the valeriana like sedative

I have been receiving a mail for a time where a client, tired by the hyperactivity of its dog during the night, habia administered to him valeriana in natural form to help it to sleep during the night. She asked if this were safe and if it had collateral effects.

I verified that reference in the ?Manual Herbario? of Varro E. Tyler, PhD. Where it describes to the valeriana like ?Heliotropo of Garden?, it is high a perennial plant with white or reddish flowers. The plant is harvested in the second year of growth, and has an pleasant aroma that has been verified that is attractive for the rats. According to the legend the Flautista de Hamelin used valeriana to take to the rates of the village far.

It has been used by more than thousands of years like a sedative and smooth tranquilizer. The Dr Tyler says that he does not have any well-known collateral effect and in spite of some interests on a theoretical toxicity of some components, no poisonous effect has pronounced in animals or human beings. The Commission of the German Department of Federal Health has found the effective and free drug of contraindications and efectoscolaterales. It can be used without risk with the alcohol. (But to drink with moderation)

The valeriana included in the Farmacopea of the United States (U.S.P.) from 1820 to 1942 and in the National Form from 1942 1950. From that time widely it is used like a slight sedative, probably never will have the yield sufficient a company to be able the approval to commercialize it like a drug.

He is available in the United States in dietetic food stores as a dye (an alcohol solution) or you can buy it in natural form and make a tea bitter. The extract is available, also, in capsules. But the valeriana is a drug nonregulated and he is not safe that the capsules have the specific amount of the sedative. The valeriana is ?the active ingredient? and there is no promise that no extract of valeriana, really, contains the active ingredient.

I have never used or prescripto valeriana for dogs or cats. I do not know whichever cash is or yes it has he himself effect for all. Reason why I have read, seemed to be safe, but when a natural remedy gets to be sometimes popular and much people use it and with an ample variety of ailments and medical conditions, some begin to use it in exaggerated form and can exist problems.

If it had a healthful dog that remains wide-awake at night, it would probably administer to him, a preservative dose of valeriana, but under the control of a Veterinary Doctor who prescribe it, and specially for his cat (in general, the cats are more sensible to drugs). To be of current use it must have detailed and verified tests or clinical tests.

Source: ?Dr Roen's?
Translation: MV Enrique L. Fernandez

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