What Is Wild Lettuce?

Wild lettuce is a medicinal herb that can be found mentioned in herbal pharmacopoeias dating back hundreds of years. 

How to Use Wild Lettuce (Common Uses)

Taken internally as a tea, capsules, or extract. Wild lettuce works well both on its own and when combined with other herbs, and in the appropriate dosage can be given to children.

Medicinal Uses and Benefits of Wild Lettuce

Wild lettuce is extremely useful as a muscle and nervous system relaxant. It is beneficial as a sedative and pain reducing plant. Wild lettuce is most popular as a sleep aid, and is often used in cases of insomnia, restlessness, and over-excitability. Due to its muscle relaxant effects, it is sometimes also used to relieve irritated coughs, colic, menstrual cramps, and rheumatism. Wild lettuce is also occasionally used as an aphrodisiac.

Active Constituents in Wild Lettuce

Acids, alkaloids, sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, coumarins.