Brahmi - Bacopa monnieri
Is the best brain tonic known in Ayurveda.
It is considered to be a sacred plant due to having many health benefits.
The herb acts as a memory booster, general tonic and aphrodisiac, used in conditions like stress, epilepsy, psychosomatic disorders, liver disorders, fever, cough and diabetes.
Brahmi Plant
Brahmi with Flower
The small creeping herb grows wildly in marshy places throughout the hotter parts of India. Scientifically known as Bacopa monnieri and jalneem in Hindi, the whole of the Brahmi plant is endowed with medicinal properties.
Brahmi has been used for centuries as an Ayurvedic medicinal herb. Numerous references have suggested that Brahmi promoting Medhya (intellect), Prajnasaktivardhana (intellectual power), Hrdaya (Heart), Majjadhaty Rasayana (nervous system rejuvenation), Balya (strength, especially mind), and Nidrajanana (sleep).
Brahmi or Bacopa has been used since time immemorial as a tonic for improving memory. In the gurukuls of ancient India there was the practice to regularly administer Brahmi to young students to help them learn sacred hymns. It is the foremost brain tonic herb of the Ayurvedic healing system used primarily as a nerve tonic, to treat insomnia and nervous tension.
Brahmi is especially suitable for students as it enhances the mind's ability to learn and to focus. It has an interesting ability to be able to calm the mind while at the same time to invigorate the thinking capacity in a centered, peaceful way. Brahmi may be useful for people who want to improve mental function and concentration particularly under pressure or in stressful conditions. Brahmi has become especially popular with students and others who need to maintain performance at work or home and has also been recommended for people from middle age on who find their memory is not always as sharp as they would like it to be.
Therefore, whilst benefits of this herb on learning and mental performance are of prime importance, Brahmi may also help to relieve the stress of a learning or study environment.
Health benefit of Brahmi are as follows :-
1) Anti - Anxiety :-
Brahmi enhances the mind’s ability to learn and concentrate. As it simultaneously calms and invigorates the mind, it is a very good medicine for reducing the effects of stress and nervous anxiety.
2) Brain Repair :-
Brahmi is known as an effective "brain food" as it nourishes the brain and improves intelligence and memory. It is traditionally used as an Ayurvedic rejuvenative or rasayana which helps to decrease the signs of aging, particularly in the mind as it increases mental clarity and brain functioning.
3) Cognition Enhancer :-
Ayurvedic tests describe Brahmi as medhya, a medicine that braces the mind to carry cognitive functions and intellectual pursuits. Although people in India, especially ayurvedic physicians, knew about Brahmi’s benefits thousands of years ago, modern research on it was conducted recently by the central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. The trails have resulted in establishing that this long treasured herb, besides possessing antioxidant properties, also has the amazing ability to facilitate learning and enhance memory and Mental Alertness.
4) Wound Healing :-
Asiatic Acid is the extract of brahmi leaves increases the peptidic hydroxyproline and helps in remodeling of collagen synthesis in wounds.
5) Anti - Epileptic :-
Brahmi is beneficial in all types of epilepsy.
6) Anti - Cancer :-
Bacosides, the active class of compounds in Bacopa monnieri, have been shown to kill aggressive brain tumor cells and inhibit the growth of breast and colon cancer cells in test-tube studies.
Brahmi Tablets
Brahmi enhances the mind’s ability to learn and concentrate. As it simultaneously calms and invigorates the mind, it is a very good medicine for reducing the effects of stress and nervous anxiety. It also helps maintain the clarity of thought and has proved effective in treating ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) in hyperactive children, and age-related mental disorders in old persons.
Enhance your brain and energy with Brahmi !
