Bacopa monnieri
Bacopa monnieri
Author : (L.) Pennell
Family : Scrophulariaceae
Habit: Herb
Sanskrit: Brahmi, Sarasvati
English:Thyme-leaved gratiola
Description
A small creeping herb, growing in marshy areas, with oblong-cuneate to obovate leaves, purple-tinged white, solitary and axillary flowers and ovoid or oblong capsules.
Useful part

Whole plant

Medicinal Uses

inflammation, epilepsy, tumours, anaemia, psychiatric diseases, asthma, bronchitis, diarrhoea, ulcers, splenomegaly, ascites, flatulence, constipation, skin diseases, leprosy, leucoderma, erysipelas, syphilis, hoarseness, strangury, elephantiasis, dysmenorrhoea, sterility, snake bite, fever, general debility

Major chemical constituents

brahmine, herpestine, nicotine, monnierin, hersaponin, bacoside A, bacoside B, bacogenin A1 to A4, triterpene, bacosine, bacosterol aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine, a-alanine, betulic acid, D-mannitol, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, glucose, arabinose, bacopasaponins A to F