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Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I buy these things but I wonder if they are truly pharmacologically-active and not just bullshit. Discuss

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[โ€“] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Super real.

Lavender has a wonderful sedating effect. I like to science, so I vaped some essential oil once upon a time.. very nice calming effects that make you want to sleep, but that doesn't knock you out. Great sleep, nice and cozy.

There's limited hard science becasue what's the incentive??

But thousands of years of use in practice, so that says something.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But thousands of years of use in practice, so that says something.

    Could be placebo

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You don't inhale random things to see what happens what the hell is wrong with you.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago

    Where's your sense of adventure?

    I made an educated guess that my lungs wouldn't melt and my brain wouldn't shut off. It worked, was nice, might try it again.

    There are essential oils I would dare do this with, but in terms of bronchial irritation and LD50, lavender oil is pretty tame.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago*

    The incentive is a publication on your CV.

    Here's one

    The problem is that people don't know how to search for scientific articles, and aren't versed in understanding what makes a study a good one.

    Nearly all "alternative medicines" have been scientifically studied. The difference between them and regular medicines are that the real medicines have a clear clinical benefit.

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