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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Valeriana jatamansi

Common Name
Indian Valerian, Sumbul Ul Tib, Indische Valeriaan, Indian Nard, Valeriane Indiene, Bala Tagra, Indischer Baldrian, Tagara

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Analgesic Elsewhere *
Anodyne English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antibiotic Elsewhere *
Carminative India *
Dysuria India *
Hypnotic Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypochondria India *
Hysteria India *
Incense India *
Nerves India *
Nervine Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Parturition Nepal *
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere *
Sclerosis(Eyelid) Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sedative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Nepal *
Spasm German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Sudorific India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.