Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard Nardi Indica, NardJatamansi, Mansi (Ayurveda)Cadamancil (Siddha)Sumbul-e-Hindi, Sambul-ut-Teeb, Balchhar (Unani)Gan Song 甘松 (TCM)Spang spos  སྤང་སྤོས་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Indian SpikenardDe Materia Medica, Dioscorides, 1555 Indian SpikenardKrauterbuch, Danz & Uffenbach, 1610 Various types of Spikenard, including Indian and Celtic SpikenardMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Indian SpikenardCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 107 (1881) Nardostachys jatamansi (Adam, 2024) BUY INDIAN SPIKENARD POWDER Botanical name: Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. N. grandiflora)In the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, N. chinensis, as well as N. jatamansi is listed as the source of Gan Song.‘there is a false Spikenard of Narbo, and a mountain Spikenard like Valerian’. (Schroder) Parts used: Root (Rhizome) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm (Cool according to some sources), dry. Sweet, Pungent, Aromatic“Nard is Hot in the First and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna)Warm in TCM, Cool in Tibetan Medicine Classifications: 2A APERIENT.   2H. CARMINATIVE.  2I. ANTISPASMODIC.  2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.  3G. EMMENAGOGUE.  3J. INCREASE SEMEN4c. CARDIAC.  4i. UTERINE.  4j. NERVINETCM:J. Regulate Qi Uses: 1. Regulates Qi, Settles Wind, Clears Phlegm:-Epilepsy, Hysteria, Convulsions, Palpitations, Hypertension.-opens the orifices of the brain to improve consciousness and clear the senses-disturbed Mental state and Insomnia (API)-excessive worrying that has damaged the Spleen (Chen & Chen)-regarded as…

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