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Verbena hastata L.
Engl.: blue vervain, swamp verbena, American vervain, false vervain, Indian hyssop, vervain, wild hyssop.
Deu.: Lanzen-Verbene, Spiess-Eisenkraut.
Sven.: blåverbena.
Suom.: tähkäverbena.

Insomnia / 1995

Botanical name: 
Verbena officinalis
Verbena hastata
Problems: 
Insomnia

Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:06:49 +0000
To: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants discussion list
From: christopher hedley
Subject: re sleeping aids needed

... healing can only be an holistic process. It is too easy to slip into the 'cure it quickly' mentality which pervades our society.

However there is often hidden virtue in what might appear to be purely symptomatic treatment with herbs, for example using relaxing herbs to help us reconstruct a healthy sleeping pattern.

On Some Useful Plants of the Natural Order of Verbenacae.

Botanical name: 
Vitex agnus-castus
Agastache mexicana
Aloysia triphylla
Avicennia germinans
Clerodendrum inerme
Clerodendrum infortunatum
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Glandularia canadensis
Glandularia laciniata
Glandularia peruviana
Glandularia phlogiflora
Glandularia platensis
Glandularia teucriifolia
Gmelina arborea
Gmelina asiatica
Lantana camara
Lantana involucrata
Lantana trifolia
Lippia callicarpifolia
Lippia graveolens
Lippia origanoides
Lippia pseudo-thea
Oldfieldia africana
Phyla dulcis
Phyla lanceolata
Phyla nodiflora
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Tectona grandis
Toxicodendron pubescens
Verbena bracteata
Verbena carolina
Verbena hastata
Verbena stricta
Verbena urticifolia
Vitex negundo
Vitex trifolia

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1885.