Kutki

The scientific name of Kutki: Picrorhiza Kurrooa

Name of Kutki in different languages:

Hindi: Kardi,  Karu, Karwi

Sanskrit: Anjani, Arishta, कटम्भरा Katumbhara

Tamil: Acokarokini, Akutam, Akutarokini, Amakkini

Malayalam: Kadukarohini കടുകരോഹിണി

Plant description:

Kutki is a perennial herb mostly found in the high altitude of Himalaya, leaves are 5 to 15 cm long, all at the base, coarsely toothed. Rhizomes are 15 to 25 cm long and woody, flowers are small, purplish-blue, born in cylindrical spikes from erect stems, about 8 mm long, Five-lobed with longer stamens, and fruits are 1.5 cm long.

Leaf Arrangement

Useful plant parts:

Seeds, oil

Medicinal uses:

To treat digestive disorders, asthma, liver damage, wound healing, vitiligo, and Antimalarial.

Chemical content:

Kutkin, Kutakoside, C-9 iridoid glycosides, Picroside I

How to prepare medicines:

An equal part of kutki rhizome (dried), licorice, raisins, neem bark is a remedy for bilious fever.

Kutki is one of the ingredients in the preparation of Ayurveda medicines like: