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Tinospora crispa

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Tinospora crispa

Tinospora crispa is a deciduous climbing shrub producing stems up to 15 metres long. The stems are up to 1cm thick. The plant often produces aerial roots from its stems, these can grow down 10 metres or more to root into the soil. A very popular medicinal plant in southeast Asia, where the plant is commonly gathered from the wild. The plant is also cultivated, especially in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka.

Uses

Fevers, Stomach trouble, Indigestion, Diarrhoea, Rheumatism, Flatulence, Itches, Cancerous wounds, Cholera, Diabetes, High blood pressure.[1]

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Phytochemical investigations of the stems of Tinospora crispa led to the isolation of one new aporphine alkaloid, N-formylasimilobine 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), along with six known alkaloids, N-formylasimilobine 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 2)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2) (tinoscorside A), N-formylanonaine.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Deciduous climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if seed is required.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste ground, Forest margins, Primary rain forest, Mixed deciduous forest.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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