Kutki

Scientific Name: Neopicrorhiza scrophulariifora

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Parts used: Rizome

Chemical constituents: kutkin, kurrin, kutkol, and kutkisterol, picroside I and picroside II, kutkoside, minecoside, phenol glycoside and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyacetophenone

Uses: Rhizome is useful in dropsy, antiperiodic fever, anemia and jaundice. It promotes secretion of bile, improves appetite and stimulates gastric secretion

Distribution in Nepal: 3500-4500m, East to West.