Medicinal plant - Picrorhiza kurrooa
Scientific name: Picrorhiza kurrooa Common name: Kutki, Kardi, katuka-rogani Scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae Class: Asteride Order: Scrophulariales Family: Scrophulariacea Genus: Picrorhiza Species: P. kurrooa Picrorhiza kurrooa Habit: Herb Description: It grows in the regions of the northwestern Himalayan region, roots are bitter, leaves are long oval in shape, flat and serrated. Flowers are white or pale purple on a long spike. Fruits are oval in shape Useful part: Leaves, bark, roots, and rhizomes. Medicinal uses: It is used as an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. It also reduces platelet aggregation, antiperiodic, stomachic, asthma; it reduces cholesterol of blood, boosts the immune system, against leishmaniasis, snake bite and for liver diseases Dosage: Medicine has to be taking from leaf, bark, root, and rhizome Chemical constituents: Iridoid glucosides, kutkoside, picroside I, II, III, IV, vanillic acid, pikuroside, an