_ some reputation as a bois daa for ohildren 
we. VALERIANEAL 
of the lungs, heart, stomach, &c., arise. In mild cases of mental 
derangement, especially when caused by nervous shock or 
strain; in nervous atony simulating paralysis ; in cases also of 
irregular distribution of the blood, accompanied, it may be, 
with indications of cerebral congestion, or, on the other ham 
of cerebral anzmia, of which the chief symptoms are verti 
a sense of rush of blood to the head, or fainting, confusion: 
sight and hearing, &c., which more than at any other tin 
are apt to occur about the menopause,—valerian is the: mo 
promptly efficient of all the palliatives that have beeu 
In all these cases valerian exhibits the same potency. 
asafostida, musk, and castor, and more decidedly. 
nervous headache, especially when it is associated with ammor ai 
as in the ammoniated tincture of valerian or the popalar val 
anate of ammonium. These preparations may be used 
tageously, along with a carminative tincture, in 
flatulence accompanied with palpitation of the heart 
Same medicines are equally efficient in ees 
colic. 
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Valerian is one of the innumerable articles thet fr m t 
to time have been vaunted as remedies for epileps 
allowing for the common error of confounding epilepsy _ 
epileptiform reflex convulsions, and even with hysteria, : 
can be no doubt that it has sometimes cured the di: 
females and young children, and especially when it ort 
in fright or some analogous impression. Eyen in these. 
it must be administered in large doses and be long con in 
while other and especially hygienic measures are emplo; y 
give permanent strength to the neryous system. : 
Valerian is useful in the treatment of - the eiilder 
delirium tremens, especially when they follow surgi 
tions or injuries, and in the ataxic henomena ¥ 
to the typhoid state of fevers and Pept 
