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E Zhu	Zedoaria Rhizome

Properties:	BITTER,PUNGENT WARM
Meridians:	LIVER, SPLEEN

Names

Cedoaria, Cetoal, E Zhu, E-Zhu, Indian Arrowroot, Kua, Shoti, Temu Kuning, Temu Putih, Turmeric, Zedoaire, Zedoária, Zedoarie rhizoma, Zitwer, Zitwerwirtzelstock.

Curcuma zedoaria.

Family: Zingiberaceae.

Functions

breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of Qi, alleviates pain

dissolve food stagnation (accumulations)

Indications

Orally, E Zhu / Zedoary is used for colic, spasms, stimulating appetite, improving digestion, stimulating bile flow, and as an anti-inflammatory.

In combination herbal products, zedoary extracts are used for gastrointestinal complaints and stimulating bile flow.

Folk medicine, zedoary is used for nervous diseases.

Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Main constituents

Like the closely related turmeric, zedoary contains several specific sesquiterpenes; among the components yet identified, there are germacrone-4,5-epoxide, germacrone, furanodienone, curzerenone, zederone, dehydrocurdione, curcumenol, isocurcumenol, curcumenone, curmanolide A and curmanolide B. (Phytochemistry, 24, 2629, 1985)

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