Centella asiatica
(sen-tel′ă ā″s(h)ē-at′ĭ-kă)
( ā″z(h)ē-at′ĭ-kă)
A low-lying herb native to India and East Asia. It is used for a wide variety of medicinal purposes in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine as a sedative, an antiasthmatic, a treatment for liver and skin diseases, and a promoter of longevity.
SYN: SEE: coinwort;
SYN: SEE: gotu kola
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Centella Asiatica." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742536/all/Centella_asiatica.
Centella asiatica. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742536/all/Centella_asiatica. Accessed December 26, 2024.
Centella asiatica. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742536/all/Centella_asiatica
Centella Asiatica [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742536/all/Centella_asiatica.
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