Scientific name of Giloy:
Tinospora cordifolia (Wild) Syn- Menispermum cordifolium Wild, Family name - Menispermaceae, English name- Tinospora, Sanskrit- Vatsadani, Chhinnaruha, Guduchi, Tantrika, Amrita, Madhuparni, Amritlata, Chhinna, Amritvalli, Bhishkapriya, Chakralakshanika, Chakrangi, Chandraprash, Chhinodbhava, nagkumarika, nirjara, Somvalli, Sanskrita, Vaatraktari, Hindi: Giloy, Guruch, Guduch, Gudurchi, Odiya: Gulancha, Gulochi, Kannada: Amrutavalli, Yuganivalli, Madhuparni, Gujarati: Gulvel, Galo, Goa: Amritbel, Tamil: Amridalli, Shindilkodi, Telugu: Tippatige, Amrita, Guduchi, Bangla: Gulancha, Palo Gandcha, Giloe, Nepali: Gurjo, Punjabi : Gilogularich, Garham, Palo, Marathi: Gulavel, Ambarvel, Malyalam: Amritu, Peyamritum, Chittamritum, English: Indian Tinospora, heart leaved tinospora, Moon seed, Gulancha Tinospora, Gilo, Gullbel, Giloe.
Introduction to Giloy:
Amrita, Amritvalli means every green. Its leaves are soft and appear like betel leaves. Its fruts are in the shape of peanuts. The plants on which it takes support, it has a tendency to acquire its properties. Giloy wich clibs the neem plant is considered to be the best. In Charak’s Bayah Sthapan, Daahprashaman, Trishna Nigrahan, Stanya Shodhan, and also in Sushrut’s Guduchyadi, Ballipanchmool, we find its detailed description.
Chemical composition of Giloy:
Giloy’s Kand contains almost 1.2 per cent starch and many acrid components are found. One of them is Giloyn which is an acrid glucocide and tinosporine, Pamerine, Tinosporic, acid. One of the important bases of it is Barberine. Besides this, bitter glucoside, giloemine, cardiol, cardioside, tinosporidine, etc are bio chemicals. They contain a vaporising oil which contain fats, alcohol and many types of fatty acids.
Ayurvedic properties and effects of Giloy:
It cures Tridosh. Being smooth, it can cure gastric, acrid nature can cure cough and pitta. Guduchi can
cure leprosy, pain, trishnanigrahan, chhardinigrahan, deepan, improve digestion, it is also Pittasarak, Anuloman and kills stomach worms. It also maintains the balance of acid in the stomach. It gives strength to the heart, it is effective blood related problems, jaundice, etc. In the problems like cough, weakness, fever and diabetes, it is very effective. Modern medical experts are of the view that the herb can effectively deal with virus infection and worms. The bacteria which causes TB (Tuberculosis). Where ever the bacteria of this disease lies in the body in dormant state in the body, Giloy destroys it. The germs of e coli which give us serious illness are also destroyed by it. It contains fungocitic index in abundance. It means it can destroy disease carrying bacteria and virus as the blood’s particles do. It gives immediate result in the glucose tolerance and hyper glycemia. It increases the formation of insulin and its assimilation in the blood. Hence it controls blood sugar. It cures gastric when it is taken with ghee and cures constipation when taken with jiagry. When taken with Khand it cures pitta problem, when taken with honey cures cough, when taken with dry ginger, it will cure aamvaat. When it is taken with caster oil, it cures gastric. Its leaves are bitter, sweet and light, it gives strength to our body, good for health. Guduchi is pure, sweet, light
and cures Tridosh, Pathya, Deepan, strengthens sperm, it is useful in jaundice, fever, chhardi, chronic fever, hepatitis B, cough, lack of appetite, piles, tuberculosis, Pradar, Somrog, etc. Extract of this plant there is found to be anti-fever power and it also works like insulin. Its powder and juice stimulates the functioning of the brain. It also shows actions of strong immune system. It destroys fever. It aqueous extract shows the actions of Pratyurjata. When used on rats, it was found to be effective in curing swelling and pain. Its alcoholic extract strengthens bone marrow.
How to use Giloy in Health Problems -
Medicinal use and method to use Giloy
• Uses of Giloy in Eye problems:
Take 10 ml Giloy extract and 1-1 gm Saindhav salt and honey and mix it well in a pot and apply in the eyes. It will cure Timir, Pilla, piles, Kach, Kandu, Lingnash, black and white eye related diseases. •Make tea of Giloy extract and Triphala by adding in it Pippali powder and honey. It will improve your eye sight.
• Use of Giloy in Tuberculosis:
Ashwagandha, Giloy, Shatavar, Dashmool, Balamool, Adusa, Pohkarmool and Atis are to be taken in equal quantities and make their tea and take 20-30 ml of it in
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the morning and evening. You should take milk in food.
• Use of Giloy in Vomiting:
If you have vomiting problem due to wandering in severe heat, take 10-15 ml giloy extract and add 4-6 gm sugar candy and take it in the morning and in the evening. It will cure the problem.
• Use of Giloy in Sangrahani:
Take dry ginger, Motha, Atees and Giloy in equal quantity and make its tea in water. Take this tea in 20-30 ml in the morning and evening. It will cure lack of appetite, Aamdosh and Saam Sangrahani.
