Description :
Zedoary, also known as white turmeric, is a rhizome with a thin brown skin and a bright orange, hard interior. Its smell is similar to that of turmeric and mango. The perennial herb has a warm-spicy, woody and camphoraceous cineolic odor and bears yellow shiny flowers, with red and green bracts. The ovate leaves possess purple-colored spots and are 1 to 2 feet long, narrowing at the base. The fruits are triangular and ovate in shape while the seeds are oval or spear shaped.
Details :
Botanical Name :Curcuma Zedoaria
Hindi Name :Jangli Haldi
English Name :White turmeric, Zedoary
Common Name :Amb halad,Gandhmul,Kachur
Sanskrit Name :Shati
Kannada Name :Kacora,Kachora
Tamil Name :karppurakkiccilikkilangku.Kasturimanjal
Manipuri Name :Meitei yaingang
Bengali Name :aam aadaa
Assamese Name :Katuri
Chinese Name : E zhu, E shu, Yu jin
Dutch Name : Zedoar, Zedoarwortel
English Name : Setwall, White turmeric, Zedoary turmeric, Zedoary
French Name : Curcuma zédoaire, Gingembre bâtard, Zédoaire
German Name :Zedoarwurzel, Zitwer, Zittwer Kurkume
Italian Name :Radice di curcuma, Zedoaria, Zedoaria lunga
Malay Name :Temu kuning, Temu puteh, Temu putih
Neplai Name : Kacur, Van haledo
Portuguese Name : Zedoária
Russian Name : Куркума зедоарская Kurkuma zedoarskaia
Serbian Name : Beli isiot, Isiot, Setval
Spanish Name : Cedoaria, Cetoal
Thai Name : Haeo dam (Chiang Mai), Kha mîn oi (Central Thailand), Kha mîn khuen (Northern Thailand).
Turkish Name : Çevdar, Gulpa hamar
Vietnamese Name: Bông truât, Ngái tim, Nga truât, Tam nai
Medicinal Uses :
Zedoary, also known as white turmeric, is a rhizome with a thin brown skin and a bright orange, hard interior. Its smell is similar to that of turmeric and mango. The perennial herb has a warm-spicy, woody and camphoraceous cineolic odor and bears yellow shiny flowers, with red and green bracts. The ovate leaves possess purple-colored spots and are 1 to 2 feet long, narrowing at the base. The fruits are triangular and ovate in shape while the seeds are oval or spear shaped.
Botanical Name :Curcuma Zedoaria
Hindi Name :Jangli Haldi
English Name :White turmeric, Zedoary
Common Name :Amb halad,Gandhmul,Kachur
Sanskrit Name :Shati
Kannada Name :Kacora,Kachora
Tamil Name :karppurakkiccilikkilangku.Kasturimanjal
Manipuri Name :Meitei yaingang
Bengali Name :aam aadaa
Assamese Name :Katuri
Chinese Name : E zhu, E shu, Yu jin
Dutch Name : Zedoar, Zedoarwortel
English Name : Setwall, White turmeric, Zedoary turmeric, Zedoary
French Name : Curcuma zédoaire, Gingembre bâtard, Zédoaire
German Name :Zedoarwurzel, Zitwer, Zittwer Kurkume
Italian Name :Radice di curcuma, Zedoaria, Zedoaria lunga
Malay Name :Temu kuning, Temu puteh, Temu putih
Neplai Name : Kacur, Van haledo
Portuguese Name : Zedoária
Russian Name : Куркума зедоарская Kurkuma zedoarskaia
Serbian Name : Beli isiot, Isiot, Setval
Spanish Name : Cedoaria, Cetoal
Thai Name : Haeo dam (Chiang Mai), Kha mîn oi (Central Thailand), Kha mîn khuen (Northern Thailand).
Turkish Name : Çevdar, Gulpa hamar
Vietnamese Name: Bông truât, Ngái tim, Nga truât, Tam nai
Medicinal Uses :
- Zedoary improves digestion, improves liver condition and normalizes body temperature.
- The herb, when taken in powdered form, helps in regularizing menstruation.
- In the juice form, it is used to treat urine-related disorders and urinary tract infections.
- Zedoary is used as a gastro-intestinal stimulant in flatulent colic and prevents stress ulceration as well.
- It helps in curing dyspepsia, colic, vomiting and cough.
- The herb proves useful in case of abdominal cramps, amenorrhea-abdominal pain and rheumatic pain. It is also used in anti-periodic pills.
- Zedoary is used as anti-venom for the Indian Cobra.
- It is used in the manufacture of liquors, stomach essences, bitters, perfumes and cosmetics.
- In India, the herb is either cooked fresh or used in preparing pickles. In Indonesia, it is ground to paste and used in curries.
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