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Zingiber officinale - Aardraka, Ginger
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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]
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Common names
Language | Common name |
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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 |
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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 138.
See also
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