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Gotu Kola
Gotu Kola
Other names: Centella asiatica, sheep rot, Indian pennywort, water pennywort, marsh pennywort
Parts Used: The leaves and roots.
Culinary uses: The leaves are consumed raw in salads, steamed and served with rice, or cooked in vegetable soups and stews.
The juice of the leaves is used as a refershing drink.
Other uses: A tea is used as a tonic and a stimulant that benefits to the body. Long used by Chinese and Indian healers for longetivity.
(A tea made from the leaves, called long-life tea, was regularly consumed by Professor Li Chung Yon, who reputedly lived 265 years and married 24 times.)
It is useful as a brain food to rebuild energy reserves and stamina, combat stress and improve reflexes.
It is said to be a valuable treatment for depression and mental problems by helping with mental fatigue, senility, epilepsy, depression, Alzeimer's and memory loss; to increase overall brain function.
Gotu kola is high in the B-complex vitamin group This may account for its effects on the brain. It is especially high in thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), and pyridoxin (B6). B complex is necessary in providing energy for the body, by converting carbohydrates into glucose, a usable form of sugar for the body to burn. The B complex is responsible for the normal functioning of the nervous system as well. Stimulates central nervous system; a healthy nervous system allows for a better functioning and organized brain.
It has been used to relieve high blood pressure.
Used to help balance hormones and increase sex drive.
Aids in the elimination of excess fluids, shrink tissues, relax the nerves and to neutralize blood toxins.
Used for rheumatism, blood diseases, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, sore throat, hepatitis, urinary tract infections.
Has been used to improve circulation in the legs, and to expediate the healing of wounds.
It seems that isolated constituents of gotu kola can result in healthy new connective skin tissue and increase the tensile strength of the flesh, as well as decreased the size of the wound area.
Asaticoside, a constituent of gotu kola seems to produce a rapid thickening of the skin, an increased production of white blood cells, increased growth of new blood vessels of the connective tissue, and an increased growth of hair and nails. Lupus erythematosus was helped by extracts of gotu kola.
The leaves have been employed medicinally to cure uterine cancer and elephantiasis.
Other studies have indicated gotu kola to be effective for gastric ulcers, phlebitis and varicose veins. It has been used for leprosy and related skin disorders, eye lesions, and muscular atrophy.
Gotu kola seems to overcome the negative effects of fatigue and stress when used in conjunction with cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens) and Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus).
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