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Crude drug name | Market name | Soudh (Saunt) |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Ardraka (fresh ginger) [Sunthi (dried ginger)] | |
Other names Tips！ | Sonth, Shunthi (T), Sunta (B), Sonth (H), Vanasunthi (K), Chukku (M), Sonti (Te), Sukku (Ta), Be aega (Ti) | |
| English name | Ginger | |
| Original plant name | Zingiber officinale Rosc., Ginger | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Production area information | India | |
| Collection information | India, Dibrugarh, Assam , Shree Vishwanath Marwari Databye Aushadhalaya | |
| Collection date | 1997/05/05 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu, et al. | |
| Remarks | Actually this ginger is already dried up, but it is linked to fresh ginger in order to utilize both data. | |
| TMPW No. | 17360 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Ardraka, Fresh Ginger | ||
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| Synonyms | Avirbhavikam, Katubhadram, Srngikam, Katutoyam, Katusrngikam, Katukam, Jatilasrngi, Ardrika, Gulmamulam, Mulajam, Kandalam, Varam, Mahijam, Saikatestam, Anupajam, Apakasakam, Rahuchatram, Susakakam, Ardrasakam | |||
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| Original plant name | Zingiber officinale Rosc. | |||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |||
| Used part | Fresh rhizome | |||
| Distribution area | Cultivated throughout India, run wild in the westernghats in South India. | |||
| Remarks | Common | |||
| Common uses | Fresh rhizome of ginger is carminative, stimulant to the gastrointestinal tract, promotes digestive power, cleanses the throat and tongue and are useful in the treatment of cardiac disorders and gastric ulcers. It is much in vogue as a household remedy for flatulence and colic. An extract of ginger is used as an adjuvant to many tonics and stimulating remedies. Externally ginger is used as a local stimulant and rubefacient. Dry rhizome is useful in asthma, cough and cold, dyspepsia, urticaria, loss of appetite, piles and sciatica. | |||
| Therapeutic uses | Vibandha (blocks), Anaha (abdominal distension), Sula (colic), Sopha (oedema), Kanthamaya (throat disease), Amavata (rheumatic fever) | |||
| Pharmacological effect | Rhizome extract brings about a constant fall in serum sodium levels with a consistent increase in urinary sodium levels. Ginger taken as fresh, dried powder or as tincture, enhances integrity of capillary cells and stimulates peripheral flow in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Alcoholic extract of ginger has been found to stimulate the vasomotor and respiratory centres of anaesthetized cats. They also stimulate the heart. Ginger is reported to contain an antihistaminic factor. It is included among the antidepressants and it forms an ingredient of some anti narcotic preparations. Oral administration of fresh ginger or its extracts are prescribed for treating various types of gastric ulcers. It enhanced secretion of bile and decreased gastric secretions in test animals. | |||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||
| Guna (Quality) | Guru (Heavy), Tiksna (Sharp), Ruksa (Dry) | |||
| Karma (General action) | Dipani (increasing digestive fire), Svarya (good for voice), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Pacana (digestive) | |||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Kapha | |||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Bhedani (purgative) | |||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Hrdya (good for heart) | |||
| Traditional usage | 1. Ardraka (ginger) juice mixed with rocksalt and three pungents should be kept in mouth touching the throat and then spat. This should be repeated time and again in fever. 2. Ardraka juice mixed with honey should be taken in case of cough, bronchial asthma, coryza and fever caused by Kapha. 3. One becomes free from defects of water due to change of place after taking Ardraka and Yavaksara (an alkali made from Hordeum vulgare) mixed together with tepid water. 4. Intake of salt and ginger in the beginning of meal is always wholesome. It stimulates digestion, adds relish and purifies tongue and throat. The paste of Ardraka moistened with lemon juice, mixed with liquefied sugar and added with Trijata (a group of three aromatics) promotes relish and digestion. 5. A basin is formed around the umbilicus by the paste of Amalaka (Emblica officinalis) and is filled with Ardraka juice. It checks even severe diarrhoea/diarrhea. 6. In piles caused by Kapha, Ardraka and Kulattha (Dolichos biflorus) are useful. 7. One should take Ardraka mixed with equal quantity of jaggery in the dose of 20 gm increasing 20 gm per day upto 200 gm for a month. After the drug is digested, diet of rice and soup (vegetable and meat) is given. This regimen alleviates gulma, udara, piles, oedema, prameha, bronchial asthma, coryza, indigestion, jaundice, oedema, mental disorder, cough and other Kapha disorders. 8. Intake of Ardraka juice mixed with old jaggery along with diet of goat's milk alleviates all types of oedema. 9. In scrotal pain, one should take Ardraka juice with oil in the early morning. Ardraka juice mixed with honey alleviates scrotal pain, dyspnoea/dyspnea, cough, anorexia, coryza. 10. Ardraka juice mixed with old jaggery should be taken in order to alleviate urticaria and sluggish digestion. 11. In earache, one should instill warm juice of Ardraka mixed with, oil, honey and rocksalt into the ear. | |||
| Comments | Ginger should not be taken in skin diseases, anaemic/anemic conditions, urinary disorders, bleeding disorders, wounds, fever, burning and in seasons like autumn. Shoots are good for blood and Kapha Vata disorders. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 5 (Repr.1997), pp 431-434. 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 p 261. 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 98. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 50. 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 103. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1745. | ||
| Remarks | The Homoeopathic drug Zingiber officianale is used for treating asthma. It is also used in the Unani system of medicine and forms an ingredient of drugs like Jawarish-kamuni/Majoon-e-khubs-ul-hadeed, Majoon-e-falsfa. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/01 | |||