Opium Lettuce or Wild Lettuce Concentrate Extract (for pain & sleep)

When I started foraging, one of the herbs that I developed a relationship with the fastest was wild lettuce. During my time in college, I struggled with bouts of insomnia quite often. Before I got into foraging, I had attempted many different herbal remedies: chamomile, valerian, passionflower, and more. None of them worked. But, that changed when I found wild lettuce. After making an extract, I observed a noticeable improvement in my ability to fall asleep!
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Every year since then, I have been improving my process, experimenting with different methods, and recording my results. I am so excited to get to share with you the outcome of my work with this herb over the years. This video goes over the details of how to make a strong wild lettuce preparation and also addresses some of the common pitfalls in the process!
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Study on wild lettuce harvest time mentioned in video -
https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(19)61456-0/fulltext
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EVERYTHING I used to make wild lettuce concentrated extract -
https://kit.co/feralforaging/wild-lettuce-extraction
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
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00:28 - About Wild Lettuce
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00:40 - Where to Find Wild Lettuce
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00:55 - Species of Wild Lettuce
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01:23 - Harvesting
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02:09 - Initial Prep
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02:25 - Fresh Plant Prep
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02:45 - My preferred method
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03:19 - How to Dehydrate
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03:33 - Dry Plant Prep
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04:28 - Concentration
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06:00 - A better final product
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06:21 - Dosing
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06:40 - Conclusion
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