Botanical name: Curculigo Orchioides
Other name: olden eye-grass, xian mao, weevil-wort, in Nepal) black musli, Kali musli, or Kali Musali
Curculigo orchioides, belonging to the genus Curculigo, is a threatened species of flowering plant. Within C. orchidoides, numerous chemical compounds from the curculigoside class, such as curculigoside A, B, C, and D, as well as curculigine A and D, have been successfully identified and isolated.
Medicinal Uses:
- Treatment of impotence
- Limb limpness
- Arthritis of the lumbar and knee joints
- Watery diarrhea
