''Bergenia ligulata'' (''Paashaanbhed'', ''Prashanbheda'', and other spellings in

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traditional Indian medicine) is a plant belonging to the family

Saxifragaceae Saxifragaceae is a family of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot Order (biology), order Saxifragales. The Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the ...

and the genus '' Bergenia''. It is plant is sometimes treated as a form of ''

Bergenia ciliata ''Bergenia ciliata'' (fringed elephant's ears, winter begonia, hairy bergenia, Hindi & Sanskrit : ''Pashanbheda'', पाषाणभेद) is a plant species in the genus ''Bergenia'', deciduous in Usda zone, USDA Zones 5 to 7, but usually rema ...

''. It is mostly found in temperate regions of the Himalayas from

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and in the

Khasi Hills The Khasi Hills () are a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in the Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connect with the Purvanchal Range and the larger Patkai Range further east. The ...

at elevation.

Chemical constituents

''Bergenia ligulata'' contains a phenolic compound bergenin, and

afzelechin Afzelechin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in '' Bergenia ligulata'' ( ''paashaanbhed'' in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine). It exists as at least two major epimers (afzelechin and epiafzelechin). Metabolism (2''R'',3' ...

, a type of flavan-3-ol.

References

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