Tinospora

Tinospora

Source Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.F. & Thoms],Family-Menispermaceae

Other Species Tinospora crispa and Tinospora rumphii Boerl

Synonyms

South Asia: Guduchi , amrita (Sanskrit), giloe , gulancha (Bengali), giloya (Hindi), gado , galo (Gujarati), Gulvel (Marathi), duyutige , teppatige (Telugu),amrutha balli (Kannada), Shindila kodi (Tamil)

English: heartleaf moonseed

Indonesia: Brotowali, Andawali, Putrawali

Philippines: Makabuhay (Tagalog), Paliaban (Bisaya), Pañgiauban (Bisaya), Taganagtagua

Thailand: Boraphet

Part Used Stem

Description of Tinospora

The Sanskrit name guduci means the one, which protects the body. It is also called as amrta or nectar, as it is beneficial in strengthening the immune system of the body. A Herbaceous vine indigenous to the tropical areas of India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Glabrous climbing shrub found throughout India, typically growing in deciduous and dry forests leaves heart shaped, succulent bark is creamy white to grey in color, with deep clefts spotted with lenticels long, slender aerial roots, often growing on mango or neem trees, Flowers are yellow, growing in lax racemes from nodes on old wood, Fruits are drupes, turning red when ripe.

Chemical Composition of Tinospora

Diterpene compounds including tinosporone, tinosporic acid, cordifolisides A to E, syringen, the yellow alkaloid, berberine, Giloin, crude Giloininand, a glucosidal bitter principle as well as polysaccharides, including arabinogalactan polysaccharide.

Applications of Tinospora

Anticomplementary and Immunomodulatory, T. cordifolia extract and turmeric extract is effective in preventing the hepatotoxicity, anti-diabetic, anti-periodic, anti-spasmodic,anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-oxidant, anti-allergic, anti-stress, anti-leprotic, anti-malarial,hepatoprotective, anti-neoplastic, anti- antipyretic, relaxes the intestinal and uterine smooth muscles, proved effective in prevention of fibrosis and in stimulating regeneration in hepatic tissue, Swine flu. Bird flu, Pyrexia of unknown origin (fever), Throat infection, Sneezing,  Coughing, Body aches, for some sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, treatment of various skin diseases, hyperacidity