A REVIEW ON CURCUMA CAESIA AS A HERBAL MEDICINE
AbstractCurcuma caesia Roxb. is a relatively uncommon and nearly unexplored medicine; traditional healers employ the genus Curcuma to cure various diseases. In the current effort, the requisite ethnomedicinal utilities are attempted to be established. An erect, perennial herb with big leaves, Curcuma caesia Roxb. Rhizomes are grown for their rhizomes, which are utilized in traditional medicine. Fresh rhizomes have a strong camphoraceous odour. According to reports, the main components of the plant are camphor, ar-turmerone, (Z)- ocimene, ar-curcumene, 1,8-cineole, elemene, borneol, bornyl acetate, and curcumene. According to reports, the plant has antifungal, anti-asthmatic, antibacterial, smooth muscle relaxant, antioxidant, analgesic, locomotor depressant, anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant actions as well as anti-inflammatory qualities. It is today regarded as an important source of distinctive natural compounds for creating medications to treat various ailments. This review focuses primarily on the plant’s pharmacological effects, phytochemistry, and medical applications. Contemporary pharmacological investigations have supported some of the conventional claims and uses. Due to its rarity and the species’ genuineness, many elements of this perennial herb have not been explored. Due to its overuse as a traditional medicine since antiquity, the species is only sometimes available because it is an endangered crop. Due to C. caesia’s status as a critically endangered medicinal plant, conservation strategies utilizing cutting-edge breeding techniques strongly warrant additional research on its toxicity, adverse effects, and clinical efficacy in various assay systems.