- Relieves headaches caused by nervous tension and anxiety.
- Nutritive and soothing during a crisis or nerve-induced illness.
- Supports the proper functioning of the central nervous system.
Betony was once the sovereign remedy for all maladies of the head, and its properties as a nervine and tonic are still acknowledged, though it is more frequently employed in combination with other nervines than alone. The weak infusion forms a very acceptable substitute for tea, and in this way is extensively used in many localities. It has somewhat the taste of tea and all the good qualities of it, without the bad ones.
Little modern research has been done to either prove or disprove the medicinal values attributed to betony by the ancients, who cultivated betony in monastery gardens where it still may be found growing about these ancient buildings. There are no known adverse effects from use of wood betony other than occasional mild nausea.
