Valerian and Improved Insomnia

• Over-the-counter products for insomnia in adults: A scoping review of randomised controlled trials.

  • 2025-05
  • Systematic Review · n = 405
  • Sleep medicine 129
  • • Adriana Salame
    • Silvy Mathew
    • Cini Bhanu
    • Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez
    • Sukvinder Kaur Bhamra
    • Michael Heinrich
    • Kate Walters
    • Rachael Frost

  • PubMed: 40054227
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.02.027

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Insomnia

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Among the most studied products, valerian and melatonin have substantial evidence to demonstrate their effectiveness and safety.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes