Anacyclus pyrethrum (Akarkara), a vulnerable herb commercially producing pyrethrum drug extracted from the roots of the plant is an important Ayurvedic medicine.
The roots mainly contain an ester pyrethrine and N-alkylamides (pellitorine) that enhances its medicinal value.
The plant is used as sex stimulant, antidiabetic, antioxidant, treating asthama.
The plant is a natural pesticide and also shows antimicrobial properties
In traditional medicine, the roots of A. pyrethrum (L) are recommended for treating toothache, salivary secretion, angina, digestive problems, lethargy, female infertility, and even paralysis of the tongue and limbs.
They are used in the form of cream-based animal fats to treat gout and sciatica and keep illness away
The extraordinary properties of Akarkara are listed as under:
Aphrodisiac: The extracts of plant roots increase libido or sexual urges and delays ejaculation.
Analgesic: It reduces or ends pain by causing numbness.
Anti-rheumatic & Anti-arthritic: It gives relief in rheumatic arthritis by increasing circulation.
Anti-Bacterial & Anti-viral: Akarkara has also shown antibacterial and anti-viral properties and thus it keeps you safe from a large number of air-borne & water-borne infectious diseases caused by bacteria and virus.
Antibiotic: It also inhibits microbial or biotic growth in the body.
Anti-catarrhal: Akarkara root also exhibits anticatarrhal properties, i.e. it expels old catarrh.
Carminative: It expels gases from intestines.
Digestion: Akarkara roots aid in digestion by stimulating secretion of saliva and other digestive juices as it goes down the digestive system.
Diuretic: The diuretic property of Akarkara root increases frequency and quantity of urination, thereby helping detoxify the body.
Emmenagogue: It gives relief from irregular, delayed and obstructed menstruation
Febrifuge: The alkaloids present in Akarkara makes it a good febrifuge by virtue of its anti-microbial antiviral and anti-bacterial properties.
Nervine: Akarkara is famous for treating nervous or neurotic disorders.
Vermifuge: The anti-biotic and anti-microbial properties of the alkaloids present in Akarkara roots makes it a good vermifuge too and help in destroying the worms in our intestine.
Sialagogue: It increases production & secretion of saliva. This can aid in digesting food & give relief from dry mouth and is frequently used for toothache
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