INDIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Indian health care industry is rapidly growing and expected to reach over 280 billion USD by 2020 [6,7], however the Indian public health system is still poorly funded [5], and access to medicines and treatments is not always easy and affordable, one of the reasons, in spite not the only one, for many patients to search cures and treatments for their ailments and symptoms in traditional medicinal systems.

Ayurvedic traditional medicine is one of them, and among some of the herbs used to treat common ailments and illnesses we find one, Curculigo orchioides, that deserves special attention for its properties.

CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES

Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Curculigo
Common name: Xian mao, black musli, Kala musli, Hemapuspi, Talamulika, Mosali [13,19], Golden Eye-grass [19].

VAJIKARANA HERBS, STRESS AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

More and more, stress-related illnesses as coronary heart disease have forced doctors to increasingly recommend the use of stress reduction techniques in its prevention and treatment, as transcendental meditation.

A direct consequence of this is an increase of sexual dysfunction occurrences in male population over developed world, an affection that years ago was less frequent and nowadays is becoming more and more often experienced. Ayurveda, a traditional medicine originated in India but nowadays extended around the world, seems to have in Vajikarana herbs a solution for this.

Vajikarana herbs have been used in Traditional Herbal Medicine in India and other parts of the world for the treatment of Erectile Dysfunction, Low libido, Premature Ejaculation and Male infertility, but also for the treatment of mental ailments directly affecting the above-mentioned problems.

Rasayana is defined as any herb, food, or activity which confers youthfulness and cures diseases. If taken in a proper way, Rasayana prevents early aging and keeps the person young and active, both physically and mentally [6].