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Sleep Ritual PM.

Strong evidence, strong doseMeridian, verified Sep 2026Formula verified. Independently reviewed.

For For everyone, adults. Melatonin is the lead active here, studied most for body clock alignment. 18 human studies on Melatonin back this formula, each one cited. Each serving carries 3 mg of Melatonin, inside the range the published research used. Who it fits: for everyone, adults.

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7Active ingredientsWell studiedResearch base56Human studies
Sleep Ritual PMVerified by IngredientMD
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The verdict
Strong evidence, strong dose
For For everyone, adults.

Melatonin is the lead active here, studied most for body clock alignment. 18 human studies on Melatonin back this formula, each one cited. Each serving carries 3 mg of Melatonin, inside the range the published research used. Who it fits: for everyone, adults.

How we verify

The brand submits the formula. We read the supplement facts panel and weigh dose, form and synergy against the clinical evidence. Labs test. IngredientMD verifies. The fee pays for review time, never for the outcome.

The formula
Magnesium: Sleep qualityExtensively studied
Melatonin: Body clock alignmentKey driver
Calm Blend: A 620 mg blend of four ingredients, listed by weight.Supporting role
Valerian Root Extract: Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed first.Well studied
Passionflower Extract: Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed second.Well studied
Lemon Balm Leaf: Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed third.Well studied
Hops Flower: Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed fourth.Well studied

How we read this product

Source: Supplement facts
Supplement Facts panel for Sleep Ritual PM
  1. 01
    We read the label.

    The panel on the left is the one we evaluated, line by line.

  2. 02
    Every active, separately.

    All 7 actives checked against the clinical evidence: dose, form, and what the research actually shows.

  3. 03
    Then the formula as a whole.

    Doses, ratios, and how the ingredients work together. That assessment is the verdict above: "Strong evidence, strong dose".

  4. 04
    Earned, not bought.

    The verdict is public and identical whether or not a brand pays. A formula that does not clear the bar gets nothing.

Read by the engine against 47,000+ clinical trials and 59,000+ interaction records. No individual reviewer is named or implied.

The receipts

Well studied
Research base
56
Human studies
3 mg
Melatonin
120 mg
Magnesium
3 mg per serving clears the studied 300 mcg minimum
Melatonin, Ferracioli-Oda 2013 meta-analysis and MIT studies

Cross-checked against 640 documented interactions for these actives.

Read the evidenceMagnesium, the evidenceMelatonin, the evidenceValerian Root Extract, the evidencePassionflower Extract, the evidenceLemon Balm Leaf, the evidenceHops Flower, the evidence

Inside the formula

Magnesium
17 studies
Sleep quality
Extensively studied
Melatonin
18 studies
Body clock alignment
Key driver
Calm Blend
A 620 mg blend of four ingredients, listed by weight.
Supporting role
Valerian Root Extract
Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed first.
Well studied
Passionflower Extract
Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed second.
Well studied
Lemon Balm Leaf
12 studies
Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed third.
Well studied
Hops Flower
Winding down in the evening. In the 620 mg Calm Blend with three others, listed fourth.
Well studied
What this formula earned

Every one of these is a fact the engine could ground.

Each line below was derived from this formula's own record at the time of verification. Nothing here was written by the brand, and nothing can be added that the evidence does not carry.

  • Studied in people18 human studies on Melatonin back this formula, each one cited.
  • A mechanism that is settledHow Magnesium and Melatonin work is settled pharmacology.
  • Studied together, not just separatelyMagnesium and Melatonin have been studied together, not only separately.
  • Recent work on the recordThe most recent study on this record was published in 2023.
  • Serving amount inside the studied rangeEach serving carries 3 mg of Melatonin, inside the range the published research used.
  • A stated daily maintenance amountMelatonin is here at a daily maintenance amount, which is what a daily supplement is for.
  • A stated specificationValerian Root Extract is declared at 4:1, a specification you can hold the brand to.
  • Why this formatIt is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.
  • The exact form, describedThe label names its forms exactly: Magnesium citrate, tribasic, Immediate-release melatonin, Valerian aqueous extract. The record says what each one is and what it suits.
  • A declared blend totalCalm Blend declares its total, 620 mg per serving, with 4 ingredients listed by weight.
  • Where it comes from and how it is madeMagnesium is made by more than one route.
  • Positions this formula already qualifies forThis formula already qualifies for positions beyond the one it is sold into, on the evidence it carries.
  • A position nobody is holding yetSome of those positions are ones almost nobody is selling to yet.
How much it moves the numbers

The size of the effect, in plain numbers.

