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'''Brooklime''' (Veronica beccabunga), also called European speedwell, is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.The species name beccabunga comes from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or a similar source.<ref name="int"/> ==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.

The species name beccabunga comes ==Chemical Composition==Fresh juice and extract from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or the herb to contain a bitter principle soluble in water and alcohol, but scarcely in ether; precipitable by salts of lead, but not by tannin; an acrid principle and a similar source.red coloring matter, all contained in the precipitate with neutral acetate of lead, together with malic, tartaric, and citric acids<ref name="intchemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}

Brooklime was of three traditional antiscorbutic herbs, used (alongside scurvy grass and watercress) in purported remedies for scurvy. However none of these herbs are rich in Vitamin C and the usual preparation by extracting of juices would have destroyed most of their content, rendering the preparations ineffectual against true scurvy.<ref name="des"/>=Habit=={{Habit|Perennial herb}}

==common Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Opposite|short-stalked|Blade elongated sphere–ovate, round-tipped, fleshy, with entire margin or finely serrated}}.<ref name=="Leaf"/>

* '''English''' ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|5–7 mm (0.2–0.28 in.) wide|blue and dark- Brooklimestriped|Stamens 2| Calyx 4-lobed, lobes glabrous. . Gynoecium fused, single-styled. Inflorescence a short, lax axillary raceme. Flower-stalk shorter than subtending bract}}

== References =Fruit==={{Fruit|Almost spherical|2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long|shallowly notched tip, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long, glabrous, brown capsule|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation== {{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. <references>==How to plant/cultivate==Easily grown in a moderately fertile wet soil, growing best in water up to 15cm deep<ref name="intHow to plant/cultivate"/>[http://www ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageBA-BI.html CalFlora Botanical Names]</ref> ==Photo Gallery==<ref namegallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="des140px">[httpsFile:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg Image://wwwAgrimonia eupatoria MHNT.ncbiBOT.nlm2004.nih0.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1036000/ "The rise and fall of the "antiscorbutics": some notes on the traditional cures for "land scurvy"]jpg</refgallery></references>==References==

<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/veronica.html "henrittes herbal"]</ref><ref name= External Links =="Leaf">[http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/brooklime "nature gate"]</ref>

*<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://entemperate.wikipediatheferns.orginfo/wikiplant/Veronica_beccabunga Veronica +beccabunga"trophical palnts"]</ref></references>