Brain Repair
Botanical name: Bacopa monniera
Other names: Bacopa, Herpestis
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Part used: leaves & stems
Taste (rasa): sweet (madhur), bitter (tikta), astringent (kashaya)
Characteristic (guna): light and flowing
Energy (veerya): cooling (sheeta)
Post digestive effect (vipak): sweet (madhur)
Dosha: balancing vata, pitta, kapha.
Action (karma): calms vata, increases intellectual power, cardiotonic, nervine, rejuvenates the nervous system, antispasmodic, reduces mental illness, diuretic, epilipsey.
Dose: Infuse one to three teaspoon of brahmi per day.
Contraindications: None known