PAKISTAN. Valerian (Valeriana wallichii) Root, Cut and Sifted, Certified Organic Common names: All-Heal, Phu, Amantilla, Setwall, Garden Heliotrope, Capon's Tail, Blessed herb, Vandal Root, Jie Cao Gen, Phu Parvum, Balderbrackenwurzel Family: Caprifoliaceae Valerian is a perennial flowering plant, growing up to five feet high, native to in Europe and Northern Asia, and found in other temperate regions including some high altitude biomes in the US Southwest. It favors moist areas, marshy and riparian zones, but may also be found on drier ground. Valerian has been famed since antiquity, especially as a sedative and relaxant. Quoting Dr. Christopher’s summary, it has been given “as a nervine, anti-spasmodic, to protect against the plague, head pain, to bring on sleep, as a sedative, to calm hysterias, for nervous strain, stress, mental derangement, irregular distribution of blood to the brain, menopause symptoms, sadness, restlessness, anxiety, profuse flow of urine, epilepsy, infantile convulsions, to lower blood pressure, heart condition, drug addiction, menstrual pains, suppressed menstruation, ringing in ears, cholera, swollen joints, swollen arteries and veins, cramped limbs, paralyzed limbs, and acne.