Other Names: Amomum zedoaria, Cedoaria, Cetoal, Curcuma Sauvage, Curcuma zedoaria, white turmeric, E-Zhu, e zhu, Essence de Zédoaire, Gingembre Bâtard, Herbe à l’Estomac, Huile de Zédoaire, Indian Arrowroot, Kua, Rhizome de Zédoaire, Round Zedoary, temu putih, Sati, Shati, Temu Kuning, Temu Putih, Zedoaire, Zédoaire, Zedoaria, Zedoarie Rhizoma, Zedoary Oil, Zedoary Turmeric, Zedoary Turmeric Oil, Zitwer, Zitwerwirtzelstock, Zedoania, ZTO.
Zedoary is a plant. The underground stem (rhizome) is used to make medicine.
See also : E Zhu
Special Precautions of Zedoary
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It is UNSAFE to take zedoary if you are pregnant. There is concern that it might cause a miscarriage.
- It’s also best to avoid zedoary if you are breast-feeding, since there isn’t enough scientific information to know how it might affect a nursing infant.
- Heavy menstrual periods (menorrhagia): Some experts suggest that zedoary should not be used by women who have heavy menstrual periods.
Benefits and uses of Zedoary are
- Colic.
- Spasms.
- Improving appetite and digestion
- Treat dyspepsia, disorders of the digestive tract, flatulence (excessive stomach or intestinal gas),
- Anti Inflammatory : The methanolic extract of the rhizome of Zedoary had resulted in the isolation of several anti inflammatory agents such as furanodiene, and furanodienone, in which were able to suppress the induced inflammation of mouse ears, by 75% and 53% at a dose of 1.0 μM. These results are comparable to indomethacin, a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug which is often used as anti inflammatory agent to reduce fever, pain, stiffness, and swelling. (Makabe H, et al. 2006)
- Anxiety and stress.
- Fatigue.
- scabies
- rash
- Cancer : In 1998, a study had resulted that curcuminoids, active compounds derived from Curcuma zedoaria, which were identified as curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin, were demonstrated to be cytotoxic (quality of being toxic) against OVCAR-3 (human ovarian cancer) cells. (Syu WJ, et al. 1998). Based on the experiment to test the anti metastatic (the spread of cancer to other parts of the body) effect of zedoary with B16 melanoma (tumor) cells, it had been proven that zedoary is useful in the inhibition of cancer metastasis. The study also indicated that zedoary possesses anti migratory (invasive) effects on B16 melanoma cells, in which will be able to give more life span to cancer patients. (Seo WG, et al. 2005).
- Hangover : In Japan, the rhizome of Curcuma zedoaria is used to treat hangover, loss of appetite and nausea. Recent study using blood alcohol concentrations of drunken mice, resulted in curcumenone, an active substance of Curcuma zedoaria, were able to decrease the level of blood alcohol concentrations by increasing liver alcohol dehydrogenase activity. (Kimura Y, et al. 2013)
- as a mosquito repellent