Giloy or Guduchi or Tinospora Cordifolia is recommended in the treatment of gout, obesity, erectile dysfunction, low immunity and liver diseases. It is good for hair and skin
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Sets Right Digestive Disorders
Strengthens Circulatory system
About Tinospora Cordifolia or Guduchi
What our Young Scientists Say about this herb
Heals Skin
Amrita is very effective in skin disorders. It helps to boost the resistance of the skin to microbes and is found effective in leprosy and ulcers formed due to gout. This herb heals herpes lesions and also accelerates the healing process of wounds in venereal diseases. The powder of this herb mixed with honey helps in these conditions.
Sets Right Digestive Disorders and Liver Health
Usage of this herb is indicated in conditions like indigestion, excess thirst, acidity, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dysentery, and vomiting. It is a good anti-spasmodic and reduces stomach pain that arises due to intestinal spasms. This is very good for the liver. It acts as a liver tonic, rejuvenates the liver, and is useful in fatty liver. Preparations of this herb are very effective in jaundice, hepatic fibrosis, and other diseases related to the liver. This herb expels toxins accumulated in the liver and is the best herb to detoxify the liver. Usually, this herb is used along with other liver-protective herbs like Punarnava, Chitrak, Rohitaka, Bhringaraj ( brunga), Katurohini, and Bhumyamalakai.
Strengthens Circulatory system
Texts of Ayurveda eulogize this herb as a cardiac tonic as it strengthens the heart. It helps to purify the blood (rakta dhatu) and expel the toxins which are circulating in it. Because of this property, it is useful in gout to control blood uric acid levels.
Boosts Immunity
Tinospora boosts immunity. It strengthens the liver and lungs. This helps in body detox and immunity boost. When you use this herb regularly, it helps to keep common ailments like cough, cold, allergy, skin rashes, etc at bay. It even reduces chronic cough.
Improves Male Fertility
Few herbal aphrodisiac preparations contain this herb as their ingredient. Due to aphrodisiac properties, it increases sperm count and sperm motility. Its adaptogen properties revitalize the male reproductive system and help in conditions like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.
Beneficial in Cystitis:
Guduchi strengthens the urinary system and increases the resistance of the inner layers of the bladder and urethra to fight repeated urinary tract infections. It is used in Cystitis and UTI
Helps in Diabetes
This herb is very effective in diabetes and reduces fever. When three herbs, i.e Giloy, tulsi, and neem are consumed together, the combination effectively reduces blood sugar levels. Diabetics suffer from low immunity and are susceptible to infection. This herb boosts immunity and increases body energy levels. Due to its antimicrobial property, the growth of microorganisms is inhibited in the body. This boosts body resistance to diseases. Patients with diabetes also suffer from inflammation and joint pain. Herbal preparations of this wonder herb help immensely in diseases of joints like arthritis and gout.
Five Effective Home Remedies Using Guduchi
Various home remedies with this herb help in controlling many diseases.
- The fresh juice of this herb has to be mixed with an equal quantity of honey. Consuming this mixture on an empty stomach in the morning helps to reduce productive cough.
- Crush a few tender leaves of this plant and extract the juice. Mix it with pure ghee. Consuming this on empty stomach helps to reduce joint pains which arise due to arthritis of various kinds.
- The juice prepared out of the leaves has to be consumed with jaggery helps to relieve constipation.
- Fresh juice from the leaves of this herb helps to reduce fever and reduce drying of the mouth.
- A mixture of ginger juice and juice of Tinospora cardifolia when taken on empty stomach help in amavatha (Rheumatoid arthritis)
About Tinospora Cordifolia or Guduchi
The herb Guduchi is a climber. It belongs to Minispermaceae family and has a botanical name Tinospora Cordifolia. This herb usually grows in tropical regions and is available in abundance in India, Myanmar and Srilanaka .
The structure of this plant is explained below
: A big climber (glabrous).Climbs on large trees.
