Plant story Centella asiatica, commonly known as gotu kola, is a medicina herb widely used Traditional Oriental Medicine as well as in A yurvedic medicine for the treatment of skin diseases and for wound healing. Scientific studies reported that topical applicatio n of C. asiatica on the wounded area increased the rate of heal ing by stimulating the production of type l collagen. It is also re ported that C. asiatica contains bioactive compounds which s how anti-inflammatory activities