As might be expected, bruises also respond to Gotu Kola . In fact, wound healing in general is accelerated including post-surgical healing. It also prevents excess scar tissue. Naturally, it works especially well when combined with Vitamin C . Keloids and hypertrophic scars occur when the healing process gets stuck in the late inflammatory stage.
Some people stay there almost permanently.
Gotu Kola pushes it into the final healing stage. Gotu Kola is useful in Chronic Interstitial Cystitis , a bladder irritation not related to infections. Gotu Kola heals ulcerations of the bladder and improves the integrity of the connective tissue that lines the bladder wall. In traditional Ayurvedic medicine it was used for skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis . It was also thought to rejuvenate the brain and sharpen thinking.