Action A digestive tonic (used for indigestion, flatulence, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery); promotes diuresis and menstruation. The
juice is taken for treating ulcers of the mouth and gums.
Tiger Nut is used in debility and as a nervine tonic due to its high crude lipid and carbohydrate contents and fairly good essential amino acid composition.
English b Guinea Rush, Ardue.
Cyperus scariosus R.Br. 195
Cyperus rotundus Linn.
Family Cyperaceae.
Habitat Throughout India, as a weed upto 2,000 m.
English Nut Grass.
Ayurvedic Musta, Mustaa, Mustaka, Abda, Ambuda, Ambhoda,
Ambodhara, Bhadra, Bhadraa,
Bhadramusta, Bhadramustaa,
Bhadramustaka, Ghana, Jalada,
Jaidhara, Meghaahvaa, Nirada,
Vaarida, Vaarivaaha, Payoda,
Balaahaka. Ganda-Duurvaa (var.).
Unani Naagarmothaa, Saad-e-Kufi.
Siddha/Tamil Koraikkizhangu.
Folk Mothaa.
Action Carminative, astringent, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, hepatoprotective, diuretic, antipyretic, analgesic, hypotensive, emmenagogue and nervine tonic.
Used for intestinal problems, indigestion, sprue, diarrhoea, dysentery, vomiting and fever; also as a hypocholesterolaemic drug and in obesity
Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicated the use of the rhizome in rheumatism, inflammations, dysuria, puerperal diseases and obesity.
The tuber is rich in Cu, Fe, Mg and Ni. Beta-sitosterol, isolated from the tubers, exhibits significant anti- inflammatory activity against carrageenan- and cotton pellet-induced oedema in rats; the activity is comparable to hydrocortisone and phenyl butazon
when administered intraperitoneally.
The alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the tubers possess lipolytic action and reduce obesity by releasing
