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Lettuce-Water-Can-It-Help-With-Sleep-AdobeStock_12192831<\/span> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\nHoque later followed up in the comments to advise against adding peppermint tea to lettuce water, noting, "apparently it actually keeps you awake, so for best results use chamomile tea or avoid adding any other tea."<\/p>\n
People were all about lettuce water in the comments. "My mum used to do this for me, boiled water and [left] it in the pan for 5 min on minimum heat, always worked for me and it's all natural," one person wrote. "Way cheaper than melatonin gummies," someone else chimed in.<\/p>\n
RELATED: 5 Sleep Products You Should Buy on Amazon, According to a Sleep Expert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Plenty of others said they plan to try out lettuce water to help them conk out at night. "I have terrible insomnia so imma try this out ASAPPP," someone said.<\/p>\n Hoque isn't the only person talking up the pros of lettuce water for sleep. "So I heard if you oil lettuce and drink it like a tea, you'll end up in a coma," TikTokker @neliebean wrote. (They later added, "Update: confirmed it works" in the comments.)<\/p>\n "So apparently lettuce water knocks your a$$ out and we be up all night over here," said @thatnickguy_. In an update, he said that he got "knocked out" and forgot to finish the video.<\/p>\n Given that this is TikTok advice, it's understandable to look at the idea of drinking lettuce water with a healthy level of suspicion. So…is this legit?<\/p>\n Yes and no, Christopher Winter, MD, of Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine<\/a> and author of the book, The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It, <\/em>tells Health<\/em>. Here's the deal.<\/p>\n Yep. Lettuce contains something called lactucarium, which can make you feel sleepy. "It has a similar structure to opium, and has some sedative properties," Dr. Winter says.<\/p>\n You can actually see lactucarium if you look at the base of certain lettuces. "It's a milky substance," Dr. Winter explains. And, "if you get a whole bunch of lettuce and boil it down, you can make this chemical," he adds.<\/p>\n\n
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Does lettuce contain anything that can help you sleep? <\/h2>\n