Centella asiatica herb
Centella asiatica is a slender, creeping plant that grows mainly in swampy areas of India, Sri Lanka, Madagascara
and South Africa. Because gotu kola's leaves are about the size of an old British penny, people also called it
Indian pennywort, marsh penny or water pennywort.
Centella asiatica was considered as a spiritual herb in Ayurveda and it is used with meditation to revitalize the
nerves and brain cells. In traditional medicine, gotu kola is believed to help develop the crown charka, the energy
center at the top of the head. Centella asiatica is commonly used for "brain elevation". As early as in 1950s,
Ratsimamanga AR et al and Antonelli NS et al reported that Centella asiatica might have benefits on refractory
wounds, such as leprosy, lupus and ulcers.[1-5]. And the key ingredient of Centella asiatica is known to be asiatic
acid, a pentacyclic triterpene.