Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.18-07-2008

Cochin turmeric

Plant names
Zingiberaceae
English Cochin turmeric, Long zedoary, Round zedoary, Zedoary
Latin Curcuma Zedoaria Roscoe, Amomum Zedoaria Willd., Amomum Zerumbet König, Curcuma Zerumbet Roxb.
Plant partsRhizome, Root
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Aids digestion, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Anticonvulsant, Antidotes, Antihalitosic, Antipyretic, AntiRheumatic, Asthma, bites from poisonous animals, Blood cleanser, Bronchitis, cardiac, cardiac atony, Carminative, cholagogic, Choleretic, cholesterol, colic, Common cold, constipation, cough, diuretic, expectorant, Fungal infections, fungicide, gall stone, gastric catarrh, good for the stomach, Gout, Gravel, Hepatitis, Liver diseases, mercury poisoning, Nausea, Pickmeup, relaxes the nervous system, Rubefacient, Skin diseases, sleeplessness, Tonic, vomiting, Weakness of the liver
Women's diseases after childbirth, Emmenagogue
Foods Aromatic
Other uses Anthelmintics
Contents
 1,4-Cineole, 1,8-Cineol, alkaloid, Alpha-Pinene, Amylose, Cineol, Curcumin, D-Borneol, D-Camphene, D-Camphor, Diferuloyl-Methane, essential oil, mucilage, resin, Sesquiterpene, starch, Zingiberene

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