![]() As someone who sometimes would rather not remember her dreams, that’s fine with me. Did it give me “epic dreamtime adventures,” as Homestead’s website promises? Not really. on a Monday, I felt a little dizzy-this is definitely better for nighttime. A note that this tea used to be called Sweet Dreams, but now goes by Dream Time. You can drink it more concentrated this way, which means less liquid before going to bed-if you’re working hard to go to sleep, you might as well try to stay asleep. To bring out the floral notes, cold-steep the tea before you leave for work in the morning and then strain it to reheat before bed. After steeping the suggested 10–30 minutes, the tea still had only a hint of rose-chamomile flavor. ![]() Lots of dried pieces of actual nature, without the flavor of sticks, mud, and Off! Bug spray. I used to make potions like this when we camped in the Michigan woods in my childhood, and this was the tea I was trying to make. What a nice touch! This is a very unique tea, with mugwort and hops, and I love anything that gives me Macbeth witch vibes. Packaged in an open-shelf-friendly octagonal jar, there was a big, green dried hop ( the stuff you make beer with) on the top of the tea when I twisted off the lid. ![]() $26 at Rebecca's Homestead Apothecary Dream Time You could easily drink it during the day after a rough meeting or before that flower-essence therapist appointment. Snooze factor: It won’t knock you out right away, but it will give you a calm, relaxed energy. As I drank it, I felt like I wanted something more, but maybe I’m just not appreciative of nuance. Verdict: If you’re not a fan of chamomile/licorice/all those usual medicine flavors in most sleep-aid bevs, this is your cup of tea. When steeped, this made a darker, gray tea that smelled like oatmeal and tasted very mellow, with hints of.hay? That was the most concrete thing I could put my finger on. It’s a lemon balm tea with oatstraw, lavender, and skullcap, which came highly recommended from a flower-essence therapist friend of mine. This was my first time as a human ever to consume catnip, which I knew had great reviews from my cat, Roger, but apparently is also a muscle-relaxing nerve-chiller. Meanwhile, the cups I sipped of Celestial Seasonings’ Sleepytime and Bigelow’s Sweet Dreams may have been relaxing in a cozy sort of way, but I could discern no real effect on my sleep once the lights were off.$4 at Target Rebecca’s Herbal Apothecary Bedtime Blend Similarly, Traditional Medicinals’ Nighty Night, which boasts 360 mg of passionflower, promoted a deeper sleep and left me satisfied in the morning. Yogi’s Bedtime, which contains both, had the most pronounced effect: While it did not make me drowsier than normal, I definitely experienced more intense REM cycles-evidenced by remembered dreams (uncommon for me) about a disturbing house fire and a delightful theme park-and I felt a bit more rested than normal the next morning. That passionflower and valerian root show the most promise for actual impact on sleep matched well with my personal experience. The conclusion? “The consumption of a low dose of, in the form of tea, yields short-term subjective sleep benefits for healthy adults with mild fluctuations in sleep quality.” In addition to appearing to have the most anecdotal support on the Internet, a 2011 study reported that of “six sleep-diary measures analysed, sleep quality showed a significantly better rating for passionflower compared with placebo” in the 41 subjects followed. That said, the most convincing data exist for passionflower. Given the inherent subjective weakness of self-reports, this basically means that the results should be treated with a dash of skepticism. The evidence for valerian root is somewhat better-for example, a 2010 European meta-analysis of 18 previous studies allowed that “valerian would be effective for a subjective improvement of insomnia, although its effectiveness has not been demonstrated with quantitative or objective measurements.” This raises an important caveat to all this research: Every study I looked at was based on sleep diaries, meaning that subjects were responsible for reporting their own assessments of their sleep. Sleepytime’s comforting aroma and perfectly balanced flavor are achieved by blending soothing herbal ingredients from around the worldincluding floral Egyptian chamomile, cool spearmint from the Pacific Northwest, and. A small 2011 study did suggest possible “modest benefits of daytime functioning,” but found no difference in sleep quality between subjects given chamomile extract and those on a placebo. A soothing blend of chamomile, spearmint and lemongrass, Sleepytime is the most beloved of our herbal tea recipes. So just how active are those ingredients? Despite its reputation for making the most soothing cup, chamomile has not yet been scientifically shown to have a significant impact on various sleep quality measures.
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