Floral characteristics

1. Flowers are yellow, unisexual, minute, and less than 2 mm in size.
2. Male flowers are grouped in axillary racemes, while female flowers are solitary.
3. Fruit is an ovoid and succulent drupe, lustrous, red in colour, and of the size of a large pea, having a single seed.
4. Seed is fleshy and curved.

Tinospora cordifolia is used for diabetes, high cholesterol, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), upset stomach, gout, lymphoma and other cancers, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), fever, gonorrhea, syphilis, and to boost the immune system.

Commonly grown in East Asia, Kandra Amrta (Tinospora cordifolia) is a large, deciduous climbing shrub with several twining branches. It is native to India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka and known for other common names such as heart-leaved moonseed, guduchi, and giloy.

How to identify giloy plant? The stem is whitish to grey in shade and it can grow to a thickness of 1-5 cm. Leaves of giloy are heart-shaped and thin. It bears greenish-yellow flowers during summer months while the fruits of giloy plant are more commonly seen in winters.

Tinospora cordifolia, commonly known as guduchi or amrita, is another important medicinal plant in Ayurveda.

17.3. 15 Tinospora cordifolia (Distribution: Indian Subcontinent, China; Family: Menispermaceae; Common Names: Guduchi, Moonseed, Giloy)

Tinospora cordifolia is a shrub that is native to India. Its root, stems, and leaves are used in Ayurvedic medicine.

TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA= टिनोस्पोरा कार्डिफोलिया गिलोय [pr. {Tinospora karDipholiya giloy} ](Noun) 0.

INTRODUCTION Tinospora cordifoliacommonly named as “Guduchi” in Sanskrit belonging to family Menispermaceae is a genetically diverse, large, deciduous climbing shrub with greenish yellow typical flowers, found at higher altitude.[1–3] In racemes or racemose panicles, the male flowers are clustered and female are solitary.

When taken by mouth: Tinospora cordifolia is POSSIBLY SAFE when taken for up to 8 weeks. It might cause headache or nasal pain in some people. There isn’t enough reliable information to know if Tinospora cordifolia is safe to use for more than 8 weeks or what the side effects might be.

Abstract Natural products with medicinal value are gradually gaining importance in clinical research due to their well-known property of no side effects as compared to drugs. Tinospora cordifoliacommonly named as “Guduchi” is known for its immense application in the treatment of various diseases in the traditional ayurvedic literature.

Hay fever. A particular extract of Tinospora cordifolia (Tinofend, Verdure Sciences) seems to decrease sneezing, nasal itching, and stuffy nose after about 2 months of treatment. Athletic performance. Early research shows that taking an extract of Tinospora cordifolia stem does not improves speed or strength in healthy men.