Melatonin is a hormone that the body produces and as people age the amount of melatonin normally decreases and this for some people can assist in causing sleep disorders. This hormone is derived from serotonin and introduced into the blood stream from the pineal gland.

Melatonin is also helpful as an anti aging antioxidant, as an anti depressant and for regulating other things in the body. The body decreases its amount of melatonin due to many factors, one of these is lack of sunlight and being exposed to strong artificial lighting. The lack of melatonin in the body has been linked with some types of cancer and it also affects workers that are on swing shifts in a negative way.

This is an herbal medication that is able to be taken between 15 minutes and 1 hour prior to going to bed, and it will cause a relaxed and comforting feeling that will enable the person taking it to fall into a restful sleep.