Comment · Tue, May 19, 2020
Ever considered a Passionflower extract?
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Berengersbottle · 12 points
Hey folks!
I found some interesting studies on passionflower displaying sedative qualities. I’ll post one right here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941540/
That study has links to a number of other helpful studies as well.
This one seems like it could be a real powerhouse natural extract,so I tried an extract from the vitamin shoppe. (Couldn’t find another vendor) It had some weird effects. Definitely sedative, but also stimulatory, as if my body was sluggish but my mind was kind of racing (i’m sure I consumed caffeine that day so take it as you will). Surprised by the muddled results, I took another cap, which just put me in a bad mood - sedated but now agitated. I repeated this experiment and got the same results. Even more surprisingly, the extract seems to prevent me from falling asleep, which makes 0 sense.
The research and online testimonials make me think that it’s probably a problem with the extract I got (solaray). So I wanted to see if you guys had one in the pipeline.
Thanks!
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Yep, that is on our list, too! We are just very selective about things these days. We are trying to go direct to the manufacturers/farms on everything, so that they can be made to our specs, rather than us choosing from the available extracts out there. We have been doing that more and more, and we are really liking the quality we can get things to by working directly with the people growing/extracting things. This also just makes is harder to bring some things out, as getting in touch with a good farm/extraction manufacturer can be difficult.
We are also trying to scale up our production chain. Everyone just keeps buying more and more from us, so we have to account for fitting new products into the pipeline, while also increasing the number and size of runs for existing products! That's a good problem to have, but can pose a challenge for rapidly getting new things out. Some things just fit in place, and other things we have to really put a lot of effort into making happen. I wish I could just snap my finger and make these cool new things happen right away, but it really takes a lot of work to do things right. I get frustrated sometimes at how slow things can seem to be progressing, but I have to take a step back and realize that nothing worthwhile is ever easy. It's also the middle of a worldwide pandemic, and we are still rocking it and bring out new things. So it could be worse!