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In people with varicose veins, taking 60 mg/day of Gotu Kola extract for three months brought serum markers of connective-tissue breakdown (uronic acids and lysosomal enzymes) back down to normalsuggesting it helps restore the structural integrity of vein walls [22] In a randomized study of travelers on flights longer than three hours, Gotu Kolas triterpenic fraction (TTFCA) significantly reduced ankle swelling, maintained healthy skin oxygen/carbon-dioxide exchange, and kept blood flowing smoothlyversus placebo [23] Patients with chronic venous hypertension who took 60 mg TTFCA twice daily for eight weeks saw capillary filtration rates drop and ankle swelling go down, with clear relief of heaviness, pain and crampsand no side effects in the treated group [24] In lab tests on rats, Gotu Kolas methanol extract component (3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid) blocked shear-induced platelet activation and slowed blood coagulation under flow conditionsdirectly targeting the key mechanism behind clot formation [25] [26]

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