Zedoaria, Zedoary, E Zhu 莪术 E Zhu (TCM) Karchura (Ayurveda)Kachuri, Zaranbad (Unani) Medizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Long and Round ZedoaryMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Long and Round ZedoaryParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 ZEDOARY1, Large transverse section of the rhizome. 2. Longitudinal section of the rhizome. 3. Top of the rhizomeshowing concentric leaf scars. 4. Cross-section showing sunken tissue inside endodermis.5. Projecting woody conducting strands. 6. Wrinkled outer surface of the rhizome.(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Botanical name: Curcuma spp. C. zedoaria C. aromatica is the Round Zedoary (syn. Kaempferia rotunda, Zedoaria rotunda) C. phaeocaulis Parts used: RootRound and Long Zedoary have the same functions and uses: ‘Round Zedoary agrees exactly with the former [Long Zedoary] in Substance, Weight, Solidity, Taste, and Smell; differing from it only in Figure, which is bulbous or globular’. (A Treatise on Foreign Drugs, Geoffroy and Thicknesse, 1749) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent“Hot and Dry in the Third degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2A APERIENT.  2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.  3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.  3G. EMMENAGOGUE4c. CARDIAC.  4e. STOMACHIC Uses: Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation, Eases Pain: Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea.abdominal pain from masses associated with congealed or stagnant blood, and for Hysteria.paste made with Alum and…

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