Valerian (herb) nervous system depression, they should not be used with other depressants, such as ethanol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, opiates, kava, or antihistamine drugs. Moreover, non-pregnant adult human hepatotoxicity has been associated with short-term use (i.e., a few days to several months) of herbal preparations containing valerian and "Scutellaria" (commonly called skullcap). As an unregulated product, the concentration, contents, and potential contaminants in valerian preparations cannot be easily determined. Because of this uncertainty and the potential for toxicity in the fetus and hepatotoxicity in the mother, valerian use is discouraged during pregnancy. Valerian root is a cat attractant in a way similar to
Valerian Pletnev by essentially arguing for continued state subsidies fro Proletkult which were being reduced under the New Economic Policy. He praised the organisations literary output, including the role of drama as well as the development of production art. From 1933 to 1936 he was Deputy Head of the General Directorate of the Film Industry at the SNK of the USSR. However he was subsequenlty purged and shot in 1942. Valerian Pletnev Valerian Fedorovich Pletnev (1886–1942) () was a Russian revolutionary who after many years as a joiner became a playwright and activist in Proletkult, following the Russian Revolution. He joined the