Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana officinalis L. [Caprifoliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Valeriana officinalis subsp. nemorensis (B.Turk) F.Martini & Soldano

Valeriana officinalis subsp. officinalis

Valeriana officinalis subsp. tenuifolia (Vahl) Schübl. & G.Martens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar pulepandak	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
all heal	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
all-heal	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
allheal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amantilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
arzneibaldrian	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
asaroon	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
baalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
balahrivera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balchar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balchhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balderbrackenwurzel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
baldrian	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
baldrianrod	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
baldrianwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
baldriāna saknes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
belgian valerian	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
belgian valerian root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bulchar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cat's love	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cat's valerian	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
catamaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cut valerian	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
dary myshyk tamyr	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
echter arznei-baldrian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english valerian	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
english valerian root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
fragrant valerian	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
garden heliotrope	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
garden valerian	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden-heliotrope	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gemeiner baldrian	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
german valerian	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ginger	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
god's hand leaf	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
great wild valerian	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
għeruq tal-valerjana	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
hierba de los gatos	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
ikleel-ul-malik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian valerian	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese valerian	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jatamanci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ka-no-ko-so	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kalavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katzenwurzel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kediotu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kediotu kökü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kesso root	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kissokon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
korenina zdravilne špajke	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
korzeń kozłka	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
kozlíkový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
kuanyexiccao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
luj	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
läkevänderot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
macskagyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
mexican valerian	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nard	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
nardin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ntiv	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pacific valerian	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paicaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palderjanijuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
racine de valeriane	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix valerianae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
rhizomata cum radicibus valerianae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
russian valerian	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rădăcină de valeriană	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
sanbal lateeb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seiyo-kanoko-so	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
setwall	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
st. george’s herb	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sugandhabaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sugandhabala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sumbul-ut-teeb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagara	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taggar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
takaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
txham laaj	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valeriaanwortel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valerian	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
valerian extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
valerian fragrant	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valerian herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
valerian root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana officinalis, rad. (2005) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
valerian root, cut	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
valerian tincture	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
valeriana	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valeriana extranjera	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valeriana lekarstvennaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
valeriana lekarstvennaâ	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
valeriana officinalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
valeriana officinalis subsp. baltica, valeriana officinalis subsp. exaltata	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
valeriana radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valeriana, raiz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valeriana, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
valeriana, raíz de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valeriana, raíz y rizoma	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
valerianae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana officinalis, rad. (2005) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
valerianae radix minutata	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
valerianae rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
valerianarhizome	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valerianarot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valeriane	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
valeriane officinale	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
valerijonų šaknys	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valerin	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
valerium	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
valeriánový koreň	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valiarjanka	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
valieŕjan	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
valériane	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
valériane (racine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
valériane officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
vandal root	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
vandalroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vänderot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
waliryana	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
wild valerian	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
xie cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ρίζα βαλεριανής	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
вaлepьян	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
вaляp’янкa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
валериана, корен	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
فاليربان‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫ناردين مخزني	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
缬草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
underground parts		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
rhizome, root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana officinalis, rad. (2005)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
Raices, rizomas	Raices y rizomas desecados cuidadosamente a menos de 40°C	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
rhizome, root, stolon		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root with Rhizome, Root, Rhizome	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
roots		Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
root		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
root, bark		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
aerial parts, roots		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
root, root with rhizome, rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
subterranean parts		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
raízes, rizomas, estolões		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
rhizome, root, stolon	dried rhizome, root and stolon	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhizome, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	dried, whole or fragmented underground parts	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
underground parts	dried, whole or fragmented underground parts	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome, root	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
underground parts	Dried, whole or fragmented underground parts, including the rhizome surrounded by the roots and stolons	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root, stolon, subterranean parts		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
root, rhizome	roots and rhizomes	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
rizoma, raíz		MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
partes subterráneas	partes subterráneas desecadas enteras, partes subterráneas desecadas fragmentadas	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
plant		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Valeriana officinalis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
Valeriana officinalis L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Valeriana officinalis L.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana officinalis, rad. (2005) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Valeriana officinalis L. s.l.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Valeriana officinalis L. var. officinalis	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Valeriana officinalis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Valeriana officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)

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