Bacopa monnieri |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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