Centella asiatica: A traditional herbal medicine

Centella asiatica is mostly used in Chinese & Ayurvedic, Unani medicine as a Memory Enhancer, Nervous system disorders, and Topical Skin Disease treatments. Triterpenoids, Saponins are important chemical constituents believed to exert these pharmacological actions. Apart from this it’s also diarrhoea, fever, amenorrhea, reliving anxiety cognitive effects’ or Gotu kola often confused with nut which does not contains any CNS stimulants like caffein do show stimulant effect. For hundreds of decades before it was ayurvedic medicine, recorded ‘Sushruta Samhita’ an ancient medical manuscript. It’s by Indonesian Javanese; peoples know over 2000 years ago. This article focuses on the Phytochemistry, Traditional uses, Pharmacological effects, Toxicology asiatica.