Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Root
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Dried root powder mixed with ghee and bee honey is taken after dinner to improve sexual ability
- Roots are used as an appetiser, tonic and are antipyretic
- Used for treating piles, biliousness, fatigue, blood related disorders, bronchitis, ophthalmia, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhoea, lumbago, gonorrhoea, gleet, hydrophobia and joint pains
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Cycloartane triterpenoid glycosides: curculigosaponins G–J and N–O, Phenolic glycosides: curculigine A and D–I, curculigoside A–H, orchiosides A–B, orcinosides D–H, sitosterol, stigmasterol, cycloartenol, hentriacontanol, benzoic acid derivatives and diepoxylignan glucopyranoside from plant
Bioactivity :
Alcohol extracts of rhizome: increase the level of antioxidant enzymes in hepatotoxicity, increase phagocytic activity of macrophage, hypoglycaemic, anticancer, effective in treating erectile dysfunction and in enhancing of overall sexual performance, antiasthmatic; cyrculigine E–H: antiosteoporotic; curculigoside: improve cognitive functions in aged animals, neuroprotective
Clinical:
An ingredient of a herbal formulation for hot flashes
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