Natural sleep aids put to the test: lavender oil and more in new trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Generally healthy adults aged 18 and over. * Able to provide informed consent. * Score of at least 14 on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). * Those with a sleep complaint with a frequency of at least 2 times per week(1) * Agree not to use other dietary supplements for sleep, depression, stress or anxiety other than the investigational product during entire study period. * Agree not to change current diet and/or exercise frequency or intensity during entire study period. * Agree to not participate in another clinical trial during the study period. 1. Sleep complaints are defined as difficulty initiating sleep, or difficulty maintaining sleep, or early-morning awakening with inability to return to sleep and causing distress or impairment in social, occupational, educational, academic, behavioural, or other important areas of functioning.) Exclusion Criteria: * A WHO-5 Well-Being Index score ≤ 28 * Those with severe sleep complaints (Insomnia Severity Index \>21) * Taking prescribed sleep, depression or anxiety medication * Have a serious illness e.g. asthma, depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, insomnia, organic sleep disorders (i.e. sleep apnoea), neurological disorders such as MS, kidney disease, liver disease or heart conditions * Have an unstable illness e.g. diabetes and thyroid gland dysfunction * Current malignancy (excluding Basal Cell Carcinoma) or chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment for malignancy within the previous 2 years * Currently taking Coumadin (Warfarin), Heparin, Dalteparin, Enoxaparin or other anticoagulation therapy including low dose aspirin * Active smokers, nicotine use or drug (prescription or illegal substances) abuse * Chronic past and/or current alcohol use (\>21 alcoholic drinks week) * Those consuming more than 500mg caffeine per day * Pregnant or lactating women * Allergic to any of the ingredients in active or placebo formula * Participants who are currently participating in any other clinical trial or who have participated in any other clinical trial during the past 1 month * Any condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the participant unsuitable for inclusion