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'''Kulañjana''' 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==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Colic}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Enlarged spleen}}, {{Uses|Respiratory diseases}}, {{Uses|Cancers of mouth}}, {{Uses|Cancers of stomach}}, {{Uses|Systemic infections}}, {{Uses|Cholera}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Rhizomes}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Fresh rootstack}}, {{Parts Used|Dried rootstack}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Essential oil, containing α - pinene, β - pinene, limonene, cineol, terpinen - 4 - ol and α - terpineol.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Doddarasagadde, Dhoomraasmi|ml=Aratta, Ciffaratta|sa=Sugandhamūla, Malaya Vacā, Sthūlagranthiḥ, Mahābharū Vacā, Rāsnā |ta=Arattai, Sittarattai|te=Dumparaastramu|hi=Kulanjan, Kulinjan|en=Greater galangal, Javagalangal}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta, Kaṭu
===Guna===
Guru
===Veerya===
Uṣṇa
===Vipaka===
Kaṭu
===Karma===
Vātahara, Kaphahara, Pācana, Rucya, Svarya, Mukha ṣodhaka, Viḍaghna
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial plant}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|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==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Division of rootstack}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant for the warmer tropics, preferring high humidity and a temperature that does not fall below 15°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Forest margins}}, {{Commonly seen|Grasslands}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Alpinia+galanga"Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
