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Curcuma longa Linn - Haridra

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'''Haridra''' consists of the dried and cured rhizomes of Curcuma longa Linn. (Fam.Zingiberaceae), a perennial herb extensively cultivated in all parts of the country, crop is harvested after 9-10 months when lower leaves turn yellow rhizomes carefully dug up with hand-picks between October-April and cured by boiling and dried.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Rajani, Nisha, Nishi, Raatri, Ksanaada|en=Turmeric|gu=Haldar|hi=Haldi, Hardi|kn=Arishina|ks=Ledar, Ladhir|ml=Manjal|mr=Halad|pa=Haldi, Haldar|ta=Manjal|te=Pasupu}}

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Katu, Tikta,
===Guna===
Ruksha
===Veerya===
Ushna
===Vipaka===
Katu
===Karma===
Krimighna, Kushgna, Vrnya, Vishaghna, Kaphapittanut
===Prabhava===

==References==
<references>

<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 61.</ref>

</references>

==See also==

==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]

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