Perhaps you know mucuna pruriensby its other name of musk pea?
This climbing plant with generous flowers and leaves has pods in which its peas (or seeds) are found. These pods are terminated by small hairs very stinging. So much so that this plant is also called "Indian itching hair".
An interesting chemical composition
➢ The chemical composition of mucuna pruriens is of great interest to researchers, especially for its richness in L-Dopa, precursor of the good mood hormone: dopamine. The latter is a small chemical molecule hidden in our brain. It is responsible for transmitting messages of pleasure and desire. It is there that the mucuna pruriens will act.
Numerous benefits for our body
➢ Ayurveda also recommends the use of mucuna pruriens to regenerate and rejuvenate the body. Clinical studies in the United States confirm this application and make the mucuna a plant to be tested absolutely at the approach of fifty, to anticipate what specialists call the neurobiological disorder specific to this age: mood changes, anxiety, etc...
➢ Science is multiplying the angles of research on this incredible plant, and there is one that is particularly attracting attention: it is the help that the mucuna to people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Indeed, this plant could improve the main symptoms, including muscle stiffness and tremors.
➢ Finally, Ayurveda grants rasayana virtues, i.e. detoxifying and regenerating, to mucuna. Moreover, recommended to men as much as to women, this plant awakens the libido as much as the vitality. Despite all the virtues that Ayurveda grants to mucuna there are probably still many to discover.
