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Crude drug name | Market name | Kapurkachari |
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| Formal name | Sati | |
Other names Tips！ | Kapoor kachari (T), Kapur kachari (B), Kapoor kachari (H), Gandha shati (K), Shimai kichilikizhangu (Ta), Zur-pad-kar-po (Ti), Pankha swan, Pankha phul (N) | |
| English name | Spiked Ginger | |
| Original plant name | Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham., Spiked Ginger | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Production area information | India | |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , M.H.A. Husain | |
| Collection date | 1986/11/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 5557 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sati, Spiked Ginger | |||
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| Synonyms | Gandhamulika, Palasi, Sadgrantha, Suvrata, Gandharika, Gandhavapurvadhu, Prthupalasika, Gandhapalasi | ||||
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| Original plant name | Hedychium spicatum Buch.-Ham. | ||||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | ||||
| Used part | Rhizome | ||||
| Distribution area | Western and central regions of subtropical Himalayas at 1500-2000m, grows abundantly in Kumaon, Punjab and Nepal. | ||||
| Remarks | Fairly common; also cultivated. | ||||
| Common uses | Roots are stomachic, carminative, tonic, stimulant, emmenagogue and expectorant. They are useful in the treatment of liver complaints, inflammation, pains, dyspepsia, diarrhoea/diarrhea, urinary diseases and bronchial asthma. They enter into the preparation of cosmetic powders used for promoting hair growth. They are much used in veterinary medicine. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Sotha (oedema), Kasa (cough), Vrana (wounds), Svasa (respiratory disorders), Sula (colic), Hiddhma (hicough), Graha (mental afflictions), Sannipata jvara (fever correlated to typhoid) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Fatty acids Myristic acid (*C10), Palmitic acid (*C10), Stearic acid (*C10), Oleic acid (*C10), Linoleic acid (*C10), Linolenic acid (*C10) Lipids Tritriacontane (*C10), Ceryl palmitate (*C10) Monoterpenoids 1,8-Cineole (*C1, *C5, *C4, *C6), gama-Terpinene (*C4), beta-Phellandrene (*C4, *C6), p-Cymene (*C4, *C5, *C6), Linalool (*C4, *C5, *C6, *C11), beta-Terpineol (*C4, *C5), alpha-Pinene (*C5), Limonene (*C5, *C6), Camphor (*C5), Linayl acetate (*C5), Borneol (*C5), Terpinoelene (*C5), delta3-Carene (*C6), beta-Pinene (*C6), d-Sabinene (*C11), 1,4-Cineole (*C11), Fenchone (*C11), alpha-Terpineol (*C11), beta-Bisabolene (*C11), Cinamaldehyde (*C11) Sesquiterpenoids Linalool(-)-alpha-cadinol (*C1), (+)-Elemol (*C1, *C6, *C11), (-)-Epi-10-gama-eudesmol (*C1), (+)-alpha-Eudesmol (*C1), (+)-beta-Eudesmol (*C1), beta-Caryophyllene (*C4, *C5, *C6), Humulene (*C5), gama-Cadinene (*C5), beta-Caryophyllene oxide (*C6), beta-Patchoulene (*C11), Eudesmol (*C11), Cadinene (*C11), d-Nerolidol (*C11), Farnesol (*C11) Diterpenoids Hedychenone (*C2, *C8, *C10), 6-Oxolabda-7,11,14-triene-16-oic acid lactone (*C3), 7-Hydroxyhedychenone (*C7), Sterols Beta-Sitosterol (*C9) Steroid saponins & Sapogenins Sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside (*C9) | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | The ethanolic (95%) extract of dried roots showed antibacterial activity. The 50% extract showed anti-malarial activity in vitro against strain NK65 of Plasmodium berghei. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter), Kasaya (Astringent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Tiksna (Sharp) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Kapha Vata | ||||
| Dhatukarma(Action on body tissues) | Asra (blood) | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Grahi (constipative) | ||||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Vaktra (mouth) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. In diarrhea, diet should contain soup of Sati (Hedychium spicatum). 2. In piles the patient should be given gruel prepared with Sati leaves or Pippali (Piper longum) or Sunthi (dry ginger) soured with buttermilk and added with Marica (black pepper) powder. 3. Paste of Sati and Sunthi mixed with decoction of Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa) should be taken for a week. It alleviates rheumatic fever. 4. Incase of Nodular semen, ghee cooked with Sati or ash of Palasa (Butea monosperma) should be used. | ||||
| Formulation | Satyadi curnam, Satyadi kvatha | ||||
| Related drugs | 1. Hedychium coronarium Koenig 2. Kaempferia galanga L. 3. Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. | ||||
| Comments | This is correlated to Sathi in the Ayurvedic formulary of India. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), p 278. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement pp 130-131. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 96. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 227. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi p 99. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 847. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 292-293. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 353. | |||
| Research paper | *C1 Bottini, A. T., Grafagnoli, D. J., Delgado, L. S., Dev, V., San, T. D., Kelly, C. G., Keyer, R., Raffel, R., Joshi, P. and Mathela, C. S.; J. Nat. Prod., 50, 732-34 (1987). *C2 Srimal, R. C., Sharma, S. C. and Tandon, J. S.; Indian J. Pharmacology, 16, 143-47 (1984). *C3 Sharms, S. C. and Tandon, J. S.; Indian J. Chem. Sect. B: 22B, 93-94 (1983). *C4 Nigam, M. C., Siddiqui, M. S., misra, L. N. and Sen, T.; Parfumerie and Kosmetik, 60, 245-46 (1979). *C5 Grag, S. N., Shawl, A. S. and Gulati, B. C.; Indian Perfumer, 21, 79-82 (1977). *C6 Dixit, V. K., Varma, K. C. and Vashisht, V. N.; Indian J. Pharmacy, 39, 58-60 (1977). *C7 Sharme, S. C., Tandon, J. S. and Dhar, M. M.; Phytochemistry, 15, 827-28 (1976). *C8 Sharme, S. C. and Tandon, J. S.; Phytochemistry, 14, 1059-61 (1975). *C9 Sharma, S. C., Shukla, Y. N. and Tandon, J. S.; Phytochemistry, 14, 578-79 (1975). *C10 Bhatia, S., Tiwari, U. K. and Dhar, D. N.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section A: Physical Sciences, 65, 143-46 (1995). *C11 Chowdhury, A. R., Mehrotra, S. and Rawat, A. K. S.; Fafai Journal, 4, 33-35 (2002). | ||||
| Remarks | Roots form one of the ingredients of a herbal vanishing cream. There is a difference of opinion whether the Ayurvedic drugs "Sati" and "Karcura" are one and the same drug or different. Some consider them as different and equate Sati with Hedychium spicatum and Karcura with Curcuma zedoaria both belonging to Zingiberaceae and having similar properties. Hedychium spicatum not being available in the south, Curcuma zedoaria is being used as Karcura in Kerala. Recently rhizomes of Kaempferia galanga are being used as the drug Karcura in Kerala. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/12 | ||||
