Laxman is a controversial plant regarding its identity. It is gaining immense poularity due to its application in infertility and towards healthy progeny which implies its indirect use to treat common modern gynaecological disorders of PCOD, Endometroisis and even glandular and hormonal disorders. From its early solitary mention in the Vedas to its gaining poularity through early centuries of Ayurveda literature to again its decline in antiquity let us try and trace the identity of this plant from available literature and studies.
