb is contraindicated during heat syndromes and headache caused by deficiency of blood.