Where a trial measured an actual number, we show it next to the claim. It is the average across the trials, never a promise about one person.

Melatonintime to fall asleep
Average change in the trials

About 7 minutes shorter time to fall asleep, on average across the trials.

Measured in
adults and children with disrupted sleep
Confidence interval
95% CI 4.4 to 9.8 minutes

Read at the source. The magnitude sits beside the same trial the claim already cites. It describes what the trials measured, never what any one person will feel.

How to useChecked 2026-09-10

What the trials show about timing.

Time-to-effect windows the engine read from the trial record. Each is a window a named study measured, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

  • Melatoninwithin about 40 minutes of a single doseMeasured within a day

    In a crossover pharmacokinetic study, 12 healthy male volunteers received 10 mg of oral melatonin and 10 mg intravenously on separate days. Oral melatonin reached mean peak plasma concentration 40.8 minutes after ingestion, with a mean elimination half-life of 53.7 minutes and absolute bioavailability of about 3 percent. A separate randomised double-blind crossover trial in 18 healthy adults aged 18 to 65 measured time to peak concentration of 0.6 hours for 4 mg immediate-release melatonin and 1.56 hours for a 4 mg extended-release form. Both studies measured blood concentration, not sleep. The second was run by employees of Pharmavite, a supplement manufacturer.

    Promising

Windows measured in the cited trials. Context for how the active behaves over time, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

In contextChecked 2026-09-10

The gap this formula speaks to.

Public health figures the engine matched to this formula's ingredients. Reported by their source, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

30.5% of US adults

slept less than 7 hours on average in a 24-hour period in 2024, in the National Health Interview Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2026
The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

54.8% of US adults

woke up feeling well-rested every day or most days in the past 30 days in 2024, in the National Health Interview Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2026
The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

15.4% of US adults

had trouble falling asleep, and 18.1% trouble staying asleep, every day or most days in the past 30 days in 2024, in the National Health Interview Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2026
The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

12.9% of US adults

used a sleep aid most days or every day in the past 30 days to help them fall or stay asleep in 2024, in the National Health Interview Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2026
The people it speaks toFieldwork May 2024

74% of US adults

report their sleep is sometimes, often or always disrupted by stress, in a 2024 survey commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2024
The people it speaks toPublished 2022

2.1% of US adults

reported using melatonin in 2017 to 2018, up from 0.4% in 1999 to 2000, across ten cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

JAMA, 2022
Daily usePublished 2024

59 to 66 days

was the median time it took adults to make a new daily health habit automatic across the studies a 2024 review pooled, with individuals ranging from 4 to 335 days.

Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024
This formulaNHANES 2017-2018, published 2021

57.6%

During 2017 to 2018, 57.6% of US adults aged 20 and over reported using a dietary supplement in the past 30 days.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
Melatonin2026-07-20

About 7 minutes shorter time to fall asleep, on average across the trials

About 7 minutes shorter time to fall asleep on average across trials, in adults and children with disrupted sleep, ranging from about 4.4 to 9.8 minutes.

Meta-analysis
Melatonin2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2013

About 7 minutes shorter time to fall asleep on average across trials, in adults and children with disrupted sleep, ranging from about 4.4 to 9.8 minutes.

PLoS One
Melatonin2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2024

Across 26 randomized trials, melatonin's shortening of time to fall asleep and lengthening of total sleep time both peaked near a 4 mg dose taken about 3 hours before the target bedtime.

