Medicinal Plants No 35

Amomum subulatum Roxb. Zingiberaceae : (आर्दक-कुलम्)

Eng : Greater cardamom, Nepal cardamom Hin

: Baời llayaci, Båri llayacă (ast crezit, an orie) Kan : Doddayelakki (Duas over Mal : Pěrělam (GnGoelo)

: Sthūlaila, Bhadraila (PTAT, 40CT) Tam : Periya ēlam, Kättēlam, Pērēlam

(பெரிய ஏலம், காட்டேலம், பேரேலம்) : Pedda éiakkaya, Adaviëlakkaya

(పెద్ద ఏలక్కాయ, అడవి ఏలక్కాయ)

Tel

Distribution: In the Eastern Himalayas The plant: A herb with leafy stem upto 90–100 cm in height, leaves

oblong-lanceolate, bright green, glabrous on both surfaces; flowers white in globose shortly peduncled spikes, bracts reddish brown, lip ovate-cuneate, emarginate, yellowish white, filaments very short, anther crest small, truncate, entire; fruits reddish brown, densely echinate globose capsules; seeds many, held together by a viscid

sugary pulp. Parts used: seeds Properties and uses: The seeds are acrid, bitter, aromatic, thermogenic,

deodorant, appetiser, carminative, digestive, stomachic, constipating, depurative, vulnerary, anodyne, cardiac and liver tonic, expectorant, diuretic, febrifuge, sudorific and hypnotic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of kapha and vāta, halitosis, anorexia, dyspepsia, colic, flatulence, hyperacidity, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, skin diseases, pruritus, wounds, ulcers, cephalalgia, odontalgia, neuralgia, cardiac debility, liver congestion, splenomegaly, cough, bronchitis, strangury, fever, proctoptosis, hyperdipsia and gonorrhoea.

'भदैला बृहदेला तु स्थूलैला तु सुगन्धिका । fafcar Fifcaigua yeni mah ga ll" (4.f..) ("Bhadrailā brhadēlā tu sthūlaila tu sugandhikā Tridivā tridivodbhūtā prthvikā kanyakā puţă" (Ma.ni.)]

“एला स्थूला च बहुळा पृथ्वीका त्रिपुटा पिच । भदैला बृहदेला च चन्द्रबाला च निष्कुटिः ।। (भा.प्र.) [ ["Elā sthūlā ca bahuļā prthvikā triputā pi ca Bhadraila brhadela ca candrabala ca niskutih " (Bha.pra.)]

स्थूलैला बृहदेला त्रिपुटा त्रिदिवोद्भवा च भदैला । सुरभित्वक् च महैला पृथ्वी कन्या कुमारिका चैन्द्री ।। कायस्था गोपुटा कान्ता घृताची गर्भसंभवा । इन्दाणी दिव्यगन्धा च विज्ञेयाष्टादशाह्वया ॥ (रा.नि.) ["Sthūlailā bịhadēlā tripuță tridivodhavā ca bhadrailā Surabhitvak ca mahailā prthvi kanyā kumārikā caindri Kāyasthā gõpuțā kāntā ghștāci garbhasambhavā Indrāņi divyagandhā ca vijñēyāſstādasāhvayā" (Rā.ni.)]

“दीपनी रोचनी रूक्षा सुगन्धा पित्तकोपनी । आस्यवैरस्य शमनी चैला गर्भविशोधनी ॥ " (म.नि.) ["Dipani rocani rūkņā sugandhi pittakopani Asyavairasya śamani cailā garbhaviśõdhani" (Ma.ni.)]

“स्थूलैला कटुका पाके रसे चानलकृत् लघुः । रूक्षोष्णा श्ळेष्मपित्तास्रकण्डूश्वासतृषापहा ।। हल्लासविषवस्त्यास्यशिरोरुक्वमिकासनुत् ।" (भा.प्र.) ["Sthūlailā kațukā pākē rasē cānalakịt laghuḥ Rūksosnā slēşmapittäsrakandusvasatsāpahā Hrilasavisavastyāsyasirorukvamikāsanut" (Bha.pra.)]

भदैला कटुका पाके रसे पित्ताग्निकृत् लघुः । रूक्षोष्णा रोचनी कासकफवाताम्रश्वासहा || हान्ति हल्लासतृट्कण्डूशिरोवस्त्यास्यरुग्वमीः । " (कै.नि.) ("Bhadrailā kațukā pākē rasē pittagnikīt laghuḥ Rukṣāṣna rocani käsakaphavātāsraśvāsaha Hanti hrilasatrtkandusirovastyasyarugvamih" (Kai.ni.)]

एला तिक्ता च लघ्वी स्यात्कफवातविषव्रणान् । वस्तिकण्ठरुजो हन्ति मुखमस्तकशोधिनी ॥ (ध.नि.) ("Elā tiktā ca laghvi syātkaphavātavişavſaņān Vastikantharujo hanti mukhamastakaśõdhini" (Dha.ni.)]

एलाद्वयं शीतळतिक्तमुक्तं मुगन्धि पित्तार्त्तिकफापहारी । करोति हृद्रोगमलार्त्तिवस्तिशूलघ्नमत्र स्थविरा गुणाढ्या ॥ (रा.नि.) ("Eladvayam sitapatiktamuktamsugandhi pittarttikaphāpahāri Karoti hrdrogamalarttivastiśulaghnamatra sthavira guņādhyā" (Rā.ni.)]

स्थूलैला रेचनी तीक्ष्णा लघूष्णा कफपित्तजित् ।

। हल्लासविषवस्त्यास्यशिरोरुग्वमिकासनुत् ॥ (म.वि.) ["Sthūlailā rēcani tiksnā laghūşnā kaphapittajit Halasavisavastyasyasirdrugvamikāsanut" (Ma.vi.)]

Remarks: In Kerala, seeds of Amomum microstephanum Baker are also used as

perelam in the formulations.