Introduction and objective:
Herbal medicine is a helpful tool in many anti-stress and antidepressant therapies. Various types of herbal dietary supplements and herbal medicines are gaining increasing popularity. This can be easily seen in the commercial offer of pharmacies and herbal stores. The study concerns a systematic list and characteristics of medicinal plants used in the treatment of stress, neuroses and depres-sion, occurring in the preparations available for sale.

Material and methods:
In total, the compositions of 95 prepa-rations – drugs, dietary supplements and herbal raw materials used in the treatment of stress, neurosis and depression were analysed, which were obtained from the commercial offers of pharmacies and herbal stores. The analysis of their properties was carried out on the basis of the current bibliography in the field of herbal medicine.

Results:
The compiled list includes 56 plant species with pro-ven medicinal properties that are still being researched for use in psychiatry. Most of the species characterised here exhibit sedative, hypnotic and antidepressant properties. A smaller group are plants with anti-anxiety and anti-stress properties. Some of the medicinal species have a comprehensive effect, which means that they can be used in several types of psy-chological diseases.

Conclusions:
Most plant-derived drugs can be used for long periods of time without causing major side effects, but they could also interact with other drugs or environmental factors. This study takes into account only those species used in the analysed group of diseases, which are wild, cultivated or im-ported to Poland. On their basis, numerous preparations and dietary supplements are prepared, available for sale under various trade names.