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Jimikand/जिमीकन्द/Suran/Amorphophallus Campanulatus/Elephant yam
AYURVEDIC & MEDICINAL PLANTS
Jimikand Medicinal Uses
The corms are irritant due to the presence of calcium oxalate. It can also be made pickles. The stems can be used as cattle feed. They are rich in nutrients and minerals. They are carminative, aperient and expectorant. The fresh ones are an acrid stimulant and expectorant and increase appetite and taste. They are applied to treat acute rheumatism. They are also used in dysentery, piles and haemorrhoids as recommended by Ayurveda.
Chemical Composition
It contains proteins, fat, fiber, carbohydrates, starch, oxalic acid and minerals calcium, phosphorus, Iron and vitamin A. Besides these, glucose, galactose and xylose are also present. The presence of an active diastatic enzyme is reported. The corm contains betulinic acid, beta sitosterol, stigmasterol and beta sitosterol palmitate.
It pacifies Kapha and Vata.
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Greater galangal grows to a height of 1.8 m and has long, elegant, blade-like leaves. The flowers are green and white with red tips. Rhizome is built up from cylindrical subunits (circular cross-section), whose pale-reddish surface is characteristically c
A hardy leguminous undershrub attaining the height of about 3 meter with compressed pods. It is found growing wild in many Asian countries and is also cultivated at small scales in India, Iran, Afghanistan etc. The root tastes sweet and is used in Ayurved
A slender aromatic climber having flowers in solitary spikes forming small red berries sunken in solid fleshy spike. The spike is tremendously used in Ayurveda for the preparation of number of formulations.
A middle-sized tree with alternate deciduous sessile leaves. It is found in the forests of western and central India. Gum resin from the stem is used medicinally.
A moderate sized tree with aromatic leaves and bark found growing wild in tropical and subtropical Himalayas and north-eastern Himalayas.