GOTUKOLA BRAHMI POWDER ORGANIC

GOTUKOLA BRAHMI POWDER ORGANIC

100GRAM

BOTANICAL NAME : Tribulus terrestris L.

Centella asiatica, commonly known as centella, Asiatic pennywort or Gotu kola, is a herbaceous, frost-tender perennial plant in the flowering plant family Apiaceae.It is native to wetlands in Asia. It is used as a culinary vegetable and as a medicinal herb.

DESCRIPTION

Centella grows in temperate and tropical swampy areas in many world regions.The stems are slender, creeping stolons, green to reddish-green in color, connecting plants to each other. It has long-stalked, green, rounded apices which have smooth texture with palmately netted veins. The leaves are borne on pericladial petioles, around 2 cm (0.79 in). The rootstock consists of rhizomes, growing vertically down. They are creamish in color and covered with root hairs.

The flowers are white or pinkish to red in color, born in small, rounded bunches (umbels) near the surface of the soil. Each flower is partly enclosed in two green bracts. The hermaphrodite flowers are minute in size, less than 3 mm (0.12 in), with five to six corolla lobes per flower. Each flower bears five stamens and two styles. The fruit are densely reticulate, distinguishing it from species of Hydrocotyle which have smooth, ribbed or warty fruit.The crop matures in three months, and the whole plant, including the roots, is harvested manually. It is a highly invasive plant, rated as "high risk".Centella has numerous common names in its regions of distribution.

THERAPEUTIC USES

• The ingredients used in the preparation of gokshura powder act in a synergetic way and relieve the ailment.

• This herbal medicine is used in urinary disorders, venereal diseases like phosphaturia, gonorrhea, burning sensation in urine.

• This herbal medicine is useful in gall bladder stoner as it serves as an astringent.

• The herb is effective in preventing kidney stones, kidney stones, kidney infections, reduces the size of kidney stones.

• It is beneficial in skin eruptions, inflammation, itching sensation or irritation as it act as skin cleanser.

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

In traditional medicine, C. asiatica has been used to treat various disorders and minor wounds and to encourage lactation, but clinical efficacy and safety have not been confirmed by high-quality medical research. Contact dermatitis and skin irritation are possible from topical application, and headache, nausea, and drowsiness may occur from internal use. The herb may have adverse effects on liver function when used over many months.

In Ayurveda, C. asiatica is known as maṇḍukaparṇi or maṇḍuki, and is classified as a vegetable in the Carakasaṃhita with supposed rejuvenating properties.

CERTIFICATION

MRT gives the products which are grown under the stringent organic standards of NPOP &  NOP certification by LACON  Germany.

RETAIL PACKING AVAILABLE :100GM