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Nargis Ke Durlabh Upyog refers to the rare use of the Nargis herb in traditional Chhattisgarh formulations. Nargis, also known as Narcissus tazetta, is an aromatic ornamental herb native to the Canary Islands and Japan. While exotic, it has been cultivated in Chhattisgarh home gardens for generations. Traditional healers there have discovered its medicinal properties, including using its flowers to treat respiratory issues like old coughs and coryza. Healers advise patients to keep or smell the flowers, and also use an overnight flower leachate to treat coughs. This Nargis flower therapy is considered a promising treatment by local

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Nargis Flower

Nargis Ke Durlabh Upyog refers to the rare use of the Nargis herb in traditional Chhattisgarh formulations. Nargis, also known as Narcissus tazetta, is an aromatic ornamental herb native to the Canary Islands and Japan. While exotic, it has been cultivated in Chhattisgarh home gardens for generations. Traditional healers there have discovered its medicinal properties, including using its flowers to treat respiratory issues like old coughs and coryza. Healers advise patients to keep or smell the flowers, and also use an overnight flower leachate to treat coughs. This Nargis flower therapy is considered a promising treatment by local

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Some less known but promising traditional formulations of

Chhattisgarh, India. 349. Nargis Ke Durlabh Upyog.

Nargis Ke Durlabh Upyog means the rare use of Nargis herb. Narcissus
tazetta is locally known as Nargis. It is a native to Canary Islands and
Japan. It is an aromatic ornamental herb. In Chhattisgarh, it is planted in
home gardens as ornamental herb. Although it is an exotic species but
living with it since generations, the natives and traditional healers have
discovered and developed its many medicinal properties and uses. Its all
parts are used as medicine. It is added in many herbal formulations as
important ingredient. Through the Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in
different parts of Chhattisgarh I have collected much information on
traditional medicinal uses of this herb. The traditional healers of
Chhattisgarh Plains use its flowers in treatment of troubles related to
respiratory system. The patients having old coryza and related troubles
are advised by the traditional healers to always keep Nargis flowers with
them and smell it time to time. It is considered as one of the promising
treatments. Such patients are advised to plant it in home gardens and
pass much time near it. The patients having old cough are advised by
the healers to use the leachate of Nargis flower. The flower is dipped in
water overnight and next morning the leachate is given empty stomach.
The use is continued till complete cure. The healers claim that in majority
of the cases, the patients get rid from old cough through this simple
single remedy. I have tried it successfully many times. The healers have
deep faith in this 'Nargis flower therapy'. This use is limited with the
traditional healers of Chhattisgarh Plains. The healers of other regions
are not much aware of this use. Also, in reference literatures related to
different systems of medicine in India, I have yet not found much detail
regarding this use.

For the botany, traditional and reported medicinal uses of Nargis, please
read my previous articles.

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