Barcode: CAL0000009498

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Family: VALERIANACEAE

Scientific Name: Valeriana jatamansi Jones

Country: India

Uses: It is used for treatment of hysteria, hypochondriasis, nervous unrest, and emotional troubles, and act as a carminative. Pulverized drug is mixed with sugar and used in treatment of urinary troubles. Decoction is used as a sedative after parturition. Rhizomes and roots are used as a tonic and stimulant. Drug has yielded a new group of iridoid or monoterpenic derivatives known as a valepotriates which used as tranquillizers and sedatives in f