कर्चूरः
कूर्चशीर्षकः
करजः
करञ्जः
करञ्जी
कर्णिकारः
कर्पूरः
कर्पूरा
करभञ्जिका
क्रमुकः
कर्मरङ्गम्
करमर्दः
करमर्दिका
कर्मारः
कैरवं
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कर्चूरः
Botanical name -
Curcuma zedoaria
Description -
Herbs with rhizomes bearing palmately branched sessile cylindric tubers. Leaves with long petiole, oblanceolate. Flowers yellow, in spikes; flowering bracts cymbiform, green tinged with red.
Chemical Constituents-
Rhizome contains sesquiterpenoids - curcumol, zederone, zedoarone, fyranodiene, cumolone, pyrocurzerenone, procurcumenol, curcumenone, curcumanolide A and curcumanolide B, curcumenol, guaiane zedoarondiol. Essential oil consists of curzerenone, furanodienone I, isofuranodienone II and epicurzerenone
Use -
Rhizomes are aromatic, cooling, diuretic, stimulant arid carminative. The rhizomes do not contain dye.
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