04-09-2014, 03:26 PM
Bacopa monniera is a vegetatively propagated medicinal plant enlisted among the most endangered plants due to its overexploitation. Bacopa is also known by name Nir-Brahmi in Sanskrit and Brahmi in Hindi is a creeping, glabrous and succulent herb with numerous branches, small oblong leaves, and light purple flowers. In India and the tropics it grows naturally in wet soil, shallow water, and marshy areas showing rooting at nodes. It has no distinct odour and slightly bitter to taste. Earlier brahmi is used for brain power enhancement, concentration, and learning and to relieve anxiety, epilepsy, mental retardation, ADD, ADHD and schizophrenia like disorders. This supernatural plant also possesses antioxidant property that provides protection from free-radical damage in cardiovascular diseases so used as a cardio tonic in India and Pakistan. Brahmi is also used as a diuretic, aperient, digestive aid and in respiratory function in cases of bronchoconstriction