This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ''00'' capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Wild Lettuce Leaf - Botanical Powder -- Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Prickly Lettuce, Horse Thistle, Compass Plant, Opium Lettuce, Wild Opium, Great Lettuce, Lactucarium Lettuce, Bitter Lettuce Wild Lettuce is considered a mild sedative that has been known to calm the nerves, treat restlessness, anxiety, hyperactivity and insomnia. Once considered an opium substitute, Wild Lettuce Leaf entered medical practice as a sedative in the eighteenth century because of its similar, but non-addictive, effects. Wild Lettuce has also been used as a diuretic and pain reliever. History: Wild Lettuce, sometimes called Prickly Lettuce, is an annual or biennial herb that is native to Europe, but was introduced to North America, where it grows as a weed in dumps, waste places and on roadsides from Canada throughout the United States. The plant has erect, slender stems, large, prickly-edged leaves and heads of tiny yellow flowers that may grow to six feet in height. Called Compass Plant by some (because it turns its leaves to the sun during the day), it thrives in well-drained, dry, alkaline soil in sun; and Wild Lettuce is the ancestor of all lettuce plants. Its use as a medicine may be traced back to ancient times, and even the Roman Emperor, Augustus, was said to build a statue of his physician, who had prescribed the herb for him and cured him of a serious disease in its honor. It was used as a sedative and pain reliever, and the Romans even used it to prevent inebriation. Wild Lettuce entered medical practice as a sedative in the eighteenth century as an adulterate opium because of its similar, but non-addictive, effects; and new mothers once used it to promote lactation. It is a very bitter, sedative herb that was considered an opium substitute into the nineteenth century and was sometimes called a ''poor man's opium.'' Although it is extremely bitter with an unpleasant smell, Wild Lettuce is loved by horses, and some people do cook it as a vegetable and use it in salads. When dried, the leaves produce a milky latex substance called lactucarium, which is used in herbal medicine. Some of the constituents in Wild Lettuce include the important |
