This section is from the "A Handbook of Useful Drugs" book, by State Medical Examining and Licensing Boards.
The dried rhizome and roots of Valeriana officinalis.
Action and Uses: Valerian is thought to be antispasmodic and nerve sedative, but its influence is largely psychic, and in the ammoniated tincture the stimulating effects of the aromatic spirit of ammonia no doubt predominate
 
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