Katuki/kutki

Traditional hepatoprotective herb Kutki or Katuka has immense healing properties. Picorrhiza kurroa is the botanical name given to Kutki, which is a member of the Scrophulariaceae family. A Greek word that means bitter and rhiza, meaning root, gives rise to the name Picorrhiza.

Kutki’s health benefits

Enhances heart function
Defends against heart attacks, heart attacks, clots, and atherosclerosis. In addition to lowering cholesterol levels in the blood, it also dilates blood vessels and normalizes blood flow, thereby managing hypertension.

Ensures a healthy respiratory system
Kutki is known for its powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-biotic, and anti-asthmatic properties, making it a popular traditional respiratory remedy.
Cold, sore throat, cough, and flu symptoms can be effectively treated using it

Ulcer prevention
With its anti-inflammatory and anti-ulcer properties, kutki root and rhizome are effective in treating ulcerative colitis, peptic ulcers, canker sores, and mouth ulcers, among others.

Enhances digestion
It has excellent digestive and carminative properties, making it a one-stop solution for digestive problems. It reduces flatulence, bloating, constipation, and abdominal distension by preventing the formation of gas in the alimentary canal

Controls diabetes
This helps control diabetes by preventing starch from being broken down into sugar, which leads to low blood glucose levels.

Enhances the health of the skin
Kutki is rich in antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties and helps to manage skin diseases by removing toxins from the blood.

Vitiligo Kutki Treatment
With Kutki, you can prevent vitiligo, a skin condition in which skin loses its original color and appears in blotches due to non-functioning pigment producing cells.
Kutki can prevent vitiligo from spreading to other parts of the skin where it is present, including the mouth, eyes, and other areas of the skin.

Kutki Names in different languages