Inguru Piyali

Scientific name: Kaempferia galanga
Family name: ZINGIBERACEAE
English name: Lesser galanga
Local name: Inguru piyali
Description: Rhizomatous herbs. Stem short or more or less absent. Leaves few, sheaths open on one side; blades distichosly arranged, up to 15 x 10 cm, often with a narrow reddish edge above, paler below. Inflorescence sessile, of about 12 flowers. Bracts up to 4 x 1 cm. Corolla-tube 4.5-5 cm long; lobes white, at least 2 cm long; labellum about 2.5 cm broad, lobes white, with violet bands in basal half.
Status: Only under cultivation
Edible parts: Tuberous stem (Rhizome)
Ayurvedic Treatments: Wounds
Dandruff or scales of the head
Coughs
Pectoral ailments
Dyspepsia
Headache
Malarial chills
Fevers
Swellings
Oral diseases

PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:

Rhizome

RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:

Carminative
Diuretic
Purifies blood