Botanical name: Hydrocotyle asiatica
Centella asiatica
Gotu Kola
Healing power:
- in case of stress, but it isn´t a tranquillizer.
- to improve brain.
How to use:
The fresh leaves, ca 2 pieces per day are eaten. Or if you have got more you can add them to quark dishes. They taste very well and spicy.
Even tea is made out of the leaves.
Description of the plant:
Gotu Kola grows perennial and is a creeping plant, which loves moist soil.
Gotu Kola cannot withstand frost. The natural habit of this plant is India.
Gotu Kola gets little white flowers. The Indians say, that the elephants in India have got such an excellent memory because of eating much Gotu Kola.
Hydrocotyle asiatica belongs to the plants in traditional Chinese medicine as well as in Ayurvedic medicine.
Propagation:
By layers. Put layers into water. Then they build roots after 1 to 2 weeks. Transplant to pots.
By seeds.
