Thanks a lot everyone and especially Mr Bhardwaj and Mr Garg for the wonderful explanation. I really feel humbled by the breadth of your knowledge. Thanks once again. Sudipto
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 vine of the >> family Menispermaceae indigenous to the tropical areas of India, Myanmar and >> 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. >> The cork readily exfoliates and discloses a greenish cortex 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 and Jamu herbal medicine as a >> hepatoprotectant, protecting the 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 >> extract is effective in preventing the hepatotoxicity which is otherwise >> produced as a side effect of conventional pharmaceutical treatments for >> tuberculosis using drugs such as isoniazid and 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
