Seeing them on the shelves of pharmacies and parapharmacies has become common. To complete the offer of treatments against insomnia and to improve sleep, numerous phytotherapeutic products – based on plants or plant extracts – are marketed by the laboratories. In addition to sleeping pills, only available on prescription, there are dozens of herbal tablets, gummies, herbal teas, syrups that promise you a golden sleep.
In a recent survey by Que Choisir, our partner, journalist Anne-Sophie Stamane analyzed the benefits and risks of these phytotherapeutic products, but also of the various drugs that exist.
In our Consumer Brief, she answers, in the video above, the questions you have about it.