Giloy : In News
Giloy, the climbing herb found in gardens and forests across India, has found an unusual patient in Madhya Pradesh, a young tigress battling canine distemper, one of the most dangerous viral diseases affecting wild carnivores.
- Giloy is a climbing shrub that grows on other trees, from the botanical family Menispermaceae.
- Scientific Name: Tinospora cordifolia
- Giloy is also called giloe, guduchi, and amrita, among other names.
- It is native to India but also found in China and tropical areas of Australia and Africa.
- It grows well in almost all types of soils and under varying climatic conditions.
- The plant is cultivated by stem cutting in the months of May-June.
- It’s considered an essential herbal plant in Ayurvedic and folk medicine, where people use it as a treatment for a wide range of health conditions.
- All parts of the plant are used in Ayurvedic medicine. However, the stem is thought to have the most beneficial compounds.
- Giloy contains several essential nutrients such as copper, iron, manganese, zinc, calcium, and phosphorus.
- It also has alkaloids, steroids, glycosides, sesquiterpenoids, essential oils, fatty acids, and aliphatic compounds.
- Traditionally, giloy is used to treat fever,urinary problems,asthma,dysentery,diarrhea,skin infections,Hansen’s disease (formerly called leprosy),diabetes,gout,jaundice,anorexia,eye conditions
