Nepeta cataria -Catnip-

Description

Latin name: Nepeta cataria
Also know as:  catnip, Catnep, catswort, or catmint

Origin: France
Supplier-ID: AG-44247U

Nepeta cataria can be brewed to produce an herbal tea. It is also used as a culinary herb for many dishes. Catnip can also be ingested through smoking the herb. It has only a negligible effect on relaxation, like other herbal cigarettes.

Catnip has a history of medicinal use for a variety of ailments. The plant has been consumed as a tea, juice, tincture, infusion or poultice, and has also been smoked. However, its medicinal use has fallen out of favor with the development of more commonplace pharmaceutical drugs.

The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards this plant.

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