Herbal Roots

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• Leaf bud and young shoots—used in dysmenorrhoea; externally in ulcerations.
• Leaf—emmenagogue, antileprotic, febrifuge, bechic;
• Used in haemoptysis. 
• Stem and leaf—blood purifier (used in leucoderma and inflammatory conditions). 
• Root—poisonous. Burnt root is applied to ringworm, bleeding gums, painful joints. 
• Bark—used for eruptions. 
• Leaf and Bamboo-manna—emmenagogue. 
• Bamboo-manna—pectoral, expectorant, carminative, cooling, aphrodisiac, tonic (used in debilitating diseases, urinary infections, chest diseases, cough, asthma).
• The starch obtained from Maranta arundinacea Linn., Marantaceae, is also used as Bamboo-manna (known as Koovai Kizhangu, Kookaineer and Araroottu Kizangu).

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• Flowers and pods— purgative, febrifugal, astringent, antibilious. 
• Seed powder—used in amoebiasis.
• Seeds gave galactomannan free sugars and free amino acids; extract laxative, carminative, cooling and antipyretic properties.
• Flowers gave ceryl alcohol, kaempferol, rhein and a bianthraquinone glycoside, fistulin.
• Leaves gave free rhein, its glycosides— sennosides A and B.

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• Anti-biotic, anti-tumour, insecticidal, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal activities, anti-malarial activity, anti-ulcer and anti-inflammatory activity.
• Leaf, bark—antimicrobial, antifungal, anthelmintic, insecticidal, antiviral, antipyretic, antimalarial, antiperiodic, mosquito larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, antifertility, spermicidal, hypoglycaemic
• Used in inflammation of gums, gingivitis, periodonitis, sores, boils, enlargement of spleen, malarial fever, fever during childbirth, measles, smallpox, head scald and cutaneous affections. 
• Oil—used as a contraceptive for intravaginal use, for the treatment of vaginal infections, and as a mosquito repellent.