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Shunthi consists of dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale Roxb. (Fam.Zinglberaceae), widely cultivated in India, rhizomes dug in January-February, buds and roots removed, soaked overnight-in water, decorticated, and some times treated with lime and dried.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Shunthi
Hindi Sonth
Malayalam Chukku
Tamil Sukku, Chukku
Telugu Sonthi, Sunti
Marathi Sunth
Gujarathi Sunth, Sundh, Suntha
Punjabi Sund
Kashmiri Shonth
Sanskrit Vishvabesaja, Shringavera, Ausada, Vishva
English Ginger root, Ginger


Chemical Composition

Essential oil, pungent constituents (gingerol and shogaol), resinous matter and starch.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Katu

Guna

Laghu, Snigdha

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Madhura

Karma

Anulomana, Deepana, Hridya, Pacana, Vatakaphapaha, Asmadoshahara

Prabhava

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 138.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA

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