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Mucuna pruriens - Kapikachchu

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Kapikachuchu is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. Its English common names include velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean. The plant is notorious for the extreme itchiness it produces on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods. It has value in agricultural and horticultural use and has a range of medicinal properties.
== Uses == The seeds of Mucuna pruriens have been used for treating many dysfunctions in Tibb-e-Unani (Unani Medicine). It is also used in Ayurvedic medicine.{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/>
The plant and its extracts have been long used in tribal communities as a toxin antagonist for various snakebites. It has been studied for its effects against bites by Naja spp. (cobra)==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, Echis (Saw scaled viper), Calloselasma (Malayan Pit viper) and Bangarus (Krait){{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
It ==Chemical Composition==There are many ingredients in mucuna pruriens, while L-dopa is the main content that we care about. Mature seeds contain typically 3.1-6.1% Levodopa, although up to 12.5% has long been used in Indian traditional [[Ayurvedic medicine]] in an attempt recorded. The leaves tend to treat diseases including Parkinson's diseasecontain around 0.5%.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
It is also used in Siddha system of medicine for various purposes.==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
==Common nameProperties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
* '''English''' - Cowhage Mucuna pruriens===Rasa===* '''Hindi''' - Kiwach kaunchTikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===
== External Links Habit=={{Habit|Herb}}
*[https:==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|trifoliate|lateral leaflets conspicuously asymmetrical, 7–15 cm long, 5–12 cm wide, terminal leaflet symmetrical, somewhat smaller}}<ref name="Leaf"//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucuna_pruriens Mucuna pruriens-Wikipedia]>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|4–13 cm long|purple or white|5|Usually more or less S-shaped, finely pubescent with white to light brown hairs}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||100-seed}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
 
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
Mucuna is a popular kharif crop in India. Seeds are sown at rate of 50 kg/ha between 15 June to 15th July with plant spacing of 60 × 60 cm. Delayed sowing may result in infestation of aphids (Aphis craccivora) (Oudhia 2001a ).<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.nutragreenbio.com/product/mucuna-pruriens-extract "chemical Constituents"]</ref>
 
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/forages/Media/Html/entities/mucuna_pruriens.htm "Morphology"]</ref>
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/mucuna.html "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.zdbiological.com/herbarl/42.html Mucuna pruriens on zd biological product centre]
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28922612 Analysis of Levodopa Content in Commercial Mucuna pruriens Products Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography]
* [http://shivshaktiherbal.in/Mucuna_pruriens_Extract.html Mucuna pruriens on sivashakti herbal.in]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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