Coiling leaf

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Coiling leaf Solomon seal are graceful shade pants. These plants have rhizomes (under ground stems) that give rise to long arching unbranched stems. Coiling leaf Solomon seal is an erect perennial plant which grows typically up to 2-3 ft tall, with whorls of leaves and clusters of small drooping white flowers from leaf-axils. Leaves are narrow lance-like, in whorls of 3-6, usually with coiled tendril like tip. Tiny flowers, about pedicel 3-8 mm long, are tinged purple or green. Flowers are tube shaped with spreading lar petals.
The root Polygonatum cirrhifolium is used in Ayurveda as an aphrodisiac. It is also used to treat pain, fever, inflammation, allergy, skin disease, cough, ulcers and weakness. An herbal remedy called rhizoma polygonati is a mix of Polygonatum species used in traditional Chinese medicine.