Description

Pure Jatamansi Oil — Steam Distilled | High Jatamansone & Valeranone | Nardostachys jatamansi DC. | Ayurvedic, Hair Care, Aromatherapy & Pharmaceutical Grade | Retail from 1kg | Bulk Drums Available

Pure Steam Distilled Jatamansi Oil | Nardostachys jatamansi DC. | Spikenard | High Jatamansone | High Valeranone | High Nardol | Classical Ayurvedic Keshya | Sedative | Anti-Anxiety | Anti-Inflammatory | Hair Growth | Sacred Aromatic | Perfumery Base Note | Retail from 1kg | Bulk from 5kg to 200kg Drum | Manufacturer-Direct Pricing | Pan-India Delivery | Export Supply | Est. 2010 Meerut India

What is Jatamansi Oil?

Jatamansi Oil known in Sanskrit as Jatamansi, commercially and internationally known as Spikenard Oil, also traded as Nard Oil, Nardus Oil, Musk Root Oil, and Jatamansi Taila in classical Ayurvedic preparation nomenclature — formally designated Nardostachys jatamansi Root Oil or Nardostachys jatamansi Rhizome Oil in INCI cosmetic nomenclature is most ancient, most sacred, most therapeutically revered, most extensively documented in classical Ayurvedic literature, most uniquely positioned in modern neuropharmacological research for its sedative and neuroprotective properties, and most deeply embedded in the spiritual and religious traditions of multiple civilisations of any aromatic botanical oil in the entire global essential oil market — steam distilled from the dried rhizomes (underground stems) and roots of Nardostachys jatamansi DC. (also known as Nardostachys grandiflora DC. in older botanical literature) — a small, intensely aromatic, slow-growing, perennial herbaceous plant with a spike-like pink flowering head belonging to the Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) family in modern classification (previously placed in the Valerianaceae — Valerian family — which explains its close chemical similarity to Valerian root and oil) — native exclusively to the high-altitude alpine meadows, rocky slopes, and open grasslands of the Himalayan mountain range — growing naturally across a very specific and very demanding altitude band of 3,000 to 5,000 metres above sea level in the Indian states of Uttarakhand (primary — Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary — Valley of Flowers — Gangotri region — Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve), Himachal Pradesh (Lahaul and Spiti — Kinnaur — Kullu — Chamba), Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir Valley — Leh — Kargil), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and extending into Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet (China), and the Hindu Kush ranges of Afghanistan and Pakistan — a natural distribution that is simultaneously an extraordinary indicator of the plant's evolutionary specialisation to extreme Himalayan conditions (frost — thin soil — intense UV radiation — short growing season) and a commercial challenge that has driven the plant to threatened status in many parts of its range due to overharvesting combined with the extremely slow growth rate (4 to 7 years to maturity from seed) and restricted natural habitat that make sustainable wild harvest very difficult to maintain. Nardostachys jatamansi is listed under CITES Appendix II (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) — requiring that international trade in wild-harvested plant material is regulated and that export permits are issued by the country of origin to ensure the harvest is sustainable — making Jatamansi Oil one of the most important commercially traded essential oils requiring CITES-compliant sourcing documentation, with Liana Health Care committed to supplying only ethically and legally sourced Jatamansi Oil from certified sustainable cultivated sources where possible and CITES-compliant wild harvest where cultivation is not yet available.

Jatamansi Oil is defined by an extraordinarily complex and uniquely distinctive sesquiterpene-dominated profile — with over 70 identified compounds — but commercially and therapeutically characterised by several signature compounds found in few or no other commercially important essential oils. The most important compounds include jatamansone — the most pharmacologically important and most unique compound in the oil — a sesquiterpene ketone named after the plant itself — documented in multiple pharmacological studies to have significant CNS sedative, anti-anxiety, anti-epileptic, and neuroprotective properties through GABA-A receptor modulation — making it the chemical basis for the most extraordinary and most clinically relevant neurological claims of Jatamansi Oil, valeranone — a related sesquiterpene ketone with similar sedative properties and the primary compound responsible for the musky, earthy, and slightly animalic depth of the oil's aroma profile, nardol — a sesquiterpene alcohol providing the characteristic sweet-woody-balsamic base of the aroma, elemol — anti-inflammatory sesquiterpene alcohol also found in Amyris and Frankincense, beta-gurjunene — sesquiterpene hydrocarbon contributing to the earthy depth, calarene — characteristic sesquiterpene of Calamus-adjacent aromatics, patchouli alcohol — the most characteristic compound of Patchouli — present at trace levels in Jatamansi contributing to the earthy-musky depth, aristolene, seychellene — together creating an extraordinarily complex, profoundly earthy-musky-woody-balsamic aroma character that is simultaneously ancient, sacred, deeply grounding, and uniquely appealing to the most sophisticated and most knowledgeable perfumers, aromatherapists, and Ayurvedic practitioners who work with it. Liana Health Care Pvt. Ltd. supplies pure steam distilled Jatamansi Oil from CITES-compliant sustainable Himalayan sources in Ayurvedic, hair care, aromatherapy, pharmaceutical, and perfumery grades from retail 1kg packs to bulk 200kg drums in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, with pan-India delivery and international export since 2010.

Aroma Profile

Top Note - Very soft, gently earthy-woody opening,  immediate depth, unique character
Middle Note - Rich, complex, warm earthy-musky-woody, sweet 
Base Note - Softly balsamic, profound depth, most grounding base

What Is Jatamansi Essential Oil Used For