Does Historical Evidence And Folklore Tell us Anything About Catnip Essential Oil?
Catnip first originated from Europe and Asia. There is documentary evidence of it being used as far back as by Roman cooks and doctors. If you look at historical records from both England and France, they show that catnip was used as their hot drink of choice before black tea was imported from China. Lovely and fresh and stimulating, I’ll tell you how to make the tea at the end. Catnip found its way to the United States in the late 18th century, where Native Americans quickly adopted it to their medicine. There are records from 13 different Native American tribes of their usage of catnip. Predominately it seems to have been for treating children and stomach complaints such as colic and general stomach complaints. Now this is where we see the first of those contradictions that I spoke about. As you read on you will see that catnip has been used for literally hundreds of years as the herb (and let me clarify…this is the herb not the oil that I am talking about now) has been used on chi
