Thanks very much, Devendra ji Regards.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:21 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Devendra ji. > Links for Tinospora cordifolia: > http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&q=Tinospora%20cordifolia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi > (pictures), http://www.herbalcureindia.com/herbs/tinospora-cordifolia.htm > (Ayurvedic > medicinal use). > > > Some extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures/ more details, pl. click on > the link): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinospora_cordifolia > > *Tinospora cordifolia*, also called *Guduchi* is an > herbaceous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous> > vine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine> of the family > Menispermaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menispermaceae>indigenous to the > tropical areas of > India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>, > Myanmar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar>and Sri > Lanka <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>. > > Synonyms: > > - South Asia: Guduchi , amrita (Sanskrit), giloe , gulancha (Bengali), > giloya (Hindi), gado , galo (Gujarati), duyutige , teppatige (Telugu) > - English: heartleaf moonseed > - Indonesia: Brotowali, Andawali, Putrawali > - Philippines: Makabuhay (Tagolog), Paliaban (Bisaya), Pañgiauban > (Bisaya), Taganagtagua > - Thailand: Boraphet (บอระเพ็ด) > > According to the 1911 British Pharmaceutical Codex, "Tinospora or Gulancha > consists of the dried stem of Tinospora cordifolia, Miers (N.O. > Menispermaceae), a climbing shrub indigenous to tropical India. The stems > are collected in the hot season and dried. The drug occurs in straight or > twisted cylindrical pieces and in slices, averaging about 2 centimetres in > diameter, some pieces being much smaller. Externally, they are covered with > a thin, papery, brown cork, bearing the raised scars of numerous > lenticels<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticels>. > The cork readily exfoliates and discloses a greenish > cortex<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortex_(botany)>longitudinally wrinkled > and marked with lenticels. The fracture is fibrous > and the transverse section exhibits a yellowish wood with radially arranged > wedge-shaped wood bundles, containing large vessels, separated by narrower > medullary rays. The odour is not characteristic, but the taste is bitter. > > *Tinospora cordifolia* and similar species like *Tinospora crispa* and > *Tinospora > rumphii Boerl* are used in > Ayurvedic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurvedic>and > Jamu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamu> herbal medicine as a > hepatoprotectant, protecting the > liver<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver>from damage that may occur following > exposure to toxins, as well as in > Thailand, Philippines. Recent research has demonstrated that a combination > of *T. cordifolia* extract and > turmeric<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric>extract is effective in > preventing the hepatotoxicity which is otherwise > produced as a side effect of conventional pharmaceutical treatments for > tuberculosis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis> using drugs such > as isoniazid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoniazid> and > rifampicin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifampicin> > 2009/4/6 Devendra Bhardwaj <[email protected]> > >> hello, >> This is Tinospora cordifolia fruit .Tinospora cordifolia a medicinal >> climber.in hindi known as amrita.Best medician for chikingunia & other >> fever. >> With Regard >> Devendra Bhardwaj >> >> --- On *Mon, 6/4/09, Sudipto Roy <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Sudipto Roy <[email protected]> >> Subject: [indiantreepix:10301] Id help please >> To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 7:27 PM >> >> Hello All >> Could the experts please help me identify this plant? I saw it growing >> on a mango tree last Sunday in CKBS near Calcutta. >> Thanks in advance >> Sudipto >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Get before others grab. >> <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_dbid_9/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> "We often ignore the beauty around us" >> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
