Botanical Name: Hedychium spicatum
Sanskrit name: Gandhapalashi
English Name: Spiked Ginger Lily
Common Name : Hedichium, Kapur Kachri
Family: Zingiberaceae                      

Description of Hedychium spicatum:

It is a perennial errect rhizomatous herb with galbrous leaves and white flowers which are borne in dense terminal spikes. The rhizomes are aromatic with bitter camphorous taste. It is reproted for its anti-microbial properties and used traditionally as one of the ingredient in herbal vanising creams to protect the skin from sun's UV rays.

Medicinal Uses:

Used in nausea, bronchial asthma, halitosis and vomiting. Also useful in diminished appetite, hiccups, local inflammation etc. It is useful in the treatment of liver complaints. It is also used in the treatment of indigestion and poor circulation due to thickening of the blood.

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