🔼: [[🛠 Medicinal Plants 🌿]] # Catnip (Nepeta cataria) [^1] Parts used: Leaves and flowers Easy to grow, prepare, and use, Catnip is a safe (even for babies and children) and effective calming sedative. ### Uses - Helps with [[💡 Stress]] - Lowers [[Fevers]] as a [[💡 Tinctures|Tincture]] and enema. - Soothes pain from teething or toothaches when served as [[💡 Tea]] throughout the day. - A digestive bitter used for indigestion, diarrhea, and colic. - A couple of drops of a [[💡 Tinctures|Tincture]] helps as a digestive aid. - A few drops before bedtime can help a child sleep better. ## Using Catnip - Catnip is bitter and is often paired with [[🌿 Oats]] and [[🌿 Lemon Balm]] for the taste. - Aerial parts are made into [[💡 Tea]], [[💡 Tinctures]], and [[💡 Capsules]]. ## Related - [[On Plant Medicine Dosage...]] - [[🦮 How to Source Herbs]] [^1]: [[📖 ✅ Herbs for Stress & Anxiety - How to Make and Use Herbal Remedies to Strengthen the Nervous System]]