Efficacy and Safety of Valerian Root Extract and Lavender Essential Oil Combination, Over 4 Weeks in Subjects With Sleep Complaints

Several epidemiologic studies have clearly shown that sleep complaints are very common in the general population. It involves a predominant complaint of a nonrestorative sleep or dissatisfaction with sleep quality or duration and it is accompanied by difficulties in initiating sleep at bedtime, frequent or prolonged awakenings, or early-morning awakening with an inability to return to sleep. Lavender oil as well as valerian officinalis are benefiting from a long traditional use in sleep and these products have moderate sedative effects compared to classical hypnotic compounds. This study is proposed to assess the efficacy and the safety of this combination in subjects with slight to moderate sleep complaints.