HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA

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HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA

Centella asiatica (Linn.), botanical name: Urb.

FAMILY: Umbelliferae

Thick-leaved Pennywort is known by its common names in English, Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil.

A prostrate, perennial, barely aromatic herb with long petioled, reniform, orbicular, crenate, and frequently lobed leaves as well as glabrous or nearly so and shining stipules adnate to petioles and peduncles that are often 2-3 nate. Bracts that are small and ovate in shape and encircle the flowers rather than being dispersed among the pedicels. Flowers that have 3-6 in

In India, they are widely distributed in moist areas.

PART USED: Whole plant.

HOMOEOPATHIC USES

Psoriasis in the trunk, extremities, palms, and soles; erysipelatus redness, circular spots with scaly edges; dry eruptions; erythema on the face, neck, back, chest, arms, and thighs; mildew eruptions on the neck, back, and chest; pricking and itching on various parts; intolerable itching, especially of the soles; elephantiasis; leprosy; and

EXTREMITIES include contractions in the forearm and legs as well as a bruised sensation throughout all of the muscles, wandering pains in the chest, legs, and muscles, and a feeling as though hot water was gushing through the bones.

FEMALE: Severe labor-like pain in the uterus and appendages, weight in the uterus, itching in the vagina, heat inside the vagina, granular ulceration of the womb, and profuse leucorrhea.

Mother tincture has a 3x and 6x potency.

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