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Useful Links
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/valerian/>
Interesting! Besides the fact that I'd never heard of valerian root before your blog, i was quite intrigued by how ancient civilizations used it for epilepsy. I wonder if valerian or its constituents at least have ever been used as treatments or in treatments.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog.
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