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Finger root or Chinese ginger English name: Finger Root, Fingerroot, or Chinese ginger
Thai name: Gra Chaay
Botanical name: Boesenbergia Rotunda Mansf.
Family name:
Zingiberaceae

Description: This is a kind of erect terrestrial small herb, with yellow to brown aromatic rhizome. It is normally about 30-60 centimeter high. Its leaf has a simple, alternate and ovate-oblong shape. It has pale pink-purple flowers.

Finger root or Chinese ginger
 
 
 
Indications: Finger root contains 1 to 3% of an essential oil. Several aroma components, such as 1-8 cineol, camphor, d-borneol and methyl cinnamate, have been identified. Flavones and flavonoids (alpinetin, pinocembrin, pinostrobin), chalcones (cardamonin) and dihydrochalcones (boesenbergin A) have also been identified among the non-volatile constituents. Its rhizome, rich with calcium, iron, vitamin A and C, is used as the treatment of oral diseases such as aphthous ulcer, stomach discomfort and leukorrhea.
 
Parts of Its Medical Uses:
a) Its rhizome is used for the treatments of swelling, wounds and diarrhea.
 
b) Its rhizome extract helps limit the growth of Bacillus subtilis.
   
   
       
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Thai Medicinal Plant Index (In Alphabetical Order)
   
Common Names:
Thai Names:
Botanical Names:
Family Names:
African Marigold
Aloe
Asiatic Pennyworth
Bael Fruit Tree
Bitter Cucumber
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Cassod Tree
Finger Root
Galangal
Garcinia Cambogia
Ginger
Green Tea
Guava
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Holy Basil
Horse Radish Tree
Leech Lime
Lime
Malva Nut
Mangosteen
Myrobalan Wood
Pepper
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Sesban
Siam Cardamon
Soap Pod
Stevia
Sweet Basil
Tamarind
Turmeric
Zedoary

Daao Reuuang
Waan Haang Jarakheh
Buaa Bohk
Madtuum
Mara Khee Nohk
Baawrapaeht
Kheelek
Grachaay
Khaa
Sohm Khaaeg
Khing
Chaa Khiaao
Farang
Hanoomaan Bprasaan Gaay

Ga Prao
Ma Rhoom
Magruut
Manaao
Sahmraawng
Mangkhoot

Samaaw Thai
Prik Thai
Sapbparoht

Thap Thim

Khaae
Grawaan
Sohm Bpaawy
Yaa Waan
Horapaa
Ma Khaam
Khamin Chan

Khamin Aawy

Tagetes Erecta Linn.
Aloe Barbadensis
Centella Asiatica Urban
Aegle Marmelos Corr.
Momordica Charantia Linn.
Tinospora crispa (Linn.) Miers ex Hook.f.et Thomas.
Cassia Siamea Lamk.
Boesenbergia Rotunda Mansf.
Alpinia Nigra B. L. Burtt
Garcinia Atroviridis Griff.
Zingiber officinale Rosc.
Garcinia Atroviridis Griff.
Psidium Guajava Linn.
Schefflera Leucantha Viguier
Ocimum Tenuiflorum Linn.
Moringa Oleifera Lamk.
Citrus Hystrix DC.
Citrus Aurantifolia
Scaphium Macropodum Beaum.
Garcinia Mangostana Linn.
Termiinalia chebula Retz.
Piper Nigrum Linn.
Ananas Comosus Merr.
Punica Granatum Linn .
Sesbania Grandiflora (Linn.) Pers.
Amomum Krervanh Pierre
Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC.
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni
Ocimum Basilicum Linn.
Tamarindus indica Linn.
Curcuma Longa Linn.
Curcuma Zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.


Asteraceae
Aloaceae
Apiaceae
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Cucurbitaceae
Menispermaceae
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Zingiberaceae
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Myrtaceae
Araliaceae
Lamiaceae
Moringaceae
Rutaceae
Rutaceae
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Clusiaceae
Combretaceae
Piperaceae
Bromeliaceae
Punicaceae
Fabaceae
Zingiberaceae
Fabaceae
Asteraceae
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