Brahmi: Bacopa monnieri

Sanskrt Name: Brahmi

Botanical name: Bacopa monnieri

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Synonyms: Divya, Sarasvati, Aindri, Medhya, Bharati, Soma

English: Indian Pennywort

Flowering and fruiting time: Summer

Distribution: Throughout India, In wet places, damp and marshy area. Warm countries. Sri Lanka

Allied drug: Mandukaparni; Centella asiatica

Chemical composition: Contains alkaloid Brahmine which therapeutic action resembles Strychinine, but it is less toxic. Also contains alkaloid Herpestine.


Pharmacodynamics:

Rasa(taste):  Tikta(Bitter), Kashaya(Astringent)

Guna(quality): Laghu(light), Snigdha(wet), Sara(flowing)

Virya(Potency): Sita(cold)

Vipaka(taste after digestion): Madhura(sweet)

Dosha karma( Effect on Dosha): Calms down Vata, Blood, Pitta 

Therapeutic Uses:

 Febrifue, nervine, cardiac tonic

 Useful in epilepsy, fever, insanity, nervine, mental diseases

 Good brain tonic, promoting memory power and mental faculties

 Leaves and whole plant are used in various nervine and mental complaints

 Also useful for skin, complexion, general restorative or rejuvenation

 Whole plant is nervine tonic and is used in asthma, epilepsy, insanity, diarrhoea

 Stems and leaves are considered useful against snake-bite.

 Whole plant or leaves are useful in dermatosis and other skin affections.

 The hot poultice of the plant is applied in acute bronchitis, cough and chest complaints.

 Dried leaves are effectively useful in debility, nervous break-down.

 They are also specially suggested for students and intellectuals to tone up mind and mental power including memory.

Part used: whole plant, leaves

Dosage: Juice 10-20ml, Powder 500 mg-1 gm

Formulations: Brahmi Ghrita, Brahmi Taila, Brahmi Rasayana

Reference：DRAVYAGUNA VIJNANA Vol.1( Krishnadas Academy, Varanasi)   by Dr. Gyanendra Pandey

Cancer and Stress

Overload of the body functions like hard work and irregular life style. Overload of the mind such as anxiety, sadness. All these are the stress to the body and mind, causing cancer.

 Till recently people have thought that cancer is caused when carginogenic materials enter the body from outside and affect the carginogenic genes. They believe the cause of cancer is extrinsic. But when you closely look into the mechanism of White blood cells and autoimmune system, one will realise that the cause of cancer is intrinsic, that is, the way we lead our life.  

Stress causes diseases

Autoimmune system works fine when sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves are balanced. When we have physical as well as psychological stress, this balance is disturbed and sympathetic system is more stimulated. This distubs the balance of White blood cells and lowers the immunity of the body. As long as we have stress, we can not cure the disease from the root cause. Modern medicine itself can be the stress to the body.

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