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| Bangla Name : | - |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
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| Disease : | Stomachic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, tonic, diuretic, expectorant, carminative,headache, lumbago, rheumatic pains, sore throat, sour eructations, stuttering, pain, diabetes, bronchitis and dyspepsia. |
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| Description : | : A rhizomatous herb with 60-120 cm high leafy stem. Leaves 15-30 cm long, lanceolate, acuminate, glossy. Flowers large, in a dense terminal panicles, up to 13.5 cm long. Lip ovate-oblong, yellow, streaked with purple veins. |
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| Distribution : | Occationally cultivated. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Fresh rhizome yields essential oil (0.2%), which contains galangol, kaempferide, galangin and its methyl ether, camphor, cineole, methyl cinnamate, monoterpenes of ?- and ?-pinene and limonene and sesquiterpenes. Constituents present in the rhizome includ |
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| Uses : | Rhizome is stomachic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, tonic, diuretic, expectorant, carminative, useful in headache, lumbago, rheumatic pains, sore throat, sour eructations, stuttering, pain in the chest, diabetes, burning of the liver, tubercular glands. It is a |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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