Family:- Ranunculaceae
Common Name:- Gold thread
Vernacular name:- Rangke(Nyishi), Rengke(Adi)
General_Information
Coptis teeta, is a non-timber forest product (NTFP) that grows in northwest Yunnan (China), Bhutan and northeast India, specially in temperate regions of Arunachal Pradesh(Lohit, Dibang, Tawang etc). Rhizome of this plant is very famous in traditional medication in North East India and China, for prevention and treatment of a number of human diseases. Destructive commercial harvesting for centuries and deforestation, this species has entered into the Chinese Red Data Book, due to its high market demand, commercial harvesting pressure on wild populations that were already dwindling as a result of deforestation and population reach at risk of extinction
The root is a pungent, very bitter, cooling herb that controls bacterial and viral infections, relaxes spasms, lowers fevers and stimulates the circulation. It is locally analgesic and anaesthetic and is used in Chinese medicine as a general panacea with alterative, ophthalmic and pectoral activity. The root contains several compounds that are effective in inhibiting various bacteria and they are a safe and effective treatment for many ailments, such as some forms of dysentery, that are caused by bacteria. The root is harvested in the autumn and can be used fresh or dried.
medicinal_values
The plant has various indications in Indian System of Medicine i.e. Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha. Unsustainable, commercial exploitation of the plant for international trade is the main reason for its critically endangered status. This plant is now under cultivation.
Rhizome contains a number of alkaloids such as palmatine, berberine, epiberberine and jatrorrhizine. The plant has several medicinal uses as in cough, cold and also in backache, stomachache, cuts, wound, dysentery, cholera, diarrhoea, eye complaints, malarial fever, etc. It is also used as general bitter tonic. It regulates blood pressure and also helpful in anti-tumour and antibacterial activities.
This species is now became endangered due to excessive use by peoples from different places.
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