This root is called Mudavattukal in Tamil. Its other names in Tamil are Agayarajan, Mudavatu kilangu or Goat leg kilangu. The tubers, which look like they are wrapped in wool, are sold for Rs 300 to 350 per kg in Tamilnadu state, India.

Is leg of goat vegetarian? If you ask the residents of Yercaud Hills, they will definitely answer with a 'yes'. The tuber of a plant is known as 'Attukkal' in Servarayan Hills, 'Mudavan Attukkal', and 'Attukkal Kigangu' in Kolli Hills. Its botanical name is Drynaria Quercifolia which belongs to the Polypodiaceae plant family. It is a perennial plant that grows in the mountains.

Through their fruits of penance, the Siddhas, sages, and rishis who incarnated in India discovered how few herbs, the gift of nature, protect human beings. The exercises we do when we are young children and the nutritious food we eat make our bodies strong later in life.

They grow on mountain rocks above 3800 feet above sea level and have no roots. This tuber can absorb metal nutrients in rocks such as copper, gold, iron, calcium, and especially silica in rocks. The tuber itself also absorbs other important mineral salts.

Gnana siddhas like Kalanginathar, Bohar, Vallalar have called it Agayarajan and Mudavattukal kilangu. According to Siddhas, if these are eaten continuously for 48 days, the body will get rid of 4448 diseases related to vada, pitta, and kapha.

They knew the diseases that commonly affect humans and told the methods of curing them using herbs. They also discovered the benefits of these herbs to prevent disease. They also made a way to avoid diseases through food. Thus our ancestors lived without disease. But today, the human race is stuck in the grip of various unknown diseases since childhood.

This is due to the neglect we have shown towards herbs in the intervening period. We have destroyed the herbs that spread near us as weeds, but today when we realize their benefits and look for them, they do not appear to our eyes.

Vallalar mentions this tuber as an essential herbal remedy. It has immunity properties similar to breast milk (also contains lauric acid). Arthritis and hip pain will definitely get better by eating this. This root is the best remedy, especially for menstrual pain.  Try taking these instead of allopathic tablets for calcium deficiency. You will feel the improvement in your body. And especially after childbirth, a major deficiency in the body is calcium deficiency. This is the best food supplement for those seeking English medicine...

We know that physical freshness means more nutrients and oxygen to the brain. During the time of eating this tuber, there is no anger or sadness at all. Rejuvenation of the body, mind, intellect, and knowledge is a phenomenon that takes place when micronutrients are made available to the internal organs in the body. The micronutrients in Drynaria Quercifolia tuber are helpful for this.

Those who want to have a healthy baby should try taking these tubers for three months continuously. You will get good results. And the mineral salts, silica, gold, magnesium iron, and calcium in them make the sperm thicker. So chances are high that intercourse will last longer and the health and intelligence of the child will be much better.

Buy 250 gms of Drynaria Quercifolia tuber, wash it well, clean it, remove the outer skin, and cut it into two or three pieces. Grind ginger, garlic, pepper, cumin, poppy seeds, grated coconut. Finely chop small onions and tomatoes, add cinnamon, and cloves, and saute in a little oil.

Put cut pieces of Drynaria Quercifolia, ground masala, fried tomato, and onion in 1 liter of water and boil for 15 minutes, cool down and store. If you drink this once a day for 10 days, severe knee pain, heel pain, knee membrane weakness, and muscle atrophy will disappear. Everyone can drink this to eliminate muscle cramps, pain all over the body, tiredness, and various types of muscle spasms in winter. This tuber is used to strengthen and increase the marrow between bone joints.

Drynaria Quercifolia tuber Soup is very famous in Kolli hills. The people of the area say that it cures joint pain, inflammation, fever, digestive disorders, etc. Clinical studies show that it can prevent Osteopenia. It has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and fertilizing properties. Studies are being done on its activity in diabetes.

If the tuber is cut into small pieces and held in the mouth, it has the power to quench thirst for a long time. The main method for all tubers is to remove the skin and use the tuber.

The hill dwellers assure that if the  Drynaria Quercifolia tuber is used as food not only in soup but also as chutney and pickle, then modern diseases will never come near. Next time you go on a trip to the Eastern Ghats hills, don't forget to try the Soup.

"We have been eating this tuber often since we were young, I am seventy years old and I have never been to the hospital for fever or pain," says an old man of Servarayan Hill. This vegetarian soup is the immediate remedy used by the local people for body aches and joint pains.

This tuber can be stored for more than six months by spreading it in sand in a cool place.

Instead of spoiling your body by drinking tea and coffee, you can make healthy soups like these and give them to your family and eat them and be healthy.


When children are fed such foods from an early age, they grow up healthy and strong.