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Botanical Name:
Tinospora cordifolia
Guduchi consists of dried, matured pieces of stem of
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers, Family Menispermaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Amrtavalli, Amrta, Madhuparni, Guducika,
Chinnobhava
Assamese: Siddhilata, Amarlata
Bengali: Gulancha
English: Gulbel, Indian Tinospora
Guajarati: Galac, Garo
Hindi: Giloe, Gurcha
Kannada: Amrutaballi
Kashmiri: Amrita, Gilo
Malayalam: Chittamrutu
Marathi: Gulvel
Oriya: Guluchi
Punjabi: Gilo
Tamil: Seendal, Seendil kodi
Telugu: Thippateega
Urdu: Gilo
Botanical description:
Tinospora cordifolia is a climbing shrub with rough corky
bark. Leaves are glabrous, cordate 5-10cm broad,acute or
accuminate. The plant is dioecious. Male flowers are in
fascicles; sepals oval; petals half the length of sepals.
Female flowers are usually solitary, having ovary on the
fleshy receptacle. Fruits are red when ripe.
Parts used:
Stem
Major chemical constituents:
Terpenoids and alkaloids
Therapeutic uses:
• Fever (Jvara)
• Diseases of skin (Kustha)
• Anaemia (Pandu)
• Urinary disorders (Prameha)
• Gout (Vatarakta)
• Jaundice (Kamala) |
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