Cow itch
Scientific name of Cow itch-Velvet Bean: Mucuna pruriens (Linn.)
Name of Velvet Bean in different languages:-
Sanskrit: Kapikacchu, Ajada, Markati, Kraunchbeej Kulakshaya, Atmagupta
English: Common cow itch, Cowhage
Hindi: Gonacha, Kaunch
Malayalam: Naikuruna, Naikkorana-നായ്ക്കുരണ, Chorivalli
Tamil: Naikuruna
Plant description of Cow itch:
Cow itch or Velvet Bean is an annual, climber vines belong to the pea family, very resembles with soya bean, that can grow 15 m length. The leaves are tripinnate, ovate, rhombus-shaped, often heavily grooved and the apex are tapered, young leaves have hairs. The stems of the leaflets are 2 to 3 mm long, adjacent leaves are about 5 mm long. The flowers are white, lavender, or purple, take the form of the axially panicles and they are 15 to 32 cm long and many flowers. The fruits are very hairy, carries up to seven seeds. The seeds are flattened uniform ellipsoids, 1 to 1.9 cm long.
Useful plant parts: Seed, velvets
Medicinal uses: Venomous snakebites depressive neurosis, Parkinson's disease, enhance sexual power.
Chemical contents: Protein, mucunain, and serotonin.
Medicinal uses:
The root of the plant is used in the prevention of premature ejaculation in male ( a piece of the plant root is kept in the mouth while the time of coitus to longing the time that makes the sex enjoyable).
Velvet Bean is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:
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