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A sedative is a drug that induces sleep and has a calming effect, reducing anxiety and tension.
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Plants having 'Sedative' activity
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| Leonurus cardiaca | Mild diuretic, cardiotonic and sedative; tonic, antispasmodic, diuretic, analgesic and emmenagogue. Antispasmodic, astringent, cardiac, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, nervine, sedative, stomachic, tonic and uterine stimulant (leaves) | | Leucas zeylanica | Acts as a sedative and anthelminthic (leaves). | | Leucojum aestivum | Analeptic, analgesic, antiacetylcholinesterase, , antibutylcholinesterase, anticholinesterase, anticurare, antimyasthenic, antineurotic, bradycardic, cholinergic, CNS inhibitor, emetic, emollient, hypnotic, insecticide, memorigenic, myocontractant, myoneurostimulant, peristaltic, secretagogue, sedative and sialagogue (plant) | | Leucojum vernum | Analeptic, analgesic, antiacetylcholinesterase, antibutylcholinesterase, anticholinesterase, anticurare, antimyasthenic, antineurotic, bradycardic, cholinergic, CNS Inhibitor, emetic, emollient, hypnotic, insecticide, memorigenic, myocontractant, myoneurostimulant, peristaltic, secretagogue, sedative and sialagogue (plant) | | Ligusticum sinense | Anodyne, antibacterial, antifungal, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, diaphoretic, hypotensive and sedative (root) | | Ligusticum wallichii | Analgesic, antibacterial, emmenagogue, haemostatic, nervine, oxytocic, sedative and vasodilator (root) | | Lilium brownii | Antitussive, diuretic, carminative, expectorant, febrifuge, pectoral, sedative and tonic (bulb) | | Lilium pumilum | Antiasthmatic, antitussive, expectorant, sedative and tonic (bulb) | | Lippia citrodora | Gentle sedative (plant); antispasmodic, febrifuge, sedative and stomachic (leaves and the flowering tops). | | Liquidambar styraciflua | Antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, parasiticide, poultice, salve, sedative, stimulant, vulnerary (resin obtained from the trunk of the tree) | | Lithospermum officinale | Diuretic, lithontripic and oxytocic (mature seeds); sedative (leaves); depurative (root); contraceptive (herb extract) | | Lolium temulentum | Anodyne and sedative (seed) | | Lycopus europaeus | Sedative, thyrotropic, cardioactive diuretic, peripheral vasoconstrictor, antitussive, antihaemorrhagic; astringent, hypoglycaemic, mild narcotic and mild sedative (whole plant). | | Magnolia denudata | Carminative and diaphoretic (flower buds and the seeds); antifungal, astringent, cytotoxic, hypotensive and a uterine stimulant (flower buds); anodyne and sedative (plant) | | Magnolia liliiflora | Analgesic, anodyne, carminative, febrifuge, sedative and tonic (flowers and unopened flower buds) | | Manilkara zapota | Febrifuge (tea of bark); diuretic (crushed seeds); sedative and soporific (fluid extract of the crushed seeds). | | Matricaria recutita | Stimulant, bitter, tonic, aromatic, emmenagogue, anodyne, antispasmodic, stomachic (plant); anodyne, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, sedative, stomachic, tonic and vasodilator (flower). | | Melissa officinalis | Sedative, reduces flatulence, aids in digestion, diaphoretic and tonic (to the brain). | | Mentha pulegium | Antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, sedative and stimulant (herb). | | Merremia dissecta | Resolvent and sedative (leaves). | | |