Alpinia galanga, Aratha, Kolaratha, Kolinchi, Java galangal,, അരത്ത, കോലരത്ത, കോലിഞ്ചി

Family: Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: Aratha, Kolaratha, Kolinchi, അരത്ത, കോലരത്ത, കോലിഞ്ചി (Malayalam), Java galangal, (English), Kapidruma, (Sanskrit), Artupam (Tamil)
Distribution: Cultivated throughout South-east Asia
Description: Perennial herbs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal on the leaf shoot, dense-flowered. Flowers greenish-white, streaked with red. Fruit globose, orange-red.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Widely cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: April-December

Parts used: Rhizomes
Properties & Uses: Rhizomes are bitter, acrid, aromatic, stimulant, carminative, stomachic, aphrodisiac and febrifuge. Rhizomes are used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammations, cough, asthma, bronchitis, hiccough, dyspepsia, stomachalgia, obesity, diabetes, tubercular glands and intermittent fever.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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