Mucuna pruriens common names: velvet bean, mucuna, nescafe, po de mico, fava-coceira, cowage, cow-itch, bengal bean, mauritius bean, itchy bean, krame, picapica, chiporro, buffalo bean.
The seeds of all mucuna species contain a high concentration of L-dopa; velvet bean seeds contain 7-10% L-dopa. Concentrations of serotonin also have been found in the pod, leaf and fruit.
In Central America, velvet beans have been roasted and ground to make a coffee substitute for decades; its goes by the common name of “nescafé” in these regions, as well as in Brazil. It is still grown as a food crop by the Ketchi indigenous people in Guatemala; the bean is cooked as a vegetable. In Brazil the seed has been used internally for Parkinson’s disease, edema, impotence, intestinal gas, and worms.
It is considered a diuretic, nerve tonic, and aphrodisiac. Externally it is applied to ulcers. Velvet bean has a long history of use in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, where it is used for worms, dysentery, diarrhea, snakebite, sexual debility, cough, tuberculosis, impotence, rheumatic disorders, muscular pain, sterility, gout, menstrual disorders, diabetes, and cancer.
In India it is considered an aphrodisiac, menstrual promoter, uterine stimulant, nerve tonic, diuretic, and blood purifier.
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