Guduchi

BOTANICAL NAME: Tinospora cordifolia

FAMILY: Menispermaceae

 

CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:

Charaka- Vayasthapana, Daha Prashamana, Trishna Nigrahan, Triptighna, Stanyashodhana.

Sushruta- Guduchyadi, Patoladi, Valli Panchmoola, Kakolyadi And Aragvadhadi

Bhavprakash- Guduchyadi Varga

 

ENGLISH NAME: Heart leaved tinospora

COMMON NAME:

Hindi: Giloye, Gurcha

Punjabi: Gilo

Bengali: Gulancha

Kannada: Amrutaballi

REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:

https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read

अथ लङ्केश्वरो मानी रावणो राक्षसाधिपः |

रामपत्नीं बलात्सीतां जहार मदनातुरः ||१||

ततस्तं बलवान् रामो रिपुं जायापहारिणम् |

वृतो वानरसैन्येन जघान रणमूर्धनि ||२||

हते तस्मिन्सुरारातौ रावणे बलगर्विते |

देवराजः सहस्राक्षः परितुष्टश्च राघवे ||३||

तत्र ये वानराः केचिद्राक्षसैर्निहता रणे |

तानिन्द्रो जीवयामास संसिच्यामृतवृष्टिभिः ||४||

ततो येषु प्रदेशेषु कपिगात्रात्परिच्युताः |

पीयूषबिन्दवः पेतुस्तेभ्यो जाता गुडूचिका ||५||

गुडूची नामानि-

गुडूची मधुपर्णी स्यादमृताऽमृतवल्लरी |

छिन्ना छिन्नरुहा छिन्नोद्भवा वत्सादनीति च ||६||

जीवन्ती तन्त्रिका सोमा सोमवल्ली च कुण्डली |

चक्रलक्षणिका धीरा विशल्या च रसायनी |

चन्द्रहासा वयस्था च मण्डली देवनिर्मिता ||७||

गुडूची कटुका तिक्ता स्वादुपाका रसायनी |

संग्राहिणी कषायोष्णा लघ्वी बल्याऽग्निदीपनी |

दोषत्रयामतृड्दाहमेहकासांश्च पाण्डुताम् ||८||

कामलाकुष्ठवातास्रज्वरकृमिवमीन्हरेत् |

प्रमेहश्वासकासार्शःकृच्छ्रहृद्रोगवातनुत् ||९||

HABITAT: It is found throughout Tropical India.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:

It is a large succulent climber with rough corky bark found throughout India.

Bark – grey-brown or creamy white; Leaves- petiolate, 5-10 cm diameter and cordate; Flowers – small and yellow; Fruits – pisiform and red when ripe. Long filiform aerial roots are frequently developed from the branches. The root stem and the starch (sattva) derived from the stem is used in medicine. It should be used fresh. Flowering and Fruiting time : Flowering occurs in May–June, while fruiting is witnessed in September–October.

MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Terpenoids and alkaloids.

THERAPEUTIC USES:

• Arthritis: Guduchi decoction consuming along with ghee.
• Constipation: Guduchi along with jaggery helps to relieve constipation.
• Liver disorder: Giloye in combination with sugar candy.
• Gout: Giloye taken with castor oil.
• Rheumatoid arthritis: Giloye along with ginger powder.

INDICATIONS:

Jwara fever, Kustha leprosy, Pandu anaemia, Prameha diabetes, Vatarakt gout, Kamala jaundice.

USEFUL PART: Stem

DOSAGE: 3-6 g of the drug in powder form, 20-30 g of the drug for decoction.

AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:

1. Amritarista
2. Amrtottar kvath churna
3. Guduchi tail
4. Guduchyadi churna
5. Guduchi satva
6. Chinnobhavadi kvath churna