Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1561/en

The most striking feature of valerian is the strong, stupefyingly earth-heavy smell — the stench, really — that is dammed back in the rootstock and streams from it whenever it is wounded. Chemical analysis reveals across the substance-groups of carbohydrates, proteins, oils, alkaloids, resins, and so on, as well as organic acids and mineral substances, a far-reaching spectrum of compounds — one that corresponds quite closely to the diversity of medicinal indications on which valerian preparations exert their damping, healing effect. Simonis does, however, emphasise that "results adequately illuminating to the essential being of the plant have not yet been achieved."