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Brahmi
Important safety information: May cause nausea, diarrhoea, abdominal irritation, reflux, dry mouth or fatigue. Review use with thyroid, heart-rate, cholinergic, anticholinergic, sedative or anticonvulsant medicines. Avoid pregnancy and breastfeeding without qualified advice; never substitute Bacopa for epilepsy or mental-health treatment.
Herbal actions
- Cognition enhancing
- Nervine tonic
- Mild sedative
- Mild anticonvulsant
- Anxiolytic
- Possibly adaptogenic
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Traditional Ayurvedic memory and nervine tonic
- Concentration, learning and memory support studied with defined extracts
- Traditional support for nervous debility, anxiety and insomnia
- Not the same as gotu kola in this guide
Main constituents
Bacosides and other dammarane saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids
Preparation overview
Tea: Infusion. Research uses defined or standardised extracts; tea is not dose-equivalent.
Liquid extract reference: 1:2 liquid extract: 5–13 mL/day (35–90 mL/week)
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
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