Bacopa monniera Linn. (Syn. Herpestis monniera Linn H.B. &K,Brahmi) is an annual creeper belonging to family Scrophulariaceae and found all over the Indian sub-continent in damp andmarshy areas. It is an important plant in Ayurvedic materia medica known as "Brahmi" . It is classified in Charka Samhita as a Medhya rasayana for improvement of memory and described in Sushruta Samhita as being efficacious in loss of intellect and memory.
