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Centella, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao 积雪草

Indian Pennywort, Gotu Kola
Brahmi, Mandukaparni (Ayurveda)
Ji Xue Cao (TCM)
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Kirtikar, Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, 1918

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Centella asiatica
(Photo by Md. Siddiq Hasan) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:
Centella asiatica (syn. Hydrocotyle asciatica)
The European C. vulgaris has been used similarly.
In India, Brahmi also encompasses Bacopa monieri

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Pungent, Sweet

Classifications:
4j. NERVINES
B. Clear Heat    N. Tonics

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp:
(Ayurveda, TCM)

2. Clears Toxin, Disperses Toxin: (Ayurveda, TCM)

3. Clear Heat and Phlegm, Stops Cough:

4. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:

5. Clears Heat, Moves the Blood, Resolves Swellings:

6. Nourish the Kidneys and Liver, Benefits the Brain:

7. Externally:
-skin diseases including Scabies, Leprosy


Dose:
Decoction: 15–30 grams dry; 30–60 grams fresh

Correctives:
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Main Combinations:
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2. Benefit the Mind, improve Memory:
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3. Calm the Mind and Nerves in anxiety, nervousness:
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4. Nervous disorders:
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5. Spasms:
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6. Epilepsy:
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7. Mental disorders, Insanity:
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8. Skin Inflammation and Blood diseases:
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9. Arthritic diseases, Joint inflammation:
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10. Cough, Consumption, Centella with ... available in PRO version
11. Diarrhea and Dysentery in children, Centella with ... available in PRO version
12. Strangury from Damp-Heat, Centella with ... available in PRO version

Cautions:
Generally Safe.

Main Preparations used:


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'In Sanskrit works this plant is called Mandukaparni, and is described as a useful alterative and tonic in diseases of the skin, nervous system, and blood. Chakradatta directs the fresh juice to be given with milk and liquorice. The plant was known to Rheede by its Malayalim name of Codogam or Kutakan, and also to Rumphius. Ainslie informs us that an infusion of the toasted leaves in conjunction with fenugreek is given to children suffering from bowel complaints and fever in doses of half a teacupful, also that the leaves on the Coromandel Coast are applied to parts that have suffered from blows and bruises, having, it is supposed, the power of keeping off inflammation. In Java, according to Horsfield, they are considered diuretic, and on the Malabar Coast the plant is one of the remedies for leprosy. As a remedy in this disease it was first brought prominently to notice by Lupine (1853) and Boileau. Dr. A.. Hunter, who tried it in the Madras Leper Hospital (1855), came to the conclusion that it had no claim to consideration as a specific in leprosy, but he found it most useful in
ameliorating the symptoms and improving the general health. In the Pharmacopoeia of India it has been made official, and is described as an alterative, tonic and local stimulant, more especially useful in syphilitic skin diseases, in which it may be used both as an internal and local remedy. Directions for making a powder and poultice are given. Recent reports from Europe (1885) confirm this statement, and there has been some enquiry for the drug in Bombay which has led to its cultivation on a small scale. In the neighbourhood of Bombay the plant is rare in a wild state, but may often be seen in gardens; it is a popular remedy for the slight dysenteric derangements of the bowels to which children are subject; 3 to 4 leaves are given with cummin and sugar, and the pounded leaves are applied to the navel. In the Concan one or two leaves are given every morning to cure stuttering; and the juice is applied to skin eruptions supposed to arise from heat of blood'. (Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India, Dymock, 1885)
1. NEURO-PROTECTIVE:
–Neuroprotective Properties of Asiatic Acid against 5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy in the Hippocampus in an Adult Rat Model.
–Neuroprotective effect of a standardized extract of Centella asiatica ECa233 in rotenone-induced parkinsonism rats.

2. ANTI-AMNESIC:
–Comparison of three different extracts of Centella asiatica for anti-amnesic, antioxidant and anticholinergic activities: in vitro and in vivo study.
–Centella asiatica increases hippocampal synaptic density and improves memory and executive function in aged mice.

3. ANTI-ANXIETY:
–Modulation of Neuronal Activity on Intercalated Neurons of Amygdala Might Underlie Anxiolytic Activity of a Standardized Extract of Centella asiatica ECa233.

4. PARKINSONISM
–Neuroprotective effect of a standardized extract of Centella asiatica ECa233 in rotenone-induced parkinsonism rats.
5. ANTI-OXIDANT:
–Comparison of three different extracts of Centella asiatica for anti-amnesic, antioxidant and anticholinergic activities: in vitro and in vivo study.

6. ANTICHOLINERGIC:
–Comparison of three different extracts of Centella asiatica for anti-amnesic, antioxidant and anticholinergic activities: in vitro and in vivo study.

7. ANTI-CANCER:
–Anti-cancer activity of asiatic acid against human cholangiocarcinoma cells through inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis.

8. DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY:
–[Effects of centella asiatica granule on the expression of TGF-β1 and related down-stream signals in rats with early diabetic nephropathy]

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