Kapikachhu (Mucuna pruriens)

 

Common name: Cowitch Plant (Kuhili)

Sanskrit and Hindi Names: Kavach, Kapikachhu, Atmagupta Naikaranam, Kawanch, Kewach

 

Uses: Kapikachhu is one of the oldest herbs used in India for decades. It has been known to help cure all sexual dysfunctions. This herb is well established for its aphrodisiac qualities and the boost of testoerone levels. This valuable herb is also very useful to increase low sperm count, libido and to boost the ovulation in females.

 

Low sperm count is caused due to various reasons such as over weight, long hours working, tight underpants and hot baths. Another reason of a low sperm count is premature ejaculation and this can also cause problems in infertility. Excess consumption of smoking, alcoholic drinks and other bad habits of eating can also lower the sperm count. Stress is also one of the main causes. Kapikachhu is one of the most effective herbs that can help you to enhance the sperm count and also increase sexual stamina and energy.

 

The herb is also known to help the body build lean muscle and to break down unwanted fat. This is also a reason athletes and body builders, and sports physicians often use Mucuna.

 

Kapikachhu is also very effective in generating the tissues, from which a person feels more fresh, energetic and increased stamina.

 

It is also very profitable for the nervous system and reproductive system. It helps to normalize the nerve cell functions. It is very good to increase the production of human hormones (HCG

 

Discription: The Kaphikachu – Mucan Pruriens : This plant is a shrub that can grow long vines up to fifty feet. The flowers of this herb are lavender, white or purple in color and covered in pods covered in loose orange hairs. These hairs can cause itching if it gets into contact with the skin. Kaphikachu is mostly originated in Africa, India and the Caribbean.

 

The main medicinal effects attributed to mucuna pruriens come from the seeds, but the pod and its hairs and the plant’s roots can also be used in herbal preparations.

 

 

 

Traditional properties:

~Sweet, bitter and hot

 

~Heavy and unctuous (oily or greasing quality)

 

~Balancing to all three doshas! (A rare quality even amongst herbal adaptogens, ginseng and gotu kola are also known for this)

 

~Treats leucorrhoea (vaginal discharge), menorrhagia (excessive menstrual bleeding) and spermatorrhoea (involuntary ejaculation)

 

~Helps men last longer sexually

 

~Used to build muscle in those who are weak

 

~Helps women increase lactation when breastfeeding

 

~Prevents and or lowers the effects of poisonous snake bites

 

~Treats Parkinson’s disease

 

~Treats depression

 

~Treats insomnia and generally deepens sleep

 

~Helps digestion without increasing pitta (fire)

 

 

Scientific properties:

Mucuna pruriens, velvet beans, increasing libido, ways to increase libido, cowitch Mucuna pruriens contains a compound called L-DOPA which is a direct precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine works as one of the best natural high releasers (human growth hormone) by stimulating the pituitary gland to increase its production. High levels throughout life of the body’s own natural growth hormone (not hormones from the synthetic injections) is known as a major key for human longevity.

 

The seeds have L-DOPA, which is a neurotransmitter precursor, an effective drug for relief in Parkinson’s disease. It stimulates the brains fabrication of dopamine boosts up mood, sexuality and co-ordination. Dopamine encourages the release of HGH (human growth hormone) from the pituitary gland, which aids the body build muscle and breaking down fat. Many health and doctors experts also suggest taking Mucuna to help preserve the practical presentation of the nervous system.

 

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