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| Valeriana jatamansi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Valeriana |
| Species: | V. jatamansi
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| Binomial name | |
| Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb.
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Valeriana jatamansi, formerly known as Valeriana wallichii, is a rhizome herb of the genus Valeriana and the family Valerianaceae also called Indian Valerian or Tagar-Ganthoda, not to be confused with ganthoda, the root of Indian long pepper. It is an herb useful in Ayurvedic medicine used as an analeptic, antispasmodic, carminative, sedative, stimulant, stomachic, and nervine.[2]
The genus Valeriana, with about 200 species, belongs to the family Valerianaceae and has a distribution throughout the world. The Indian Valerian has long been used in Ayurveda (Charak Samhita and Susruta) and Unani systems of medicine, which describe its use in obesity, skin disease, insanity, epilepsy and snake poisoning. The crude drugs from roots/ rhizomes and Valerian derived phytomedicines are used as mild sedatives in pharmaceutical industry. The activity is largely attributed to the presence of valepotriates.
- ^ "Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ^ Mathela, Chandra S, Tiwari, Mamta, Sammal, Subhash S, Chanotiya, Chandan S "Valeriana wallichii DC, a New Chemotype from Northwestern Himalaya" Journal of Essential Oil Research, Nov-Dec 2005