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Tinospora cordifolia - Amrutha balli

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Amrutha balli

Tinospora cordifolia which is known by the common names heart-leaved moonseed, guduchi and giloy is an herbaceous vine of the family Menispermaceae indigenous to the tropical areas of India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It's family is Menispermaceae.[1]

Uses

Osteoarthritis, Pimples, Piles, Skin diseases, Diabetes, Blood pressure, Heart Diseases, Fever, Jaundice, Hyperacidity, Gout.

Parts Used

Stem, Roots, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Terpenoids and alkaloids, Columbin, tinosporaside, jatrorhizine, palmatine, berberine, tembeterine, tinocordifolioside, phenylpropene disaccharides, choline, tinosporic acid, tinosporal, and tinosporon have been isolated from Tinospora cordifolia.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಅಮರ Amara, ಅಮೃತಬಳ್ಳಿ Amritaballi, ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Ugani balli
Hindi Giloe, Gurcha
Malayalam Nerinjil
Tamil Seendal, Seendil kodi
Telugu Thippateega
Marathi Gulvel
Gujarathi Galac, Garo
Punjabi Gilo
Kashmiri Amrita, Gilo
Sanskrit Amrithavalli, Amritha, Madhuparni, Guduchika, chinnobhaava
English Heart-leaved moonseed

[3]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kashaya

Guna

Laghu (Light)

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Balya, Deepana, Rasayana, Jvaraghna, Threedoshashamaka, Raktashodana

Habit

Vine

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Cordate Apex abruptly acuminate, 5-15x 5-13 cm; petioles 2-7 cm long, margin entire, strong basal veins 5-7, impressed above and prominent beneath, lateral veins 2-3 pairs, veinlets fine and close

.[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Inflorescences up to 15cm long Male flowers: main outer 3 sepals greenish-yellow, ovate 1-1.5 mm long, inner 3 elliptic, concave, 3-4 mm long; petals rhombic-clawed, externally papillose towards base, 2-2.5 mm long; stamen clavate, 3 mm long.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Drupe 6-7 mm long Red, endocarp thinly bony, broadly elliptic to subrotund in outline Seeds curved or half moon shape, endospermic, cotyledons flattened, leaflike, radicle short. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[5]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Stem Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

The land is ploughed, harrowed, and made weed-free.A basal dose of FYM (farmyard manure) @ 10 tonnes per hectare and half dose of nitrogen (75 kg) are applied at the time of land preparation.About 2500 cuttings are required for plantation in 1 hectare of land.No specific treatment is required before sowing.[6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Subtropical and tropical climate area, Sandy loam soil.

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References

  1. Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:13
  2. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 53.
  3. Common names
  4. Leaf morphology
  5. Ayurvedic preparations
  6. Vikaspedia

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