Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Common Ginger Lilly
Family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Hedychium coronarium
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Kalyana saughandhikam
English: Common ginger lilly, Garland flower.
Hindi: Dolan champa
Malayalam: Kalyana Saughandhikam, Elapoochedi
Botanical name: Hedychium coronarium
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Kalyana saughandhikam
English: Common ginger lilly, Garland flower.
Hindi: Dolan champa
Malayalam: Kalyana Saughandhikam, Elapoochedi
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
A perennial plant growing to about 2 feet (0.61 m) tall, arrowroot has small white flowers and fruits approximately the size and shape of currants. The rootstocks are dug when the plant is one year old, and often exceed 1 foot (30 cm) in length and 0.75 inches (19 mm) in diameter. They are yellowish white, jointed and covered with loose scales.
The roots and leaves of Common ginger lilly is used for stomatitis, nasal polyps and fever ( Viper Bite)