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Abstract:. India is still a backward and developing country. It is no surprise then that in a country such as ours depression is one of the most prevalent and common "mental health illnesses" that people suffer from along with "anxiety". Depression is a common mental disorder with over 280 million people of all ages, an estimated 3.8 per cent of the population suffering from it globally, as per the World Health Organization, It is thus expected that in the next ten years, depression will put more burden on nations than any other disease, as per World Bank.Jatropha curcas (Linnaeus) is a plant which belongs to family ''Euphorbiaceae and genus Jatropha''. This plant is native of America and is widely distributed, is also located in India, Africa, Asia and Europe where it grows in arid, tropical and sub-tropical environments. Its name derives from the Greek words "Jatros" (doctor) and "trophe" (food) which translates its medicinal traditional use.1 Such medicinal use is reported in diverse consumption of different parts of J. curcas, some of them through infusions for various conditions such as fever, burn, rheumatism, allergies, diarrhea, antidepressant intestinal cramping, healing , headach, sleeping.