Orchis mascula or Salep Orchid,Salabmisri and famous mucilage source.

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Edible Uses and Medicinal Uses:Orchis mascula.

Orchis mascula Extract INCI Name Orchis Mascula Extract CAS:90082-24-9 EINECS ELINCS No 290-112-8 Salabmisri extract Salep Orchid extract Early Purple Orchid extract photo picture image Drink; Root.

 Root - cooked. It is a source of 'salep', a fine white to yellowish-white powder that is obtained by drying the tuber and grinding it into a powder. Salep is a starch-like substance with a sweetish taste and a faint somewhat unpleasant smell. It is said to be very nutritious and is made into a drink or can be added to cereals and used in making bread etc. One ounce of salep is said to be enough to sustain a person for a day.

 Medicinal Uses:

 Disclaimer:Astringent; Demulcent; Expectorant; Nutritive.

 Salep (see above for more details) is very nutritive, astringent, expectorant and demulcent. It has been used as a diet of special value for children and convalescents, being boiled with water, flavoured and prepared in the same way as arrowroot. Rich in mucilage, it forms a soothing and demulcent jelly that is used in the treatment of irritations of the gastro-intestinal canal. One part of salep to fifty parts of water is sufficient to make a jelly. The tuber, from which salep is prepared, should be harvested as the plant dies down after flowering and setting seed.

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last edit date:30th,June.2009.