Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. |
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Botanical Name |
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Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. |
English
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Wild-Arrow-Root |
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Zingiberaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Herb with a tuberous rhizome. Rootstock small, producing long fleshy fibrous roots terminating in oblong tubers; leaves cauline, 30-45cm, lanccolate, acute; flowers yellow, in lateral spikes; capsules ovoid, seeds small. |
| Herb Effects |
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Demulcent(tuber powder); Anthelmintic (essential plant oil) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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1-alpha-curcumene, D-camphor, alpha and beta-pinene, alpha-terpineol, zingiberol, D-borneol and a sesquiterpene alcohol (essential plant oil). |
Pharmacology
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For subnormal body temperature, fever, diarrhoea and gravel (rhizome); for jaundice (tuber powder). The juice obtained by crushing the rhizome is rubbed on swellings of the body. A paste of the rhizome is bound with a cloth on fractures. The essential plant oil is used to expel intestinal worms. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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