“Sati”
Hedychium spicatum
Botanical Name:
Hedychium spicatum

Sati consists of sliced, dried rhizomes of Hedychium spicatum Ham.ex Smith, Family Zingiberaceae

Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Sathi, Gandhamulika
Assamese: Katuri, Sati
Bengali: Shati, Kachri
English: Spiked ginger lily
Gujarati: Kapurkachri, Kapurkachali
Hindi: Kapurkachri
Kannada: Goul Kachora, Seenakachora, Kachora
Kashmiri: Kapoorkachara
Malayalam: Katcholam, Katchooram
Marathi: Kapurakachari, Gablakachari
Oriya: Gandhasunthi
Punjabi: Kachur, Kachoor
Tamil: Poolankizangu Kichili Kizongu
Telugu: Gandha Kachuralu

Botanical description:
Herbs upto 120 cm high, rhizome pale-yellowish white; tubers sessile, cylindric, many, white. Leaves 4-6, 20-60 x 8-10 cm, oblong or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate; petiole shorter than blade. Inflorescence 10-18 x 6-8 cm long spikes. Flowers yellow. Capsules ovoid, 3-gonous, thin, smooth. Seeds ellipsoid with a white laceolate, lacerate

Parts used:
Dried rhizomes

Major chemical constituent:
Essential oil

Therapeutic uses:
• Pain (Sula)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Emesis (Chardi)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Itching (Kandu)
• Disease of mouth (Mukharoga)
 



 
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