Organic Spikenard Essential Oil

This endangered plant has legendary mental and mood-balancing effects. It is referenced biblically, medically, and in literature. Best known in Ayurvedic medicine, Indian practitioners have spent centuries unlocking its benefits. It is listed in Pliny’s Natural History, an encyclopedia considered one of Rome’s greatest surviving texts. In the Bible Mary Magdelene anointed Jesus’ feet in the hours before his death with a bottle of spikenard worth a year’s wages. Its biblical and cognitive value led some Christians to claim spikenard as the “tree of knowledge” Adam and Eve were enticed by in the garden of Eden. Homer also mentions spikenard in the Iliad as the oil Achilles used to anoint Patroclus. Spikenard is a foundational herb in the Ayurvedic system. It has a long-standing role as the primary treatment for epilepsy and is also used for hysteria, insomnia, and convulsions. It’s believed a mental tonic that may manage debilitating psychological conditions still common today as well as