Bavachi is an herb which is known for its medicinal properties. It is widely and commonly used in treating many diseases by many streams of ancient medicine such as Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani medicine. The botanical name for this particular plant is Psoralea Corylipholia. It is also known by many other names colloquially, depending upon the area where you would find it. In some places, it is known as babchi, and also bakuchi and bakhni. The most amazing thing about this plant is that every part of it is useful. Roots, stems, leaves, seeds and whatever blooms it has, all are used to treat a variety of skin problems.
For most part, all the various parts of the plant and powdered and used to mix with other medicines to create complete treatments for skin diseases such as leucoderma, skin rashes, infections. The plant grown wild in many tropical countries and is not difficult to cultivate either. It is also considered useful by Ayurveda in the cure and care of skin cancer. Scientifically untested yet by modern methods, it is widely believed that bavachi has various other health benefits for skin that are hitherto undiscovered and unexplored. But natural sciences such as the ones mentioned above swear by its therapeutic properties.
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