• Uses of Giloy in Kaamla:
Make 20-30 ml of Amrita tea, add two spoons of honey, administer it to the patient 3-4 times, it will be effective in jaundice.
• Make paste of 10-20 leaves of giloy and extract its juice and add it in a glass full butter milk. If it is taken in the morning, it will be very effective.
• Uses of Giloy in Jaundice:
Take punarnava, neem extract, patolpatra, sonth or dry ginger, Kutaki, Giloy, Daruhaldi, harad, each in 20 gm quantity and make its tea. If it is taken in the morning and evening, it will cure all sorts of swelling, stomach diseases, side swelling, breathing problem, anaemia, etc.
• Use of Giloy in In the problems
like anaemia, jaundice, Halimak, take Giloy ras one liter, Kand Kalk 250
gm, milk 4 litre, one kg ghee and boil them together on low flame. When the ghee is only one litre left, filter it. Take 10 gm of it added in 40 gm milk in the morning.
• Use of Giloy in Liver problems and lack of appetite :
Take 18 gm fresh Giloy, 2 gm Ajmod, 2 nug small pipple, 2 nug neem seenk and crush them together. In the night add 250 ml water and store it in earthen pot. In the morning make its paste and administer it to the patient. If this is taken for 15-30 days, all your stomach related problems will be cured.
• Uses of Giloy in Prameh:
Take Giloy, Khas, Pathani Lodhra, Anjan, Red Chandan, Nagarmotha, Amla, Harad, Parwal leaves, neem bark, etc in equal quantity and crush them together and make its powder. Take 10 gm of it with honey. If it is administered thrice a day, it will be effective in Pittaj Prameh.
• Uses of Giloy in Mutrakrichchha:
In 10-20 mg extract of Guduchi, add 2 gm powder of Pashan Bhed, one spoon of honey and administer for 3-4 times to the patient. It will be highly effective.
• Uses of Giloy in Arthritis:
Take 2-5 gm giloy powder if given with milk 2-3 times a day will be very useful. • 5-10 ml giloy ras or 3-6 gm powder or 10-20 gm kalk or 2030 ml tea of it if given daily for some times, it is very effective in Vaatrakta and other diseases.
• Uses of Giloy in Leprosy:
If 10-20 ml Giloy ras or extract is given 2-3 times for a few months, it will be very effective in this disease.
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Uses of Giloy in Chronic fever:
• If the fever is 6-7 days old and the patient is not recovering , crush 40 gm Giloy well and keep it in earthen pot with 250 ml water over night. In the morning, squeeze it and filter it well. If 20 ml of it is given to the patient in the morning and two more times in the day, it will cure fever.
• Take 20 ml Giloy juice and add 1 gm pippali, 1 spoon pippali, one spoon honey and give it to the patient both in the morning and in the evening. It will cure chronic fever, cough, cough, lack of appetite.
• Vaat Jwar: Bilva, Arani, Gambhari, Sonapatha and Padhal roots and bark with Giloy, Amla, coriander, if taken in equal quantity, use them to make their tea, 20-30 ml of its tea should be given to the patient to cure Vaat Jwar.
• Vaataj: In curing fever, Guduchi extract is the best medicine.
• In 20-30 ml Guduchi tea, add Pippali powder, small Kateri, dry ginger, Guduchi tea (20-3-) ml and give it to the patient. It will cure cough borne fever, cold, cough and pain, etc.
• If equal quantity of Guduchi, Neem, Amla are used to make tea and some honey is added into it, this medicine is very effective in curing severe fever.
• Guduchi extract is highly effective in malaria.
• If the patient has fever and
cough, 20-30 ml guduchi tea is highly useful.
• In vaat fever, take equal quantities of guduchi, yavasa, dry ginger and nagarmotha and use them to make their tea. If 25-50 ml of it is administered to the patient, it is highly effective in vaat near.
• If 20-30 ml guduchi tea is cooled and some honey is added into it, it is effective in fever borne vomiting.
• Fever patients should use its leaves as vegetables in food.
• Roast its leaves on amber and get its extract and in its 25 ml extract, add 125 mg Sajji chhar and give it to the patient. It will be effective in fever, stomach related problems and cough related problems.
• Using guduchi extract cures internal fever and fever related burning
sensation.
• Blood cancer: After successful experiment on this, Swami ji himself said, “We have used wheat grass juice on many cancer patients wandering found it to be very effective. This experiment is still going on.”
Method To Use Giloy:
• Take giloy which has to be two foot long and as much thick as a finger, 10 gm green wheat leaves to be made paste with some water. Filter the paste well and take the preparation when you are empty stomach. Continue to take the medicines prescribed by the doctors along with this Ayurvedic medicines as it will help you to recover very soon.
Use of Giloy in Other diseases:
If 10-20 ml giloy juice is taken with jaggary, it will be very effective in constipation. If it is taken with mishri or sugar candy it will be effective in pitta related problems. If it is taken with honey it will cure honey. Aamvaat is cured if taken with dry ginger. Heart pain is cured if it is taken pepper and water. They should be used according to disease for seven days regularly. This herb is counted among Amrit Rasayan due to its amazing health benefits. By planting this herb in our house, we should use it for health benefits.
