Bacopa monnieri (L.) WETTST.
| Synonym : | Bacopa monniera (L.) Pennel. Herpestis monniera H.B.&.K. |
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| Bangla Name : | Brahmishak, Adhabirani, Dhupkamini |
| English Name : | Indian Pennywort, Thyme-leaved Gratiola. |
| Family : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, laxative, emetic, aphrodisiac, brain tonic, ascites, indigestion, diarrhoea, epilepsy, insanity, scabies, asthma, cardiac tonic, cough and rheumatism |
| Description : | A small, much branched, creeping herb, rooting at the nodes, branches 10-25 cm long. Leaves 15-18 cm long, sessile decussate, obovate-oblong or spathulate rather fleshy. Flowers axilary, solitary, pale blue, corolla twice as long as the calyx, peduncles longer than the leaves. Capsules c. 5 mm ovoid |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, St. Martin’s islands and other coastal areas of Bangladesh in fallow lands and peddy fields. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Various part of the plant contain steroidal saponins, bacogenins, hersaponin, monnierin and bacoside A & B, betulic, betulinic acids, d-mannitol, stigmasterol, ?-sitosterol and stigmastanol, alkaloids, brahmine and herpestine. The plant also contains nico |
| Uses : | The plant is bitter, diuretic, laxative, emetic, aphrodisiac and brain tonic, useful in ascites, indigestion, diarrhoea, enlargement of spleen and for the promotion of memory and as a cure for epilepsy, insanity and scabies. It is also used in catarrhal c |
| Habit : | Herb |