Guides

Answers to the questions people ask about calming teas, built on the herb index and the tea decoder.

Sleep

• Which tea is best for sleep? What the evidence actually supports

  Passionflower, chamomile, valerian or lavender? We compare bedtime teas by what was tested as tea, not as an extract, plus cautions and how to choose a box.

• Chamomile tea for sleep: what the studies show

  Does chamomile tea help you sleep? One small tea trial, mixed reviews, no EU sleep indication, and an allergy caution. Here's the evidence in plain English.

Stress & anxiety

• Tea for anxiety: what helps, what's hype, and when tea isn't enough

  Chamomile, lemon balm, lavender, passionflower: which calming teas have anxiety evidence, what form was tested, the cautions, and when to get real help.

Reading the evidence

• Tea or extract? Why most calming-tea studies didn't test tea

  Many pages cite extract and capsule trials as proof a calming tea works. Here's how to tell the difference, and which herbs have actually been tested as tea.

Safety

• Calming tea cautions: the ingredients worth checking

  St John's wort, licorice, kava, valerian, melatonin and ragweed allergy: the calming-tea ingredients with real cautions, from official sources.