Catnip

Size:
Small - 10g
Large - 30g

Nepeta cataria

Taste: Acrid,pungent

Origin: Europe

Energetics: cooling, moistening

Actions and Properties: Relaxant, nerving, diaphoretic, carminative

Systems: Digestive system, female reproductive system, muscular skeletal system, integumentary system

Traditionally used for:

• Nervous headache, menstrual headache, sleeplessness
• Swollen under the eyes
• Congestion, pain and anxiety in the stomach
• Anxiety attacks felt in the stomach, mimicking heart attack
• Hiatal hernia, hiccough
• Spasm, pain ascending from the stomach or uterus
• Motion sickness (mild palliative)
• Gas pains, relived by burping
• Menstrual cramps
• Lactation: sweetens milk
• Lessens fatigue from muscular exertion
• Skin irritations; hives, measles, fever, acne, scarlatina; brings rashes to the surface

Contraindications/cautions: Do not use for extended periods of time with small children. Avoid if pregnant.

Other uses: Can be fed to your cats, watch them go crazy!