TY - JOUR AU - Patra Satyanarayan*, AU - Sahu Subash, AU - Singh Ashok Kumar Madan, PY - 2019/09/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A REVIEW OF MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ON MUSTA (CYPERUS ROTUNDUS LINN.) JF - AYUSHDHARA JA - Ayushdhara VL - 6 IS - 3 SE - DO - UR - https://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/465 SP - 2235-2241 AB - <p>Ayurveda, the life science is chiefly based on herbal medicines. According to Ayurveda, the physician should have utmost knowledge regarding herbs to become successful in the field of treatment. These days herbal medicines are more popular than modern medicine because of their effectiveness, easy availability, low cost and for being comparatively devoid of side effects. So, these herbs are backbone of Ayurveda.<em> Musta</em> <em>(Cyperus rotundus) </em>belonging to <em>Cyperaceae</em> family is an important medicinal plant used in various Indian system of medicine. A detail description about this plant has been found from Vedic period to recent time in various Ayurvedic texts. The nut-grass is an erect, perennial glabrous herb 10-75cm long, distributed throughout the plains of India, as a weed in waste lands, gardens and roadsides from sea level 1,800m elevation.<em> Musta</em> is composed of various chemical constituents mainly Cyperene-1, Cyperene-2, β-selinene, Cyperenone, α-cyperone, Rotundome etc. which are responsible for the many therapeutical effects. <em>Musta </em>is having <em>Tikta, Katu, Kashaya Rasa, Laghu, Ruksha Guna, Sita Veerya </em>and<em> Katu Vipaka </em>with<em> Kapha-Pittahara </em>properties. It also posses pharmacological action likes anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anti-pyretic, anti-malarial, anti-Obesity, anti-diabetic etc. It &nbsp;has<em> Sthoulyahara, Dipana, Pachana, Grahi, Jwaraghna </em>properties so has been indicated in<em> Agnimandya, Jwara, Sangrahani, Swasa, Stanyavikara, Sutikaroga, Amavata </em>etc<em>.</em> So, a detail review of this medicinal plant with various aspects is definitely a good step ahead in a new direction in herbal medicinal field<em>.</em></p> ER -