Hi @rwillians, and warmest of welcomes to the sofi treehouse! We are really excited to have you onboard and to hopefully unlock some better sleep for you. I could only guess that the skepticism is quite natural, and after-all - not all alternative remedies are reliably safe. I will tag our in-house medical herbalist @pamelaspence, as no doubt this is a conversation she will have some experience with.
We do ensure that all the plants we use have significant safety data, minimal ingredients (100% plant-based), and very low reported side effects.
For specific ingredient specs and any drug interaction information that you may want to go over with your medical team, you can find this available for each plant at:
While we do plan on publishing our scientific white papers / research reviews in academic journals soon, you can always find them available in the following topic using this link:
And for an overview of each of the plants we have activated so far on the sofi system, see here:
introducing our first formulation: valerian
meet our second sofi formulation: passiflora
activating our third plant based formulation: ashwagandha
For more on our analysis of the effect of valerian on Pioneers, including myself, you can see the results of our S1 trial here.
I hope that is a helpful place to start, and should you have any questions, anytime, it would be my pleasure to put them to our wider team 
