Jatamansi Oil

Jatamansi is a tender aromatic herb with a pungent rhizome root and native to the mountainous regions of northern India, as well as China and Japan. Jatamansi Essential Oil is also known as Spikenard Essential Oil. Due to its thick roots and too many hairs (Jata in Sanskrit) it has the name Jatamansi.

Benefit & Uses:

  • Spikenard oil can be effective for tension, stress, migraine, nervous indigestion and insomnia. It seems to have rejuvenating qualities especially for the mature skin and can help with allergies, skin inflammations and rashes.
  • Jatamansi oil can be employed in the treatment of epilepsy, hysteria and in many varieties of convulsive affections.
  • Jatamansi oil is said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties and other minor ailments. It is used extensively in perfumery applications and manufacturing of incense.

Product Code : JTA-RS-EO

Botanical Name : Nardostachys jatamansi

Crop Season : March – April

Plant Part Used : Roots (Rhizomes)

Method of Extraction : Steam Distillation

CAS NO.: 8022-22-8

Appearance : Pale Amber to Amber or Greenish-Amber in Color with sweet, woody, spicy like valerian, ginger odor

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