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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Valeriana jatamansi&&Nardostachys jatamansi&&Patrinia jatamansi
|family=Valerianaceae
|nameE=True Spikenard&&Indian Valerian&&Indian Nard&&Indian Spikenard&&Mountain Nard&&Muskroot
|habitat=mountainous districts of India&&Himalayas&&China&&
|partUsed=Radix (the hairy portion of the stem immediately above the root)
|constituent=essential oil, resin, starch, sugar, gum, bitter principle,
|action=carminative, tonic, nerve-stimulant, nerve-sedative, cordial, deodorant, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, deobstruent, aromatic, used in expensive perfumery in India, P. S. The large flowering species Nardostachys grandiflora possesses similar properties in less pronounced degree
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Valeriana officinalis
|family=Valeranaceae
|nameE=Valerian&&Baker's Hartshorn
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)&&especially Holland and Belgium&&Thuringen&&Russia; Northern Asia&&Ceylon&&Burma
|partUsed=Radix Valerianae&&Oleum Valerianae
|constituent=volatile oil, valerianic acid (which is, more exactly, isovalerianic acid, or isopropyl-acetic acid), formic acid, chatinine, tannin, gum, resin, starch, sugar, (free isovaleric acid is not pre-existent in this variety),
|action=stimulant, anodyne, nervine, antispasmodic, sedative, hypnotic, vermifuge, sudorific
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Valeriana wallichii&&Valeriana jatamansi
|family=Valerianaceae
|nameE=Indian Valerian
|habitat=Northern India (Himalayas)
|constituent=its constituents resemble those of Valeriana officinalis (which see), but the proportion of oil and resin is higher,
}}

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