| Latin Name: | PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA |
| Hindi Name: | BAKUCHI / BABCHI / BABCHI / BAKUCI |
| English Name: | PSORALEA (SCURFY PEA) (VERNONIN) |
| Chinese Name: | PU-KU-CHIH |
| Pharmaceutical Name: | SEMEN PSORALEAE |
| Family Name: | LEGUMINOSEAE |
| Chemical Constituents: | FATTY OIL, AN ALKALOID, PSORALEIN OR PARALINE |
| Guna: | LIGHT(LAGHU)/DRY(ROOKSHA) |
| Rasa: | PUNGENT(KATU)//BITTER(TIKTA) |
| Veerya: | HOT(USHNA) |
| Vipak: | PUNGENT(KATU) |
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| Properties: | VERY WARM; PUNGENT AND BITTER. APHRODISIAC, GENITAL TONIC. TONES THE KIDNEYS, PROMOTES YANG. |
| Indications: | SEXUAL INCOMPETENCY, IMPOTENCE, CHILLING AND WEAKNESS OF THE SPLEEN AND KIDNEYS, CHILLING PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND KNEES, CHILLING DIARRHEA, ENURESIS, POLYURIA, URINARY INCONTINENCE IN CHILDREN, DISCOMFORTS OF PREGNANCY, THREATENED ABORTION |
| Dosha Reducing: | VATA / PITTA / KAPHA |
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| Doses: | POWDER 1-3 GM. |
| Parts Used: | SEEDS |
| Habitat: | THROUGHOUT INDIA |
