Gotu Kola with Brahmi

Two leaves of the East, joined in a single vessel. Gotu Kola was known across Asia as the herb of sages — legend holds it was the fare of meditating yogis and of the long-lived hermits of the Himalayan foothills, and in Sri Lanka the elephants that graze upon it were taken as proof of its virtue of long memory. Brahmi carries an even loftier name: it is called after Brahma, the creator, and the old Ayurvedic texts counted it among the medhya rasayanas — the plants of the scholars, given to study, recitation and the keeping of the sacred verses. In those traditions both leaves were reached for to feed the mind: Gotu Kola to quicken memory, concentration and the power to learn, drawing fresh vitality to the brain, and Brahmi to calm the restless stream of thought, ease stress, and shield a tired mind from overload — together they were prized to keep the intellect at once sharp and serene. The two are married in one spagyric Work, their salts returned to the mother tincture. Hermetically the pair stands under Mercury — the swift messenger, patron of scribes, students and all who traffic in words and ideas.