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Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia

Other names: Bu Gu Zhi, Bakuchi

Healing power:
- used as aphrodisiacum,
- at psoriasis,
- to increase vitality,
- to strengthen nerves,
- to treat impotence.

How to use:
The fruits and seeds are used in Ayurvedic medicine as aphrodisiacum.

Description of the plant:
Psoralea fruit is perennial, but cannot withstand frost. It grows up to 90 cm and needs a warm location. It´s a herb used in Ayurvedic medicine as well as in traditional Chinese medicine.
Psoralea fruit gets little flowers which look like red clover.
I sowed Psoralea fruit-seeds on 9th May 2006 and it germinated on 31th May 2006.