Salam Panja

Description :

Marsh Orchid is a healthful herb that is currently thought of critically vulnerable. it's a perennial herb with erect, leafy, stout and hollow stem. Leaves are oblong-lance-shaped, with overlay base. Pink purple flowers are borne in associate upright spike. Flowers are purple and also the bracts inexperienced, narrowly lance-shaped, lower longer than the flowers, higher slightly shorter. Flowers are regarding 1.9 cm long, together with the spur. 

Marsh Orchid is found in shrubberies, open slopes and marshes, within the chain, from Islamic Republic of Pakistan to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 3000-4200 m. Flowering: June-August. Roots are stem, divided into three or four lobes.                                  

Details :

Botanical Name : Dactylorhiza hatagirea

English Name : Marsh Orchis

Common Name : Himalayan Marsh Orchid, Marsh Orchis, Spotted Heart Orchid

Kumaon Name : Hatajari

Kashmiri Name : Salem Panja

Ladakhi Name : Ambolakpa

Urdu Name : Salap

Nepali Name : Panch aonle
German Name :Orchis palustris

Part Used : Roots, Tubers

Medicinal Uses :

• Tubers are used as nervine aphrodisiac and tonic . It is also used to treat wounds, cough, cuts and anemia.
• Root powder is unfold on wounds to control bleeding, and decoction of root is utilized in treating stomach troubles.
• Tuberous roots are tonic; powdered and mixed with water, and applied as a disinfectant on wounds, particularly those resulting from burns.
• The tuber yields salap and is putative as expectorant, aphrobisiac and as nervine tonic.
• Tuberous roots are eaten raw or with honey or milk, as an vital tonic and a aphrodisiac ; its paste is applied on cuts and wounds for speedy healing.
• Young shoots and leaves are eaten as vegetables. Root paste is commonly used in promoting growth and blackness of hair. 

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