3 Mucuna Seeds, Mucuna pruriens
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Uses: Culinary/Medicinal/Lucid Dreaming
Duration: Annual
When to Sow: Spring
Ease of Germination: Moderate
Twining annual found throughout India. Grown for seed pods and its young leaves which are used as vegetable and fodder. Ayurvedic medicinal herb used traditionally as a nerve tonic. Seeds are a natural storehouse of L-dopa, a precursor of the neural transmitter, dopamine. In a recent clinical trial, Parkinson's sufferers treated with crushed seeds regained some mobility with fewer side effects than conventional drugs.