Journal of Pineal Research
Valerian Root Extract2026-07-24

Systematic review, 2025

Among botanicals reviewed for psychological wellbeing in older women, valerian was one of the more studied options, with the included trials reporting modest improvement in self-reported mood and sleep measures.

Frontiers in pharmacology
Valerian Root Extract2026-07-24

Review, 2026

Reviewing the human and mechanistic work on Valeriana species and sleep, the authors describe small improvements in self-reported sleep quality alongside GABAergic mechanisms, while noting the clinical trials are small and varied.

Pharmaceutical biology
Passionflower Extract2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2011

Drinking passionflower tea for a week raised subjective sleep-quality ratings compared with placebo (p < 0.01) in 41 healthy adults.

Phytotherapy Research
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2024

In a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, a Melissa officinalis phytosome improved self-reported sleep quality scores in adults reporting poor sleep.

Nutrients
Magnesium2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2016

Across 34 trials in 2,028 adults, magnesium at about 368 mg daily for three months lowered systolic pressure by about 2.0 mmHg and diastolic by about 1.8 mmHg versus placebo.

The paper
Zhang et al., 2016PMID 27402922
Magnesium2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2025

Across 38 trials in 2,709 adults, magnesium lowered systolic pressure by roughly 2.8 mmHg and diastolic by 2.1 mmHg, with bigger effects in those with high readings or low magnesium.

The paper
Magnesium2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2025

Across 23 trials in 1,345 adults with elevated blood sugar, magnesium raised blood magnesium, lowered fasting blood sugar by about 0.58 mmol/L, and only slightly moved longer-term blood sugar control.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Magnesium2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2003

In 46 healthy adults, magnesium citrate raised serum magnesium more than magnesium oxide or amino-acid chelate after both a single dose and 60 days of daily use, indicating higher absorption of the citrate form.

Magnesium Research
Magnesium2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2014

In 862 adults preparing for colonoscopy, a split-dose sodium picosulfate plus magnesium citrate regimen produced adequate bowel cleansing in 85.8% of people compared with 69.8% on the standard dosing schedule.

Endoscopy
Passionflower Extract2026-07-24

Systematic review, 2020

Across nine clinical trials, passionflower preparations most often lowered anxiety ratings, with the effect weaker in people whose anxiety was already mild and no memory or psychomotor decline reported.

Nutrients
Passionflower Extract2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2001

In 36 adults with ongoing anxiety, a passionflower extract eased anxiety ratings about as much as oxazepam over four weeks, with fewer reports of daytime job-performance impairment.

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Passionflower Extract2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2008

A single 500 mg dose of passionflower given 90 minutes before ambulatory surgery lowered pre-procedure anxiety ratings versus placebo (p < 0.001) without adding sedation.

Anesthesia and Analgesia
Passionflower Extract2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2022

In 31 healthy adults, 14 days of a four-herb blend containing passionflower lowered self-reported tension and softened stress-response measures during a lab task, though passionflower's own share can't be separated.

Journal of Psychopharmacology
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2004

In 18 healthy adults, a single 600 mg lemon balm extract dose raised self-rated calmness during a stress test, and 300 mg sped up math speed without hurting accuracy.

Psychosomatic Medicine
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2003

In 20 healthy young adults, a single 1600 mg dried lemon balm leaf dose improved memory and calmness for hours, though slowing memory and visual tasks grew at lower doses.

Neuropsychopharmacology
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2021

In 49 adults with raised blood pressure, 400 mg lemon balm for four weeks lowered systolic from about 152 to 130, diastolic from 95 to 80 mmHg, more than placebo.

Phytotherapy Research
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2023

In adults with raised blood sugar readings and low mood scores, Melissa officinalis lowered self-reported anxiety and low-mood questionnaire scores compared with placebo.

BMC complementary medicine and therapies
Melatonin2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2026

Melatonin improved insulin resistance markers in the pooled trials, while fasting blood sugar showed no detectable change.

