Open AccessMucuna pruriens (Konch Beej) precipitates manic symptoms
Author(s) -
Supriya Vaish,
Sachin Sharma,
S Sudarsanan,
Sarita Choudhary,
Jai Meher Singh,
Nafroz Khosla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of mental health and human behaviour/journal of mental health and human behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-1897
pISSN - 0971-8990
DOI - 10.4103/0971-8990.153717
Subject(s) - mucuna pruriens , traditional medicine , dopamine , medicine
Owing to the popular misconception that all ayurvedic preparations are completely safe, a vast majority of these are indiscriminately consumed by people procured as over the counter drugs. These preparations are combinations of multiple products that are often unidentified and dangerous and can precipitate various psychiatric symptoms. Hereby, we present a case of adolescent male in acute manic excitement after consumption of ayurvedic preparation containing "konchbeej" (Mucuna pruriens) which is rich in l-3,4 dihydroxyphenyl alanine; precursor of dopamine