Not being able to sleep is the worst. It seems as though the only thing you can think about when you can’t sleep, is… that you can’t sleep. It’s a terrible issue that has a way of just making itself worse. Personally, I’m not a fan of prescription medication for sleep, they seem to change my personality. Anytime I see another herbal sleep product advertised it piques my interest.
What is Melatrol
An herbal sleep remedy that according to the manufacturers, helps you “Naturally Fall Asleep Fast”. It’s been around for a while, with their website saying 1996. That’s a good sign, given all the fly by night companies that I see everyday on the web.
Melatrol Ingredients
It’s difficult to tell what the product is actually made of as the ingredients are listed as a “Proprietary Blend”. But it does contain at least two known natural sleep aids; valerian root and melatonin.
Valerian root is a European herb that has been used since at least the times of the Greeks and the Romans to help people sleep. I just read on the valerian wiki article, that it also attracts cats similar to catnip, cool.
Melatonin is a naturally occurring chemical, that is used by nature, to help all living things regulate themselves with the cycles of the sun. Both plants and animals utilize this chemical daily to allow for natural circadian rhythm. The human body produces and releases melatonin naturally when it’s dark, to help regulate sleep. While there hasn’t been great evidence that digesting melatonin increases internal melatonin levels, it has been produced in sleep products for a long time. An interesting sidenote, melatonin is illegal in some countries.
