Plant |
English |
Velvetbean, Bengal velvet bean, Buffalobean, Cowage, Cowhage, Cowitch, Florida velvet bean, Itchy bean, Kapikachu, Lacuna bean, Lyon bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Wild itchy bean, Yokohama velvet bean |
Latin |
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. |
Plantparts | Seed, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
acid indigestion, Acidity, Acidity of the stomach, Anaemia, Anemia, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-anemic, Anti-diabetic, antidiabetic activity, Anti-edemic, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Anti-helmintic, Anti-parkinsonian, Antiulcer, Aperient, Asthenia, Atony, blood building, Blood formation, Bloodforming, catharic, Cathartic, Debility, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, dispel worms, Diuretic, dropsy, Edema, Erectile dysfunction, Erectile function disorder, expel worms, fluid accumulation, haematopoiesis, helmint, hematopoiesis, Hydropsy, Impotence, impotency, lassitude, Laxative, loss of blood, Male impotence, movements of the bowel, oedema, Parkinson disease, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, PD, Purgative, Restores the blood, Sexual impotence, shaking palsy, sugar diabetis, treatment for worms, Ulcerous sores, ulcers, Used in the treatment of anaemia, Used in the treatment of anemia, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, Weakness, worm, worms |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Purulia district, West Bengal, India, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Used in Bangladesh |
Ingredients |
| | Alanine, Arachidic acid, arginine, ash, Aspartic acid, Behenic acid, Beta-Sitosterol, Bufotenin, Calcium, Carbohydrates, choline, Chromium, Copper, Cystine, Dopa, fat, Fibres, gallic acid, Genistein, Glutamic acid, Glutathione, Glycine, Histidine, Hydroxygenistein, iron, Isoleucine, lecithin, Leucine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Lysine, manganese, Methionine, Myristic acid, Niacin, Nickel, nicotine, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Palmitoleic acid, phosphorus, Proline, protein, saponin, Serine, Serotonin, Stearic acid, Threonine, Tyrosine, Valine, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, water, zinc |
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