Herb that is over-harvested from the wild
Channel: Khandige Vikas Bhat
Date: 2020-10-16

This video shows Piper Longum and, Kaemfaria Galangal.
 Both endangered in wild.
Not yet cultivated much. Still not profitable to cultivate because it is not yet extinct in wild.
 Wild collection is easy.
 To grow difficult. Weight of harvested produce is also not much.It is an annual crop.
In the hilly cool slopes  it grows wild as forest floor vegetation.It is an important plant that prevents soil erosion on exposed slopes too.
for a good crop we have to recreate or imitate forest floor conditions.


Hindi name: chandramula
Kannada name: kachora
Sanskrit name: Shati, karchura This is an important herb and used in many ayurvedic preperations like chyvanprash.properties as per ayurvedic texts:Rhizomes n roots are bitter,cooling,acrid,carminative,aromatic,depurative,diuretic,expectorant,digestive,vulnerary,anthelmintic ,febrifuge etc.Ask a ayurvedic scholar or doctor about its uses.