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valerian
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synonyms: Valeriana officinalis, setwall ???
tags: [Rx] [botany]
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Definition:a drug made from the root of the valerian plant, once commonly used as a sedative, antiseptic, and a pain reliever. There is scant solid scientific evidence that it is an effective remedy - and may in fact be harmful for some individuals.
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Uses:
And he took recourse to baths of cold water and dosed himself with assaftida, valerian and quinine.
Joris-Karl Huysmans. À Rebours
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Meantime, I derived no benefit from any medicine, except one prescribed to me by an Edinburgh surgeon of great eminence, viz., ammoniated tincture of valerian.
Thomas De Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)
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Charles prescribed valerian and camphor baths.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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I unlaced the front of my robe and rubbed my body quickly with handfuls of the lavender and valerian. It was a pleasant, spicy smell, distinctive and richly evocative.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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The young nobleman who, like Saint-Loup, has a mistress acquires the habit, when he takes her out to dine, of carrying in his pocket the valerian ‘drops’ which she may need, of ordering the waiter, firmly and with no hint of sarcasm,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 2]
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among the ceramic bottles and atmosphere of valerian in the only pharmacy left in [town]
Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.434 (1970)
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