Organic Kaunch Seeds (Organic Mucuna Pruriens)

Listing ID #2740067

Details :

• Common Name : Kaunch, Kala Kaunch, Safed Kaunch
• Other Name : Kapikachchhu, Atmagupta,common Cowitch, Cowhage.
• Botanical Name : Mucuna Pruriens

Mucuna pruriens English common names include velvet bean and  cowage. The plant is notorious for the extreme itchiness it produces on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods. It has value in agricultural and horticultural use and has a range of medicinal properties. The seeds of Mucuna pruriens have been used for treating many dysfunctions in Tibb-e-Unani (Unani Medicine). It is also used in Ayurvedic medicine. The hairs lining the seed pods contain serotonin and the protein mucunain which cause severe itching when the pods are touched.The calyx below the flowers is also a source of itchy spicules and the stinging hairs on the outside of the seed pods are used in itching powder. The seeds of the plant contain about 3.1–6.1% L-DOPA, with trace amounts of serotonin, , and bufotenine. The plant and its extracts have been long used in tribal communities as a toxin antagonist for various snakebites.