English name: Intermediate Habenaria
Hindi
name: Vridhi
Ayurvedic
names: Riddhi, Laksmi, Mangala, Rathanga,
Risisrista, Saravajanpriya, Siddhi, Sukha, Vasu and Yuga
Botanical
name: Habenaria intermedia
Family:
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
Distribution:
In
North West Himalayas on the grassy slopes between 2000-3000 m
above mean sea level.
Medicinal
uses: It is an important member of rasayana herbs in Ayurveda and constituent of Ashtavarga
(a group of eight rejuvenating medicinal herbs) and Indian traditional tonic Chyvanprasha
(polyherbal rejuvenator).
The tubers of the plant are sweet
and emollient (having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin).
They are used as brain tonic, aphrodisiac, depurative (remove impurities from
the body), anthelmintic (capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms),
rejuvenating and general tonic. The tubers are also useful in asthma, leprosy
and skin diseases. It has strong antioxidant and nitric oxide scavenging
activity, which can be assigned to scopoletin and gallic acid or their
synergistic properties and may be helpful in preventing premature aging. The tender
leaves and tubers are edible and cooked as vegetables.
The IUCN has categorized it as
an endangered species. The plants are rapidly
disappearing due to indiscriminate digging for their medicinal tubers.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for information that it is now endangered. So it is one of the herb used in chavanprash.
ReplyDeleteVery informative. Infact Himalayas are repository of herbal plants but indescreet exploitation is leading to decreasing regeneration or extinction of many species.
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