It balances pitta and kapha, which can cause digestion problems, acidity and fat. Katuki is known to be a cooling agent, helps to remove excessive fire energy from the body. The Katuki meaning in Sanskrit language is also known to be bitter. Katuki is also explained in various other ancient books like Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Nighantu Adarsha, Ashtang Samgraha, Rajnighantu and more. Sushruta samhita also mentioned this herb in Mustadi Ganae and Pipplayadi Gana. In charak samhita, Katuki is known to be in medicinal use since 5000 years ago. In Ayurveda, it is also known as Kutki, Katurohini and more. The main tag of the plant is taken from Punjabi language, its KARU, which means bitter. In Greek, the word "Picros" means bitter and "Rhiza" means root, so bitter root. Picorrhiza word has been taken from Greek language. Picrorhiza kurroa is a perennial herb with presence of rhizomes. These are curved with longitudinal and dotted scars, associated with rhizomes. Roots of the plant are of elongated type, tubular form, 5 to 10 cm long and 0.5 to 1 mm in diameter. The seed coat is very thick and transparent. Seeds of the plant are numerous in number of ellipsoid shape. Fruit of the plant is kind of acute capsule, tapered from the top, 12 mm long and open into 4 valves. The flowering period of the plant is from June to August. Pollen grains of the flowers are of round shape with perforated or incomplete tectum and with corpus membrane smooth or coarse. The stamens are four in number, inserted on corolla with slightly didynamous. Corolla of the flowers are five mm long, bilobate and less spreading.
The flowers are whitish with pale blue color with long flowering branch. The flowers calyx divide equally in five parts with 4 to 5 corolla. These are present basely, 5 to 10 cm long. Leaves of the Katuki are present alternatively. The tips of the rhizome in a bud, growing one, enclosed by crown of leaves. These vascular bundles are xylem and phloem. There are 1 to 2 vascular bundles present in the cortex of rhizome. Katuki is of greyish brown color with coarse external surface which is due to the furrows and scars of the roots. It is 2.5 to 12 cm long and 0.3 to 1 cm thick with somewhat curvy straight features. This is a perennial herb which has a long rhizome. Katuki is known as Picrorhiza kurroa in the scientific language. This plant has very large family, over 200 genera and 3000 species. This is a great herb used very much in the ayurvedic treatment. The Katuki is a Sanskrit word which means bitter. Katuki (Picrorhiza kurroa) - Properties, Benefits & Dosage DESCRIPTION OF PLANT
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