🏯Khmer Traditional Medicine
Spikenard (Khmer Nard)
Nardostachys jatamansi
About Spikenard (Khmer Nard)
Spikenard (Khmer Nard) (Nardostachys jatamansi) is a herb used in the Khmer Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Anxiety, Insomnia, Stress, and High Blood Pressure, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Nardostachys jatamansi is a flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas. It is a source of a type of intensely aromatic amber-colored essential oil, spikenard. The oil has, since ancient times, been used as a perfume, as a medicine and in religious contexts. It is also called spikenard, nard, nardin, or muskroot.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal