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(Japanese) Woman from the West Nishie, Nishee, Nishey, Nishy, Nishea
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Curcuma Caesia

Roxb.

Family: Zingiberaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated mainly in West Bengal.

English: Black Zedorary.

Ayurvedic: Rajani, Nishaa, Nishi, Raatri, Kaali Haldi, Nilkanth, Narkachura.

Unani: Zarambaad.

Siddha/Tamil: Manupasapu.

Action: Carminative. Used externally for bruises and sprains.

The essential oil contains camphor as main constituent; others are cam- phane, bornylene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons.... curcuma caesia

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