Valeriana wallichii Valeriana wallichii Valeriana wallichii is a rhizome herb of the genus Valeriana and the family Valerianaceae also called Indian Valerian or Tagar-Ganthoda, not to be confused with ganthoda, the root of Indian long pepper. It is an herb useful in Ayurvedic medicine used as an analeptic, antispasmodic, carminative, sedative, stimulant, stomachic, and nervine. It grows in the Northwest Himalayas in places like Astore (Northern Pakistan) and forests in the region. The genus Valeriana, with about 200 species, belongs to the family Valerianaceae and has a distribution throughout the world. The Indian Valerian has long been used in Ayurveda (Charak Samhita
Valerian Stan liberă, 3 septembrie 1997, editorial by Petre Mihai Băcanu „Dreptatea e un risc?”; România liberă, 11 septembrie 1997, Gabriela Adameşteanu, „Valerian Stan la Porţile Orientului”; Curentul, 11 ianuarie 2000, Ştefan Augustin Doinaş, „Morala politicii şi politica moralei” </ref> Valerian Stan Valerian Stan (born 1955 in Sascut, Bacău County, Romania) is a publicist, civil and human rights activist, dignitary, lawyer and military officer. Some biographical data: In 1977, Valerian Stan graduated the Military School of active infantry officers "Nicolae Balcescu" from Sibiu. At graduation I received the rank of lieutenant and was assigned to a military unit in Bucharest. For nearly