Spikenard root

Nardostachys jatamansi DC Ga Song Xiang (Spikenard) (root) Essential oil, jatamansic acid, sesquiterpene.49-80 Aromatic stomachic, sedative, antispasmodic. 

Its major use is in cough preparations often together with white pine and wild cherry barks, bloodroot, and spikenard root, as in white pine compound or its variations. 

Poke Root, Red Clover, Sarsaparilla, Soapwort, Spikenard, Water Dock. 

Aral fa. Spikenard American spikenard spignei petty-morrel spice berry- Dried rhizome and roots of Aralia racemosa L., Amliaceae Habit. Northeastern U S. Consiit. Starch, pectin, sugar, retain. The active constituent appears to be a volatile oil of unknown constitution. 

OCN Indian spikenard nard spoon-leaf nardostachys Part rhizome, root... 

This oil, which is the true spikenard or Indian spikenard, has been described as being obtained from various plants, but there now appears to be no doubt that it is obtained from NardostMhys Jatamansi, a plant flourishing in the Alpine Himalayas and district. Kemp distilled 56 lb. of the root and obtained 3 oz. of oU, whilst another parcel of 100 lb. yielded 15 oz. It is a pale yellow oil of specific gravity 975, and optical rotation about - 20 . 

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