Radix valerianae

Also referred to as Valeriana officinalis (L.), Valeriana wallichii DC. (Indian valerian), Valeriana alliariifolia Vahl, Valeriana sambucifolia Mik, Radix valerianae, red valerian (Centranthus ruber [L.] DC) (2), valerian root, Valerianae radix (4), garden heliotrope, all heal, amantilla, and setwall (8). 

Examples of how the composition is listed include Sennae folium, 415-500 mg, corresponding to 12.5 mg of hydroxyanthracene glycosides, calculated as Sennoside B or Valerianae radix 900 mg. 

Valerianae radix 125 mg dry extract ethanolic 60% (V/V) or Valerianae radix 125 mg dry extract ethanolic 60% (V/V) equivalent to x-y mg Valerianae radix. 

VALERIAN ROOT, Valerianae radix Valerian root consists of the underground organs of Valeriana officinalis L.s.L. (Valerianaceae) (Fig. 23) including the rhizome, roots and stolons, harvested during early autumn of the second year of growth. 

Valeriana. Valerian. Valeriana officinalis. IF. 1.177. Radix. The root. 

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