god i love this stuff.
In no way is this weak herbal crap. As far as psychotropic effects ive tried most known and hyped herbs out there and ive found them either completely dissapointing or just too weak to bother with.
Gotu Kola was the first to work reaaaly well for me. I DO have anxiety issues though (genetic + i got 12 huge cracked mercury fillings in my mouth... 
causing PD symptoms, having them removed as soon as i got the $) and Ive been on every anxiety med u can think of. Lyrica was extremely effective for me but kind of pooped out on me about 75% over period of 3 months. Got a big bottle of k-pins but i chose to live in the real world so i avoid those
Ill list its effects (in no order)
Its
anxiolitic effects are pretty powerful/effective. Anxiolitic being relieves anxiety... not fucks you up. To me it feels like an extremely well rounded mildly warm euphoriant anti-convulsant with NO side effects, body load, etc. Actually provides a mild sustained body high (super-mild/mild clean OP type warmth, relaxation) Very strong mood stabalization effect with a mild to moderate mood lifting effect. Provides a warm fresh feeling of.... best word to describe it is optimism (similair to a mellow d-mphetamine optimism, milder but more sustained with no amp CND stim or side effects.)
Social Anxiety effects. Very significant SAD anti-anxiety effects. The herb itself has a somewhat empathetic socially stimulating effect (milder but similair to MDMA and/or alchohol in this effect, though longer sustained).
Antidepressant effects are quite pronounced (im not depressed but i can very easily see it having huge indications in antidepression, stacks ontop of SSRI's/TCA's, etc with no drug interaction...) Long and linear effect ta boot.
Great for
Bi-Polar with its anticonvulsant effects (documented. strong as far as i can tell). VERY effective mood stabalizer. Makes you happy and stable all day
Gotu Kola is also a considerably effect smart drug. A pretty effective one too so dont expect to get fucked up off it. It will sharpen you up, especially socially (anxiolitic effect at work?) without any semblance of "sharp". No edge at all... not a stimulant. Provides a slightly warm optomistic clear-headed fresh feeling. Its a wierd and very unique drug effect. It will "wake your brain up" and sharpen you with no CNS stimulation.
POTENTIATION and drug mixing. This drug MUST have a unique action of effect cause the shit mixes gorgeously with every drug ive tried so far. Potentiates some and just mellows/euphoriates (<--new word... i think, use it)others.
i will never use OP's, herb, benzos/barbs, alchohol, amphetamines, Lyrica, Lucy, Shroomz, or DMT,etc without it. It synergizes soooo well with all of these. i still have trouble believing how well this mixes. usually most shit mixes horribly for me.
O, and it has
HUGE documented neuroprotecive properties. (almost entirely protects brain temporarily from various heavy metals and common toxins poisoning according to a pubmed study... and just like most other neuroprotectives (especially nootropic ones) it probably protects against alot else). its my 2nd favorite hangover preventer, 2nd to ALA... and water ofcourse)
Long story short it blows me away how unknown this shit is in
this community. Ive been euphoric FOR finding it SINCE finding it, asside from the herbs mild euphoriant effect
.
this is a small fraction of what i have read about this shit in my hours of mining pubmed/goodle-scholar/various boards. when i get some time ill start linking some really good shit.
TIP: search google for gotu kola and message boards or forums (aka "gotu kola forum") to get an idea of what other people think about this. Most overwhelmingly consistantly possitive posts ive ever read regarding an herb. cant remember a single "it doesnt work" or "this stuff sucks" post. Honestly 80% of personal experiences ive read are VERY possitive to say the least.
SORRY FOR LONG POST, TRIED TO MAKE EASY TO READ