Meta-analysis
Melatonin2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2025

A review pooling trials of melatonin alongside fertility treatment reports combined effects on whatever outcomes those trials measured, without giving specific figures.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Magnesium2026-07-24

Meta-analysis, 2025

Across over 20 trials, magnesium raised HDL cholesterol by about 1.2 mg/dL but showed no clear change in LDL, total cholesterol or triglycerides.

Nutrition Journal
Hops Flower2026-07-26

Randomised trial, 2026

A hop-derived compound was linked to shifts in gut bile acid markers and symptom scores in one study, but these are markers, not outcomes, within a larger mix tested.

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Valerian Root Extract2026-07-24

Review, 2024

A literature review of natural supplements used for sleep placed valerian among the most studied, with reported benefits on self-reported time to fall asleep that were not consistent across trials.

Psychiatry investigation
Valerian Root Extract2026-07-24

Systematic review, 2010

In a review of herbal and nutritional supplements taken for feelings of anxiousness, valerian trials gave mixed results and the authors judged the supporting evidence limited.

Nutrition journal
Lemon Balm Leaf2026-07-24

Randomised trial, 2023

In 323 older adults with subjective or mild memory complaints, 96 weeks of a lemon balm extract supplying 500 mg of rosmarinic acid a day produced no detectable difference from placebo on the main cognitive measures or on hippocampal volume.

The paper

Population figures from public health data. Context for the category, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

Chemical formChecked 2026-09-10

The same mineral, carried differently.

What each form is, and where it fits in a formula. Measured findings carry the study that reported them.

  • Magnesium citrate

    Magnesium bound to citric acid, and soluble in water.

    Fits
    a general daily magnesium, powders and effervescent formats that need to dissolve, and urinary chemistry work in people who form calcium oxalate stones
    Trade-off
    osmotic activity in the gut loosens stool at larger doses, and the 24-week trial that measured its rise in blood magnesium found no accompanying change in blood pressure or arterial stiffness

    In a 24-week randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 164 overweight and slightly obese adults (mean age 63.2 years, 63.4 per cent women) at 450 mg elemental magnesium daily, magnesium citrate raised plasma magnesium by 0.04 mmol/L (95 per cent CI 0.02 to 0.06) and 24-hour urinary magnesium by 3.12 mmol/24 h (95 per cent CI 2.23 to 4.01) against placebo, a larger urinary rise than oxide or sulfate. On the primary outcome, carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity, and on blood pressure, no formulation differed from placebo at 24 weeks. In an 8-week randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 76 analysed calcium stone formers with idiopathic hyperoxaluria, magnesium citrate 120 mg three times daily lowered 24-hour urinary oxalate by 16.99 (SD 18.02) and reduced the calcium oxalate supersaturation index against placebo (p = 0.011 and p = 0.010).

  • Root extract

    Extraction restricted to root tissue, declared as a percentage of total withanolides measured by HPLC.

    Fits
    Formulas that follow the traditional root-only material and buyers who want leaf excluded.
    Trade-off
    Requires a larger serving weight than a high-percentage concentrate to reach the same withanolide amount, and root supply is the slower part of the crop.

Descriptions of the form itself, read from the cited studies. Not a comparison between products and not a statement about any individual.

Format

Capsule

It is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.

Best forMost standard doses, and anywhere a short, clean label is the point.
From the same shelf

Studied alongside this brand's other formulas

Where two of this brand's products carry actives the literature has read together, the pairing and its basis are below. The evidence word is the corpus row's own confidence, never a score.

Questions shoppers ask

Is Sleep Ritual PM independently verified?
Yes. IngredientMD reviewed this formula independently and verified it in Sep 2026. The verdict is earned, not bought: brands can't edit or purchase it.
What's in Sleep Ritual PM?
Sleep Ritual PM is built on Magnesium, Melatonin, Calm Blend, Valerian Root Extract, Passionflower Extract, Lemon Balm Leaf, and more. Each ingredient links to its own evidence page on IngredientMD.
Were ingredient interactions checked?
Yes. The combination was screened against 640 documented interactions for these actives in IngredientMD's interaction database.
Who is IngredientMD?
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