Ua pili pono ʻo Valerian a me ka hiamoe no nā millennia. Aia ma Helene kahiko, ua ʻōlelo nā kauka Hippocrates lāua ʻo Galen i kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka insomnia. I ka Middle Ages, ua ʻike nā herbalists iā ia he tranquilizer maikaʻi loa. I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua Mua, he mea maʻamau ka loaʻa ʻana i loko o nā ʻeke o nā koa nāna i hoʻohana ia mea e hoʻomaha ai i ka hopohopo i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā pōkā. ʻOiai ʻo nā mea a pau, a he mea kupanaha paha, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ka noiʻi lāʻau lapaʻau i kona pono e kūʻē i ka hiamoe hiamoe. Hoʻomaopopo kekahi mau haʻawina i ka manaʻo o ka hiamoe maikaʻi^1,2 a me ka emi ana o ka luhi³, akā, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia kēia mau manaʻo e kekahi pae hoʻohālikelike (ka manawa e hiamoe ai, ka lōʻihi o ka hiamoe, ka nui o nā ala ala i ka pō, etc.).

Hoʻomaopopo naʻe ʻo Komisina E, ESCOP a me WHO i kona hoʻohana ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi hiamoe a, no laila, ka luhi i loaʻa mai ia mea. Hiki ke lawe ʻia ʻo Valerian i loko 30 mau minuke ma mua o ka moe ʻana: hoʻokomo i 2 a 3 g o ka aʻa maloʻo no 5 a 10 mau minuke i 15 cl o ka wai paila.

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