Huperziawani nau'i ne na gansakuka da ke tsiro a kasar Sin. Yana da alaƙa da mosses na kulob ( dangin Lycopodiaceae ) kuma an san shi ga wasu masana kimiyya kamar Lycopodium serratum . An yi amfani da gansakuka da aka shirya gaba ɗaya ta al'ada. Shirye-shiryen ganye na zamani suna amfani ne kawai da keɓaɓɓen alkaloid da aka sani da huperzine A. Huperzine A shine alkaloid da aka samu a cikin huperzia wanda aka ruwaito don hana rushewar acetylcholine, wani muhimmin abu da tsarin juyayi ke buƙata don watsa bayanai daga tantanin halitta zuwa tantanin halitta. Binciken dabbobi ya nuna cewa huperzine A'Iyawarta na adana acetylcholine na iya zama mafi girma fiye da na wasu magungunan sayan magani. Asarar aikin acetylcholine shine siffa ta farko na rikice-rikice da yawa na aikin kwakwalwa, gami da Alzheimer's cuta . Hakanan Huperzine A na iya samun tasirin kariya akan nama na kwakwalwa, yana ƙara haɓaka yuwuwar iliminsa don taimakawa rage alamun wasu cututtukan kwakwalwa.

[Aiki] An yi amfani da shi a madadin magani, an gano huperzine A don yin aiki a matsayin mai hana cholinesterase, wani nau'in magani da ake amfani dashi don hana rushewar acetylcholine (wani sinadari mai mahimmanci ga koyo da ƙwaƙwalwa).

Ba wai kawai ana amfani dashi azaman magani ga Alzheimer ba's cuta, huperzine A kuma an ce don haɓaka koyo da ƙwaƙwalwa da kuma kariya daga raguwar fahimi da ke da alaƙa da shekaru.

Bugu da kari,huperzine AWani lokaci ana amfani da shi don haɓaka makamashi, ƙara faɗakarwa, da kuma taimako a cikin maganin myasthenia gravis (cututtukan autoimmune wanda ke shafar tsokoki).