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Kulaµjana consists of dried rhizome of Alpinia galanga Willd. (Fam. Zingiberaceae), a plant upto about 2.0 m high bearing perennial rhizome, growing in eastern Himalayas and southwest India.

Uses

Body swellings, Cough, Cold.

Parts Used

Fruits, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

Saponins (five sapogenols- careyagenol A, B, C, D & E); sterols, α-spinosterol and α-spinosterone[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Daddala, Gudda, Daddippe
Hindi
Malayalam Pezuntol
Tamil Kumbi
Telugu Dudippi
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Svādupuṣpa, Viṭapī, Sthala Kumbhī
English Kumbi


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kaṭu, Kaṣāya

Guna

Rūkṣa

Veerya

Uṣṇa

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Kaphahara, Vātahara, Grāhī,

Prabhava

Habit

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pink Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oblong pod Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled seeds upto 5 Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Prefers a well-drained, sandy or even rocky soil.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Primary or secondary forest, Slightly seasonal forest, Along forest edges.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14
  2. [ "Morphology"]
  3. "Cultivation detail"

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