A BRIEF REVIEW ON RICINUS COMMUNIS LINN.(ERANDA) AN AYURVEDIC HERB OSSESSING APHRODISIAC POTENTIAL.

Dr. Akshay S. Pargaonkar, Dr. Pramod Khobragade, Dr. Parul Nandgaonkar

Abstract


In our Indian culture, parenthood has always been most important from the very beginning and still, nowadays it occupies a primary place in our civilization. But, at present day male infertility is unexpectedly rising & putting up a big worry for both patients as well as physicians. Male impotence can have many causes, including physiological and psychological ones. R. communis Linn. also known as castor plant, Castor oil plant belongs to Euphorbiaceae family is a well-known herb of the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine as a Vrushya (Ephrodisiac) and Vatahar (for treatment vitiated Vata) Acharya Charak explains in Sutrasthana that the root of R. communis Linn. is Vrushya. The method of therapy which improves the potential of a man for getting progeny; treats all disorders of Shukra (semen), and nourishes the Dhatu, is called Vrushya-Vajikarana . However, many if not most cases of functional male impotency are accompanied with low sperm count and low sperm motility, R. communis can serve as an aphrodisiac in stimulating libido and builds semen potency as well and considered best as a potential aphrodisiac drug.


Keywords


Ayurvedic aphrodisiac herb, Vrushya-Vajikar, Eranda.

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