Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig is a perennial medicinal herb which is distributed in throughout the world and used as traditional medicine since the ancient time. It contains various bioactive compounds including Phenols, Terpenoids, Saponins, Volatile oils, Flavonoids, Glycosides etc. These bioactive compounds made this herb as a valuable potent herbal drug. Hedychium coronarium has high ethno medicinal significance in India and China as well. H. coronarium is endemic in the Amarkantak area of Central India. Due to over-exploitation of this plant for extraction of crude drug (Eye Tonic), it is rapidly disappearing from its natural habitat at alarming rate and needs urgent protection and conservation. In present article medicinal, pharmacological and other important properties of Hedychium coronarium were compiled. Review reveals this plant as potent herbal drug and remedy for many ailments.
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