234 VALERIANEZ. 
aromatic adjunct in the preparation of medicinal oils and — 
ghritas (butters). In the Nighantas it is described as cold — 
and a remedy for leprosy, morbid heat and erysipelas. It is 
the Nardin of Dioscorides, which that writer tells us was also 
called Gangitis, because the Ganges flowed from the foot of © 
the mountains where the plant grew. 
Arabic and Persian physicians describe Jatamdnsi under the — 
name of Sumbul-i-Hindi, “Indian Spike,”’ to distinguish it 
from their Sumbul-i-Rumi or [kliti (Valeriana celtica), the root 
of which is much used in Turkey and Egypt as a perfume. — 
The author of the Makhzan-el-Adwiya compares Jatamansi 
root to the tail of a sable. He describes it as deobstruent and — 
stimulant, diuretic and emmenagogue, and recommends it in 
various disorders of the digestive and respiratory organs, and 
as a nervine tonic in hysteria. He also notices the popu 
opinion that it promotes the growth and blackness of the hair 
The dose is about 45 grains as an expectorant. 
Ainslie states that the Vytians. in Lower India prepare . 
jatamansi, that it is a perfect representative for vole 
(Bengal Disp., p. 404.) ee 
When taken habitually in moderate doses, valerian improves: 
the appetite and digestion without confining the bowels, Two 
drachms at a single dose may occasion a sense of heat and 
weight in the abdomen, eructations ,and even vomiting, coli 
and diarrhcea; also some excitement of the pulse, general 
warmth, and either perspiration or diuresis. In somewhat 
smaller doses its operation is chiefly restricted to the nervous 
"* Phe hair-wash in common use among Indian women, and called 
Angalepan, Angodvartan, Sughandi-puri or Utnen, is composed of Gava 
(seed of Prams Mahalid), Képarkachri (Kempferia Galanga), Vala (An- 
muricatus), Pach (Pogostemon Patchouli), Jatamansi (Nardost 
chys Jalaniie, Upalét (Saussurea Lappa), Phos tone (Cyperus p 
tenuis), Dauna (Artemisia Sieversiana), and Murwa eh several p 
added. 
cies). ‘ Other articles are sometimes 
