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Tabubungiau (spiral ginger)

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- In the Visayas, juice of stems used for dysentery.

- In Ayurveda, rhizome has been used for diabetes, fevers, asthma, bronchitis, intestinal worms, rashes.

- Roots used for catarrhal fevers, coughs, dyspepsia, worms and skin diseases.

- In Malaya, juice of rhizome used as purgative.

- In Java, rhizome has reported use for syphilis, and the juice of stem used for dysentery.

- Used for nephritis-beriberi-edema due to hardening (sclerosis) of the liver, difficulty in urination, pricking pain in the urinary tract.

- Used for nettle rash, whooping cough.

- Dried or fresh material decoction may be used as external application for nettle rash.

- In Bangladesh, use in the treatment of diabetes.

- In Assam, India used by the rural people for fertility control.

 

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Uploaded on December 27, 2016
Taken on December 27, 2016