Category: root

Spikenard

Title:Botanical Name:Nardostachys, Jatamashi(Nepal)

Purpose:Nard oil is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and a herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.

convulsions,digestive diseases,epilepsy,flatulence,gastric disorders,heart,palpitations,jaundice,kidney stones,respiratory diseases,skin conditions,typhoid,seminal debility

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-It is also considered as a protein energy giver

The essential oil from spikenard is famous as essence of nard in New Testament (Marco 14:3).  The smell of this oil tend to ease one’s body and soul.  Dried root are famous as Kansho（甘松）or Kanshoko（甘松香）of its effect to ease pain of stomach especially from the nerve one in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine.

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Calamus

Title:Botanical Name:Acorus calamus ,Bojho(Nepal)


Purpose:It is valued as a rejuvenator for the brain and nervous system, and as a remedy for digestive disorders.
It is used as an analgesic for the relief of toothache or headache, to cure /prevent a hangover, to treat a cough, as a carminative for colic, to treat diabetes, to reduce bowel pains, to lessen swelling and for constipation, to cure fevers, for asthma and bronchitis, and as sedative. It exhibited a good anti-fungal activity as well.

 

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The roots have a sweet fragrance.Some people chew calamus to remove the smell of tobacco, as a stimulant, to increase their sense of well-being, and as a hallucinogen.Some people apply calamus directly to the skin to treat certain skin diseases.In foods, calamus is used as a spice. (they have been used to flavor candy) and the leaves smell similar to lemon.

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Rhododendron

Title:Botanical Name:Aconitum spicatum (Ranunculaceae),Lali Guras(Nepal)


Purpose:Flowers are used in body ache and throat pain.Roots are also used.taken alone is poisonous, so it is never used alone by the local communities. A paste made from its roots is applied as antipyretic and analgesic after mixing with Terminalia chebula (Combretaceae)

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Rhododendron is the National flower as well of Nepal. Some used to make herbal tea as well.

Dried flowers crushed and mixed with water stop excessive bleeding in female. Fresh leaves chewed to cure dysentery.Leaves are chewed and the juice from the crushed leaves relieves cough

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Gooseberry

Title:Botanical Name:Phyllanthus, Amala(Nepal)


Purpose:Used in case as a rasayana (rejuvenative) to promote longevity, and traditionally to enhance digestion (dipanapachana), treat constipation (anuloma), reduce fever (jvaraghna), purify the blood (raktaprasadana), reduce cough (kasahara), alleviate asthma (svasahara), strengthen the heart (hrdaya), benefit the eyes (chakshushya), stimulate hair growth (romasanjana), enliven the body (jivaniya), and enhance intellect

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Goosebery is usually used in our foods,curry,momo,and also as a pickle
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In Cambodia(Data collected by Masha)Uploaded by Arya

We can find it everywhere in Cambodia.It helps for intenstinal tract,painful eyes,malair,fever,inflammation of the urinary tract.It helps the skin and flesh.Its root treat for fever and dengue

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Try to dry up for planting to heal the cough.

Its fruit can be eaten.It is sweet,taste,sour.Their shells are soaked drenched colored to treat humans or animals for drinking

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Mix the mixture with salt and apply on the skin or mouth(for mouthwash)

SOME PRODUCT WE MAKE USING GOOSEBERRY

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Picrorhiza kurroa

Title:Botanical Name:Neopicrorhiza Scrophularifolia, Kutki(Nepal)


Purpose:

In case of stomachache,heavy fever,used when ever scorpion or snake bite,people suffering from skin disease it is considered as a preventive measure,also in case of leprosy it is used and other too

We usually use the stem or branch and of this herb along with the under mud root not all but half so that it can again grow-up. Collected are properly cleaned and dried in the sun

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Kutki is usually used in our foods,curry,momo,and also as a pickle
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In Japan, there is no Kutki, so we had used Senburi（千振）Swertia japonica instead of Kutki.
Senburi is very, very, bitter taste. Use as stomachic or cure  internal disorders.  We use dried whole grass, except roots as medical tea.
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Licorice root (Yesthimadhu)

Licorice root (Yesthimadhu) Glycyrrhiza glabra

Purpose: traditionally used to soothe inflammation and injury in the stomach. It also stalls the growth of Helicobacter pylori.
(Helicobacter pylori: A bacterium that causes stomach inflammation (gastritis) and ulcers in the stomach and duodenum)
Remedy for stomachache:
Take one teaspoonful of this powder and mix with half a teaspoonful of pure ghee and one teaspoonful of pure honey. Take this medicine twice daily on an empty stomach, once in the morning before breakfast and once in the afternoon before tea when the stomach is nearly empty

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In Japan licorice root are also use as medicine (Japanese traditional medicine KANPO). We call them 甘草(Kanzo), because of its taste. Traditionally use to soothe pain, cramp or convulsion(especially stomach), and cough. (add Natsu 2018 0805)