The herb Plumbago Zeylanica is found abundantly in northern part of India at the heights of 1600m. The powdered roots of this herb is used for treating many ailments from olden times. This article lists the traditional benefits of the herb and the knowledge gained about the herb from research.
Benefits of the herb Plumbago Zeylanica:
- The roots of the herb are pungent and bitter in taste.
- They are used to promote appetite and are helpful in digestion, piles and skin diseases.
- The roots are powdered and taken internally as snuff to get relief from headache.
- The roots can cause tissues of the body to get united and help in healing of the wounds as antiseptic.
Knowledge Gained from Research about the herb Plumbago Zeylanica:
- A research study was conducted at the Department of Psychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India on the roots of this herb.
- The researchers wanted to know how the components of this herb can act as stimulants.
- The extracts of this herb were given to experimental rats in the doses of 100, 200 and 300 mg/kg of the body weight of the rats.
- The researchers found that the state of trance was high between the doses 100-300mg/kg. For 300mg/kg and higher doses, the effect of trance decreased.
- This implied that the effect of this herb on the central nervous system and the brain is dose dependent.
- The study found that the rats had higher levels of the hormone dopamine in their brain.
- The hormone dopamine is essential for the proper functioning of the central nervous system.
- It is primarily responsible for causing all delightful effects in our body.
