Gotu kola is used to treat bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections such as urinary tract infection (UTI), shingles, the common cold, influenza, H1N1 (swine) flu, elephantiasis, and schistosomiasis.

Gotu kola is also used for fatigue, anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and improving memory and intelligence. Other uses include wound healing, trauma, and circulation problems including varicose veins and blood clots in the legs.

Some people use gotu kola for sunstroke, tonsillitis, fluid around the lungs (pleurisy), liver disease (hepatitis), jaundice, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), stomach pain, diarrhea, indigestion, stomach ulcers, epilepsy, asthma, anemia, and diabetes.

Some women use gotu kola for preventing pregnancy, absence of menstrual periods, and to arouse sexual desire.ï»¿