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Cats and their humans can
benefit from catnip
A harmless high for felines, and beneficial for humans. Catnip leaves contain considerable quantities of vitamins C and E, both excellent antioxidants. The primary phytochemicals, nepetalactone isomers, are mild sedatives, somewhat like the active ingredients in valerian. Catnip, is a potent sleep-inducer for humans. It soothes the nervous system and can safely help get a restless child off to sleep. Catnip calms without affecting you the next day.
Catnip teas have long been used in traditional herbal medicine to quell digestive disturbances, and help stimulate menstruation.
A hot cup of catnip tea is excellent for colds, flu, or the infectious diseases of childhood (eg measles), because of its action in inducing sleep and producing perspiration without increasing the heat of the system.
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 Catnip essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves and has similar properties as the whole leaf, being antispasmodic and carmative (for digestive upsets) and diaphoretic (promotes perspiration), and febrifuge (breaks a fever), for use in colds. It is an effective insecticide and it's main use is as an insect repellent. Nepetalactone, which gives catnip its odor, was found to be 10 times more effective than the popular insect repellent diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET). Herbacous and sutblely floral, catnip oil blends well with Grapefruit, lavandin, lavender, lemon, marjoram, orange, other mints, and rosemary.
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Preparation Methods :The infusion of 1 OZ. to a pint of boiling water may be taken by adults in doses of 2 tablespoons, by children in 2 or 3 teaspoons, frequently. The catnip herb should always be infused, boiling will spoil it. Its qualities are somewhat volatile, hence when made it should be covered up.
 Remedies using : Catnip
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Certified Organic Catnip essential oil |  (Nepeta cataria)
Origin- Canada
Method of Cultivation- Organic
Common Method Of Extraction: Steam distilled
Parts Used: Leaf and flower
Note Classification: Middle
Aroma: Herbaceous and mildly floral |
 Organic Catnip essential oil
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Certified Organic Catnip hydrosol |  A surprisingly fresh hydrosol with a softly rounded mint note that is best known for its relaxant properties. You can drive your cat wild with a few mists onto most anything that they are free to mangle. |
| Organic Catnip hydrosol Not for food use. |
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Certified Organic Skeeter Skatter Repellent |  An all-natural alternative to aerosol bug repellents, which contain harmful chemicals and synthetic repellents. This highly effective, proprietary blend contains pure essential oils in a vegetable oil base. |
| Organic Skeeter Skatter Repellent contains pure essential oils of Citronella, Eucalyptus, Lavender, Catnip and Pennyroyal in a vegetable oil base. |
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Certified Organic Happy Tummy Tea |  Support your healthy stomach with this soothing and yummy drink. |
| Organic Happy Tummy Tea Contains: Organic Catnip, Spearmint, Lemongrass, Calendula flowers, Skullcap, Rosemary, Sage leaf, and Fennel seed |
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Certified Organic Chamomile-Catnip Glycerite |  A mild sedative, especially helpful in times of high anxiety and over-excitement.
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| Organic Chamomile-Catnip Glycerite Contains: Fresh organic Chamomile flower and leaf, organic Catnip, wildharvested fresh Elder flowers, Lemon Balm, Hyssop, Peppermint, Kosher Vegetable Glycerine, filtered water and Peppermint essential oil. |
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Certified Organic Quiet Child Tea | | Refreshing minty flavour and a calming influence. Good for anytime of the day or right before bedtime. |
| Organic Quiet Child Tea Contains: Organic Raspberry leaf, organic Catnip, organic Spearmint, organic Skullcap, organic Calendula flowers, organic Chamomile flower and a pinch of organic Stevia. |
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Catnip essential oil for :Repelling mosquitoes |
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Researchers at Iowa State University found nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET. |
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Catnip herb for :Animal Care, Sedative |
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Catnip acts as a mild sedative and digestive aid to most animals making it very useful in high-strung animals with nervous stomach upsets. Cats become intoxicated when they sniff the bruised leaves of this plant. The herb is calming and relaxing when taken internally. |
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Dark Blue Nepeta Catmint
- Flowers:White flowers with purple spots
- Plant type:Aromatic, herbaceous pereneial, mint family
- Leaves:Downy, heart shaped, greyish-green
- Preferred Habitat:dry roadsides
- Harvest Season:Tops are harvested in the fall for herbal use
- Distribution:Native to Europe, naturalized in North America
Catnip (Catnep to the English) has an aromatic, characteristic odor, which bears a certain resemblance to that of both Mint and Pennyroyal. It is owing to this scent that it has a strange fascination for cats, who will destroy any plant of it that may happen to be bruised. There is an old saying about this plant:
'If you set it, the cats will eat it,
If you sow it, the cats don't know it.'
(Grieve, Maude
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 It is an herb of Venus. Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone, or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, or sit over the hot fumes thereof Nicholas Culpeper |
 Catnip brings energies of knowledge, mystery, and playfulness. |
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 Catnip tea will prevent a cold if you drink a cup of the warm infusion, sweetened with honey when you first notice symptoms. |
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Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
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