Atharva Brahmi Oil-100ml

Uses of Brahmi Oil

Supplement use should be individualized and vetted by a healthcare professional, such as a registered dietitian, pharmacist, or healthcare provider. No supplement is intended to treat, cure, or prevent disease.

Like many natural products, more extensive research is necessary. But people might use the bacopa and gotu kola–containing brahmi oil for various reasons, usually for cosmetic purposes relating to skin and hair health.

Blood Circulation

Gotu kola may have potential phlebotonic effects. This means that gotu kola might be able to tone the blood vessel walls in conditions such as chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).⁷

CVI is a medical condition that affects the valves in your legs. With this condition, your blood vessels have trouble circulating (moving) blood back toward your heart.⁷ So, you may have some swelling as the blood pools in your legs. People with CVI may also experience ulcers.

In one systematic review of multiple studies, phlebotonics—like gotu kola—slightly relieved swelling compared to a placebo (a substance without medication). But gotu kola didn't seem to heal any ulcers.⁷ Still, by reducing swelling, it's possible that gotu kola in brahmi oil may cause skin to appear tighter.

Because most of the studies reviewed were short-term studies, however, well-designed clinical trials with longer-term data in a larger group of people remain necessary.⁷

Wound Healing

A small skin-related clinical trial compared gotu kola to silver sulfadiazine (SSD), a topical antimicrobial cream, in study participants with burn wounds. In this study, gotu kola was in an ointment dosage form called Centiderm.⁸

Results from this clinical trial suggest that Centiderm may benefit people with burn wounds. But this study only tested burn wounds that covered less than 10% of the total body surface area (TBSA) and appeared only on the limbs (arms or legs). Moreover, the burn wounds were only 48 hours old or less.⁸

In another small study, herbal creams—like gotu kola—didn't seem to prevent or delay radiodermatitis, a skin reaction to or side effect of radiation treatments. The study participants received radiation in this clinical trial as part of their breast cancer treatment.⁹

These studies garnered mixed results. Larger and better-designed studies are needed to assess gotu kola's potential effects on healing damaged skin.⁷⁸⁹

Inflammation and Oxidative Stress

For bacopa, a meta-analysis analyzed a collection of studies to assess bacopa's effects on people with Alzheimer's disease (AD).¹⁰

While this article's main focus was on AD, it mentioned a study that looked into a bacopa-containing herbal mixture's effects on inflammation (swelling) and oxidative stress.¹⁰ In general, oxidative stress is a condition in which there aren't enough naturally occurring antioxidants in your body to attack agents known as free radicals. Free radicals are substances that can damage body systems, like DNA, which carries genetic material.

From this study, it is difficult to determine if bacopa was directly responsible for the results. But findings suggest that the herbal mixture led to fewer markers (substances in the blood) that point to inflammation and oxidative stress. These effects happened in people with AD and without AD.¹⁰

Brimson JM, Brimson S, Prasanth MI, et al. The effectiveness of Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Wettst. as a nootropic, neuroprotective, or antidepressant supplement: analysis of the available clinical data. Scientific Reports. 2021;11(596). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80045-2

Although this may seem unrelated, inflammation and oxidative stress can be linked to skin and hair issues.¹¹¹²¹³ So, by decreasing inflammation and oxidative stress, it's possible that bacopa in brahmi oil can help relieve skin and hair problems.

Although these results were positive, additional high-quality, extensive research is necessary. These future clinical trials should also assess the effects of each component (ingredient) in the herbal mixture.