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Medicinal plant 6: Spiked Ginger Lily |
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by Asmita Gaire | 13-11-2020 05:05
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Day 6
Medicinal plant: 006 Introduction Spiked ginger lily is a herbal medicinal plant native to China, the Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand and Ethiopia. The local name of spiked ginger lily is Sandharlika/kapurkachari. The scientific name of spiked ginger lily is Hedychium spicatum. It belongs to zingiberaceae family. Rhizome decoction are the major part used for medicines. It is used mainly in the treatment cough and cold. Basically, rhizome decoction or liquid is very fruitful for medical purpose. In Ayurveda, this species is described as a plant with pungent, light, bitter, strong, heating properties. It is one of the integral elements in Chinese Traditional medicine. The rhizome of this plant is also chewed by people to clean their mouth and freshens their breath. The fruit of this species is cooked and eaten with lentils in most of the cases. It is taken as savoury dishes. The rhizome crushed has very pleasant or aromatic fragnant. The Vermillion or abir that is used to prepare Tika that is a colored powder having religious importance is also prepared from it's fragnant colored powder. The leaves of this plant is used for making mats for the home, combined with wheat straw to enhance durability of the product. The aromatic dried root of this plant is often used as incense in country like Ethiopia. The essential oil has a fragnancr somewhat like hyacinths with a long lasting scent. This plant is small, hardy perennial with green leaves and large orange and white flowers. Thus, this plant has diverse significance. Source: https://images.app.goo.gl/286S9HTVPmgdPxeJ8 |
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8 Comments
Greetings SJ mentor
Thank you so much for your feedback
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Asmita Gaire
Posted 30-11-2020 11:02
Hello Asmita!
It's your SJ mentor.
Warm greetings from Korea!
Thank you for sharing your informative report regarding medicinal plant.
In Korea we called as Wild ginger, grow just for looking due to its beautiful flower.
It is great to know various use of this plant not only for medicine but for making mat.
Hope things are fine with you.
Green cheers!
Best regards,
SJ mentor.
Posted 30-11-2020 05:25
Greetings Mun Woo Joo mentor
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for your feedback
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 24-11-2020 19:39
My pleasure paras
Posted 24-11-2020 19:38
My pleasure Shobha
Posted 24-11-2020 19:38
Hello Asmita,
this is your mentor WooJoo.
Thank you for sharing your sixth report about medicinal plant.
Wow, I didn't even know that such type of ginger existed!
I have never tasted its fruits, but it sounds healthy.
And I am surprised too, that it can be used for preparing Tika.
Green cheers!
Best regards,
WooJoo
Posted 19-11-2020 19:24
Hello ,
Greetings and namaste form Nepal
Thank you for sharing your report.
Keep sharing reports,
keep writing
We are looking forward to know more from you.
Regards
Paras Kunwar
Posted 16-11-2020 12:21
Hello asmita sis
thank you so much for such an informative report
keep sharing more and more
warm regards ,
shobha
Posted 15-11-2020 15:15