Mucuna Pruriens, known as Cowhage, and velvet bean, it contains a very powerful neurotransmitter pre-cursor L-dopa. Mucuna pruriens used as a reputed remedy of Ayurveda in nervous and sexual diseases. Mucuna pruriens has been found to contain L-dopa. Studies showed L-dopa helps in the reduction of cholesterol and blood sugar levels. L-dopa is a chemical that is made and used as part of the normal biology of some animals and plants.

1. It act as precursor of the neural transmitter dopamine.

2. It causes significant effect on glucose metabolism and arterial blood pressure.

4. It functions to activate depressor neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) and caudal
ventrolateral medulla (CVLM).

5. It plays major roles as a neurotransmitter for baroreceptor reflex and blood pressure regulation.

6. It reduces body fat and decreases cellulite.

1. It is used to cure fertility disorders, Parkinson's disease and leprosy.

2. It is useful in constipation, strangury, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea and ulcers.

3. It is used in inflammations, verminfuge and general debility.