संस्कृत नाम- महाभारीवचा
Botanical name - Zingiber zerumbet
Description - Herbs arising from a large aromatic rootstock. Leaves oblong- lanceolate. Spike variable, with closely appressed orbicular bracts having greenish-red to dark red margin, corolla pale to dark yellow, tube white, lip orange to yellow. Fruit ovoid, red
Chemical_Constituents- Rhizome contains sesquiterpene ketone zerumbone, zerumbone oxide. Oil contains zerumbone (8-oxohumulene); two terpenoids humulene monoxide and humulene di-oxide; two ketones (-6), a diepoxide (-4), two 2- epoxides - humulene epoxide I and humulene epoxide II and humulenol (-3) along with (+)- curcumene and caryophyllene epoxide
Uses - Rhizomes used in cough, stomachache, asthma and also as a vermifuge. It is used in leprosy and other skin diseases.