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| Bangla Name : | - |
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| English Name : | East Indian Arrowroot, Wild Arrowroot. |
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| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
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| Disease : | Cooling, oleagenous, tonic, aphrodisiac, biliousness, leprosy, dyspepsia, bronchitis, asthma, fever, thirst, jaundice, stones in the kidney and bladder. |
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| Description : | A leafy rhizomatous herb, rhizome small. Leaves long petiolate, in tufts, the blade 15-30 cm long, lanceolate, acute. Flowers in radical, compact spike with long, pink coma bracts at the top, flowers yellow, longer than the bracts. |
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| Distribution : | North Bengal, in fallow lands. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | - |
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| Uses : | Rhizome is cooling, oleagenous, tonic and aphrodisiac, useful in biliousness, leprosy, burning sensation, dyspepsia, bronchitis, asthma, fever, thirst, jaundice, stones in the kidney and bladder. |
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| Habit : | Herb |
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