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Gotu Kola
Pennyworth
(Centella asiatica)
RGH 0009
Burma: myin-kwa-ywet
Bangladesh: Tangunipata
China: hang kor chow
India: Bemgsag, Brahma manduki, Brahmanduki, Brahmi, Ondelaga
Hindi: Mandukarpani, Brahmi
Sanskrit: Mandukarpani, Saraswati, Manduki, Twasti
Ayurvedic:
Mandukarpani
Korea: Cica
Indonesia: Pegagan
Japan: tsuho-kusa
Malaysia: daun pegaga
Philippines: takip-kohol
Sri Lanka: gotu kola, heen gotu kola
Thailand: hai hobo, hua-hok
Vietnam: nuoc rau ma
Gotu Kola is a member of the Apiaceae carrot family. It is also known as pennywort, marsh penny, water pennywort, and sheep rot and has been used as a medicinal remedy for thousands of years in India, China, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. It is still being used in some of these countries to heal a variety of ailments, including respiratory infections and circulatory problems. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center Web site, "It has been called "the fountain of life" because legend has it that an ancient Chinese herbalist lived for more than 200 years as a result of using the herb."
Western herbalists rely on gotu kola primarily to treat chronic venous insufficiency (a condition where blood pools in the legs). In Sri Lanka some people ingest Gotu Kola as part of their diet on a fairly regular (weekly) basis. To be sure, Sri Lankans eat the leaves in salads or use them to brew a medicinal tea. The entire plant, however, has healing properties. The most active compounds in the herb are triterpenes and saponin glycosides. Laboratory studies on animals have shown that large doses of two kinds of glycosides have a sedative or calming quality, while another type has anti-inflammatory properties. A fourth type appears to stimulate wound healing.
Gotu kola is also used for fatigue, anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and improving memory and intelligence.
We have had a great deal of success in raising the herb here in the United States. Once planted it grows prolifically, if grown near water or watered on a regular basis.
$10.00 + 2.75 shipping and handling
RG006A
1 Pound Bag
$8.00 + 2.75 shipping and handling
RG006B
