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Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Done) Green
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- Synonym:
- Plant Family:
- Polygonaceae.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A slender, erect perennial herb with woody base and stout rhizome, up to 70cm tall, found in temperate, sub-alpine and alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, ovate-lanceolate with cordate base,sheathing, entireand acuminate. Lower leaf long stalked, blade minutely toothed. Inflorescence terminal spike,dense, 5-10 cm long, usually solitary, sometimes branched. Flower, pink, red or white, 3-6mm long. Tepal lanceolate to ovate, entire. Fruit a nut, dark-brown to black, shining.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- September-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally used as a tea and tonic, useful in dysentery, rheumatism, backache, ulcer, bleeding gums, diarrhea. Dried rhizome is used for making tea. The decoction (10ml) of rhizome is taken thrice a day for treatment of rheumatic pains, backache, fever and flu.
- Part Used:
- Rhizome.
- Occurrence:
- Commonat high altitudes.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Collection, Cultivation, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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