COMMON NAME : Guduchi
OTHER NAME : Tinospora, Giloy
BOTANICAL NAME : Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. Ex HK. F.& Th.
PLANT FAMILY : Menispermaceae
PART USED : Dried stem used.
Details :
A large extensively spreading glabrous, perennial deciduous twiner with succulent stems and papery bark; leaves simple, alternate, cordate , entire, glabrous, 7-9 nerved; flowers yellow in lax racemes, flowers usually solitary; fruits drupes, red when ripe. The surface of the stems appears to be closely studded with warty tubercles and the surface skin is longitudinally fissured. On removal of the surface skin the dark greenish mucilaginous stem is seen.
Phytoconstituents :
The plant contains tinosporin, columbin, chasmanthin, plamarin, berberine, tinosporon, tinosporic acid, tinosporol, giloin, giloinisin, substituted pyrrolidine, a diterpenoid furanolactone, 18-norclerodane diterpene-0-glucoside, an aryltetrahydrofuranolignan, octacosanol, nonscosan-15-one and β-sitosterol.
Benefits :
Tinospora cordifolia is used for diabetes, high cholesterol, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), upset stomach, gout, lymphoma and other cancers, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), fever, gonorrhea, syphilis, and to boost the immune system.
