CURCUMA AROMATICUS
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Kasturi-manjal
English: Wild Turmeric ; Yellow Zedoary Telugu: Adavipasupu ; Kasturi-pasupa Malayalam: Kattumanjal Kannada: Kadarasina ; Kasturi-arishina Marathi: Vedi-halad Hindi: Jangli haldi Sanskrit: Vanaharidra |
description & usage
Found wild all over in Bengal and largely cultivated in gardens, especially in Kerala state, India.
Uses :
Fevers, Snake-bite.
How to Use:
Dried rhizome is used as an aromatic adjunct to other medicines used in skin diseases and impurities of the blood. In the form of powder (3 to 6 grains), it is given to promote eruptions in exanthematous fevers. It is also used externally, boiled in oil as an application to sprains and bruises. Useful in snake-bite also.
Parts Used:
Rhizome
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Aromatic, stimulant, carminative
Uses :
Fevers, Snake-bite.
How to Use:
Dried rhizome is used as an aromatic adjunct to other medicines used in skin diseases and impurities of the blood. In the form of powder (3 to 6 grains), it is given to promote eruptions in exanthematous fevers. It is also used externally, boiled in oil as an application to sprains and bruises. Useful in snake-bite also.
Parts Used:
Rhizome
Taste:
Bitterness
Action:
Aromatic, stimulant, carminative
