Abstract
Rhizomes of Zingiber officinale Roscoe. belonging to the family Zingiberaceae is used for bronchitis, as a carminative, for treating cough, cataracts and as a stimulant. The rhizome is cooked with salt and water and used as an expectorant. Extract of the juice of rhizome is used as eye-drops. In Yemen, it is mixed with other plants used for constipation, as a purgative, against colds, catarrh and acidity of the stomach. Root ginger is widely used for culinary purposes and as a spice. The rhizomes (imported from India) are used with cinnamon and cloves and made into a tea for treating colds and as a general tonic. The drink is also used as an aphrodisiac (Gazanfar, 1994). Ginger is useful in piles, rheumatism, headache, lumbago, pains, bleeding, chest congestion, cholera, cold, diarrhea, dropsy, nausea, stomachache, gastrointestinal disorders, vomiting, and diarrhea. The fresh juice of ginger acts as a strong diuretic. The juice of the leaves is effective against helminthiasis and marasmus and related conditions of diarrhea and dysentery (Monograph of Unani Medicine,2003).
Highlights
Ginger is extremely valuable in dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, vomiting, spasms and other painful affections of the stomach, and the bowls unattended by fevers for cold, cough, asthma, dyspepsiaand indigestion
A local stimulant and rubefacient (Kapoor, 2001). It is a pale yellowish branched rhizome and it is laterally compressed with longitudinally striated surfaces giving a coarse feeling when touched between fingers
A transverse section of a branch of the rhizome is oblong in outline
Summary
Phytochemical, Pharmacognostic and Pharmacological Studies on Zingiber Officinale. Mohammad Kamil*, F Ahmad, M T Abdallah ZCHRTM, DOH, A.D.UAE. Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Research. 5(1): DOI:10.31579/2768-0487/041
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