Steinmetz:Mucuna
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Mucuna pruriens
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Legurminosae
- English Names
- Cowhage
- Couhage
- Cow-Itch
- Hirsuta
- Natural Habitat
- East- and West Indies
- Africa and other tropical countries
- China
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Stizolobii = Setae Mucunae (pods and seeds)
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- Constituent(s)
- tannin
- resin
- fat
- manganese
- Action
- vermifuge (especially for the expulsion of Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris vermicularis
- which it effects by reason of its mechanical structure)
- aphrodisiac
- nervine
- visceral
- resolvent; rubefacient (the pods are covered with stiff hairs which produce an intense irritation of the skin)
- its golden-brown pods
- when young and tender
- are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
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[edit] Mucuna urens
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- West Africa
- tropical America
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- used as substitute for Fabae Calabaricae
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