Tinospora cordifolia (Thunb.) Miers
Common Name: heart-leaved moonseed, amrita, guduchi
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Tinospora
Species: cordifolia
Malayalam Name: Chittamruthu or Amruthu
Tamil Name: Shindilakodi
Plant Description
It is a large, deciduous, extensively-spreading, climbing vine with several elongated twining branches. Leaves are simple, alternate, and exstipulate with long petioles. It gets its name heart-leaved moonseed by its heart-shaped leaves and its reddish fruit. Lamina are broadly ovate or ovate cordate. Flowers are unisexual, small on separate plants and appearing when the plant is leafless, greenish-yellow on axillary and terminal racemes. Male flowers are clustered, but female flowers are usually solitary. Fruits aggregate in clusters of one to three. They are ovoid smooth drupelets.
Uses
It is used in the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine for the treatment of jaundice, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis, and is also used as an immunostimulant. Experiments have examined its antineoplastic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, and immunologic properties. People also use Tinospora cordifolia for hay fever, athletic performance, diabetes, high cholesterol, upset stomach, and many other conditions. Stem powder is used treatment of diabetes, urinary tract conditions, kidney infections, asthma, cardiac conditions
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