Stems:-Fleshy
Roots:-long thread-like, aerial, arise from branches.
Bark Thin, greyish or creamy white in color, When the peeled fleshy stem is exposed.
Leaves:- Cordate (heart shaped), membranous, juicy.
Flowers:- Bloom during summer
Male flower:-Small, yellow, or green colored occur in clusters.
Female flower Occur singly.
Fruits:-Pea shaped, fleshy, shiny turn red when boiled. Occur in winter
Seeds:- curved, pea-sized. Flowers and fruits.
The climber bears heart-shaped leaves and yellow-colored flowers. The fruits are round and turn to bright red color when ripe.
Chemical Composition and pharmacology
PHARMACOLOGY: Studies on induced edema and arthritis and on human arthritis proved the anti-inflammatory potency of the water extract of the plant. It also has antipyretic action. This drug relaxes the intestinal and uterine smooth muscles. It is proved effective in the prevention of fibrosis and in stimulating regeneration in hepatic tissue
Herbalists all over the world laud the adaptogenic properties of Tinospora Cardifolia. (Adaptogenic herbs boost body resistance; reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue). Diterpene, tinosporone, cardifoliside, berberine, giloin are the important constituents of this herb.
Giloy in Ayurveda
Guduchi is being used in Ayurveda system of medicines for ages. It has different synonyms
SANSKRIT NAME :
Guduchi, Madhuparni, Amrita, Chinnaruha,
Vatsadaani, Tantrika,Kundalini, Chakralakshanika
LOCAL NAMES (in India) :
Giloya, Guduchi (Hindi), Gulancha (Bengali), Tippaatiga (Telugu), Shindilakodi (Tamil), Gulavel (Marathi),Galo (Gujarati), Amrita balli (kannada).
Texts of Ayurveda explain the medicinal properties of giloy as follows.
According to Ayurveda Guduchi has both bitter (tikta rasa) and astringent (kashaya rasa) tastes. It increases the moistness of body tissues (snigdha), has hot potency (ushna veerya), and is heavy to digest (Guru).
Medicinal Properties, Health Benefits and Uses of Giloy or Guduch
This herb normalizes all three doshas, Kapha, Vata, and pitta when used with honey, ghee, and sugar respectively.
What do our Young Scientists say about this herb ?
Name : Rashmi Jain
Qualification: B.sc Biology, P.G. Diploma in Bioinformatics from BII
City: Jaipur
Country: India
” Pharmacology—>Studies on induced edema and arthritis and on
human arthritis proved the antiinflammatory potency of the water extract of
plant. It also has antipyretic action and is a morphine potentiator. It
induced a reduction in blood sugar in alloxan-induced hyperglycaemic rats and rabbits. This drug relaxes the intestinal and uterine smooth muscles. Blood urea levels in uraemic dogs and human subjects were also decreased. It is proved effective in the prevention of fibrosis and in stimulating regeneration in hepatic tissue.
Chemical composition–>Different constituents reported include a
glucoside, alkaloids, bitter principles, crystalline components etc. The
bitter principles have been identified as columbin, chasmanthin and
palmarin. The alkaloid tinosporin was also identified.”
Name: Raghu Prasad Rao
Qualification: Research scholar (Phd)
Occupation: Student
City: Bangalore
Country: India
“Studies on induced edema and arthritis and on human arthritis proved anti-inflammatory potency of the water extract of plant. It also has antipyretic action and is a morphine potentiator. It induced reduction in blood sugar in alloxan induced hyperglycaemic rats and rabbits. This drug relaxes the intestinal and uterine smooth muscles. Blood urea levels in uraemic dogs and human subjects were also decreased. It is proved effective in prevention of fibrosis and in stimulating regeneration in hepatic tissue.”
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Raghunathan, I. et al: J.Res.Med. 3:201(1969).
Singh, K.P. et al. :J.Res.Ind.Med. 10:9(1975).
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Author – Dr.Savitha Suri. Consultant ayurvedic physician.
Reference : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827274/
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