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Brahmi Plant of Indian Ayurveda System Can Help Ward Off Alzheimer's Disease

Brahmi has been used by Hindus for thousands of years as a Brain tonic and is an important medicine in the Indian Ayurveda System of Medicine. It is also known as an anti-ageing plant. But Hindus always believed that Brahmi helps in concentration, memory and improves the intellect. Now trials underway at Swinburne University of Technology Brain Sciences Institute (BSI) indicate that Brahmi helps to ward off Alzheimer's Disease and preserves one's mental faculties. Times of India reports Although what exactly causes Alzheimer's is not known, sufferers experience inflammation of the brain, deposits of beta amyloid, traces of heavy metals and signs of oxidative stress. Brahmi, a semi-aquatic plant, acts on all of these, said Con Stough, director of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) involved in trials underway at Swinburne University of Technology Brain Sciences Institute (BSI). "It has an anti-inflammatory effect, is an antioxidant and col