Canna indica

Traditional uses

  • Antidote

    Tradition: India

  • Demulcent

    Tradition: French

  • Diaphoretic

    Tradition: India

  • Diuretic

    Tradition: Latin America

  • Dropsy

    Tradition: India

  • Fever

    Tradition: India

  • Inflammation

    Tradition: Samoa

  • Sudorific

    Tradition: German

  • Tumor

    Tradition: Brazil

  • Sore(Throat)

    Tradition: Haiti

Chemicals

  • ASH

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 9000 to 53000

  • CARBOHYDRATES

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 313000 to 942770

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.1 to 0.3

  • FAT

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 5000 to 8000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 5000 to 40000

  • IRON

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 14 to 42

  • NIACIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 4 to 13

  • PHOSPHORUS

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 630 to 2200

  • RIBOFLAVIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.1 to 0.3

  • THIAMIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.3 to 1

  • WATER

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 668000

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 150 to 1300