| Using a mortar and pestle, grind the spikenard, peppercorns, costmary and cloves together. |
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| In Mark's account the woman is unnamed, and she anointed Christ's head with the spikenard, rather than His feet as in the above account by John. |
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| Judaea sends us Lacryma balsami, Crete Coma dictamni, Arabia her flower of spices, India reaps her crop of spikenard. |
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| Fear is one of the most important symptoms in our present society, which makes spikenard one of the most useful plants! |
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| So we see that spikenard improves the capacity of the mind, and is still relaxing. |
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| The spikenard root is rich in an essential oil and contains jatamanson, a relaxing and calming substance. |
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| The second ingredient is the root of spikenard, a plant rich in essential oil and already commonly used for the head in India for many centuries. |
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| Recent studies with spikenard show that this plant influences the beneficiary function of the neurotransmitters. |
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| On Wednesday, Mary of Bethany came with a very costly oil of spikenard and poured on Jesus' head. |
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| A traditional recipe to purify the air made with juniper, fragrant inula, spikenard, red and white sandalwood, and safflower. |
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| Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. |
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| What did Mary think of the money meant for her marriage or old age when she spent her inheritance on the expensive spikenard bottle? |
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| The scent of spikenard, not to be confused with American spikenard, a stimulant, is, surprisingly, sedative, since it increases serotonin availability. |
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| Note the reference to spikenard in the Song of Solomon and in the Gospels. |
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| A spicy perfume extracted from the roots sometimes is used as a substitute for spikenard. |
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| Because they are safe they can be taken during the day as well as the night, in combination with other plants like spikenard. |
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| Mostly in Ayurveda, a very old Indian medicine, spikenard is used for inner agitation and weak nerves. |
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| Also on the digestive system spikenard works calming and regulating. |
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| It contains the powder of spikenard and an extract of black horehound. |
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| As a sedative spikenard can be used during the day without any danger: you will not feel drowsy, but you will experience a feeling of rest and relaxation. |
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| While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. |
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| Ploughman's Spikenard is a tall, but rather plain plant with purplish stems and dull yellow flowers. |
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