Wild Lettuce is a Common useful ‘Weed’ (Lactuca virosa)
Wild Lettuce is a Common useful ‘Weed’ (Lactuca virosa)
It is a really common weed and an incredibly safe and strong sedative for children and adults alike. It can reduce a tendency for over-activity and over-stimulation and equally help towards a calm night’s sleep.
It is related of course to the everyday lettuce (Lactuca sativa) which has significantly weaker properties (strongest at its base where the bitter milky areas are). It is the white milky latex that oozes from the wild lettuce that has the sedative effect as it contains sesquiterpene lactones. It is both the latex and the leaves that can be used and ideally gather in late Summer when it is in flower for the strongest milky latex to be present.
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