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Mucuna Pruriens
Family Name : FABACEAE
Botanical Name : MUCUNA PRURIENS
Common Name : COWITCH, COMMON
COWITCH, KONCH
Part Used : ROOTS, SEEDS,
LEAVES
Uses : The roots are bitter,
sweet thermogenic emollient, stimulant, purgative, aphrodisiac, diuretic.
The leaves are aphrodisiac. The seeds are astringent, laxative, anthelmentic,
alexipharmic and tonic. |
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