Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker
Local name: Kalahalood (Chakma),
Cepaimba (Marma), Black Ginger
Latin name: Kaempferia parviflora
Wall. ex Baker; Family (Zingiberaceae)
Synonym: Kaempferia rubromarginata (S.Q.Tong) R.J.Searle; Stahlianthus rubromarginatus S.Q.Tong
Description: A
stemless, small, rhizomatous herb, up to 20 cm tall. Rhizome small, deep purple
within. Leaves 1-several, 8-16 cm long, obovate to elliptic, slightly unequal
sided, acute or acuminate, base, subcordate, peliole short, channeled. Flowers
few in a sessile central tuft; corolla white; lip ovate-cuneate, emerginate,
white with purple blotch at the middle.
Kaempferia parviflora Wall. ex Baker; Family (Zingiberaceae)
Distribution:
Thailan, Viet Nam. available in the homestead of tribal
healers.
Parts used: (Rhizoma Kaempferiae Parviflorae)
Chemical
Constituents: The chemical constituents from Kaempferia parviflora are
consisting of 5,7-dimethoxyflavone, 5-hydroxy-3,7,4′-trimethoxyflavone and
5-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyflavone and almost major flavones compounds.
Ethnopharmacology:
- Black Ginger or Krachai Dam in Thai (Kaempferia parviflora) is an herbaceous plant belonging to the
Zingiberaceae family. Since ancient time, it has traditionally been used as a
health promoting, stimulating and vitalizing agent.
- This plant is very popular for using stimulate sexual
performance mostly in male, have various products form viable in the market. In
Thai traditional medicine this plant is one of all popular plant have been use
for a long time.
Rejuvenation and sex
enhancement
- Black Ginger has many interesting activity and the one of
the most interest is sex enhancement and rejuvenation. Black Ginger contains
substantial amounts of PDE5 inhibitors, which act like Viagra, and it also
enhances sex performance by increase blood-flow to the testis and stimulates
dopaminergic function in hypothalamus.
- Moreover, Black Ginger can help increasing sperm density
and promotes health by its other effects such as adaptogenic activity, reducing
triglycerides, preventing diabetes and etc.
Benefits:
- Aphrodisiac activity (enhance sexual desire, sexual
motivation and sexual performance)
- Increase sperm density and increase condensation of lysosome
in the basal part of Sertoli cells
- Antiplasmodial, antifungal and mild antimycobacterial
- Excellent antioxidant
- Anti-inflammatory
- Adaptogenic activity
- Anti-allergic activity
- Anticholinesterase activity (prevent and cure Alzheimer’s
disease)
- Anti-gastric ulcer effect
- Antiobesity effects
- Anxiolytic and antidepressant effects.
Quality Control:
5,7-dimethoxyflavone and
5-hydroxy-3,7,4′-trimethoxyflavoneis is the flavones which are used for
standardization of crude extract by HPLC fingerprints for control a quality.
Side effects:
Kaempferia has mild side effects which include underarm
sweating and increased body temperature. More serious side effects on high
doses include heart beat speeding and arrhythmia or irregular heart rhythm. This
limits the usefulness of this herb in high doses.
Dosage and Safety
- Maximum dose
depends on each country’s FDA restrict
- Should not use if under 25 years of age, who are
diagnosed with Hypertension, tumors/cancer in Prostate and Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia (BPH).
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