| Mucuna Plant Contributor(s): Kumar, Ashok (Author) |
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ISBN: 3843376875 ISBN-13: 9783843376877 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $50.27 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6" W x 9" (0.26 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mucuna is a popular Indian medicinal plant in traditional Ayurvedic Indian medicine for diseases including Parkinsonism. This plant is pharmacologically studied for various activities like antidiabetic, aphrodisiac, antineoplastic, antiepileptic, antimicrobial activities etc.It has a long history of use in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, where it is used for worms, dysentery, diarrhea, snakebite, sexual debility, cough, tuberculosis, impotence, rheumatic disorders, muscular pain, gonorrhea, sterility, gout, delirium, dysmenorrhea, diabetes and cancer.The study of herbal medicine spans breadth of pharmacology, the study of the history, source, physical and chemical properties, mechanisms. |
