GULANCHA HEART LEAVED MOONSEED

GULANCHA, HEART-LEAVED MOONSEED (Tinospora cordifolia L.) +

Activities (Gulancha) :
Adaptogen (1; PR13:275); Alterative (f; KAB; SUW); Analgesic (1; WOI); Antianemic (1; FIT71:254); Antibacterial (1; WOI); Antiimmunosuppressant (1; FIT71:254); Antiinflammatory (1; WOI); Antineoplastic (1; ABS); Antioxidant (1; JE65:277); Antiperiodic f; KAB; SUW); Antipyretic (1; KAB; SUW; WOI); Antispasmodic (1; WOI); Antiviral (f; WOI); Aphrodisiac (f; KAB; KAP; SUW); Astringent (f; KAB); Bitter (1; KAB; SUW); Choleretic (f; KAB); Deobstruent (f; SKJ); Diuretic (f; KAB; SUW); Hepatoprotective (1; ABS); Hypoglycemic (1; WOI; JE70:9); Immunostimulant (1; PR13:275); Lipolytic (1; JE70:9); Mitogenic (1; PC52:1059); Stomachic (f; KAB); Tonic (1; KAB).

Indications (Gulancha) :
Anemia (1; KAB; FIT71:254); Bacteria (1; WOI); Cough (f; KAB; KAP); Cramp (1; WOI); Debility (f; KAP; WOI); Dermatosis (f; KAB; KAP; WOI); Diabetes (1; KAB; WOI); Diarrhea (f; KAB; KAP; SUW); Dysentery (f; KAB; KAP; SUW); Dyspepsia (f; KAB; KAP; SKJ); Dysuria (f; KAB; KAP; SKJ; WOI); Enterosis (f; KAB); Erysipelas (f; WOI); Escherichia (1; WOI); Fever (1; KAB; KAP; SUW; WOI); Fracture (f; KAB; SKJ); Giddiness (f; KAB); Gonorrhea (f; KAB; KAP; SUW); Gout (f; WOI); Hemorrhoid (f; KAB); Hepatosis (1; ABS); Immundepression (1; PR13:275); Impotence (f; KAB; KAP); Inflammation (1; WOI); Jaundice (1; ABS; KAB; WOI); Leprosy (f; WOI); Malaria (f; KAB; KAP; SKJ); Nausea (f; KAB); Pain (1; WOI); Peritonosis (1; ABS); Rheumatism (f; KAB; KAP; WOI); Snakebite (f; KAB); Sore (f; WOI); Spermatorrhea (f; KAP); Splenosis (f; KAB); Syphilis (f; KAB); Thirst (f; KAB); Tuberculosis (f; WOI); Urethrosis (f; KAB); Vaginosis (f; KAB); VD (f; KAB; SKJ); Virus (f; WOI); Water Retention (f; KAB; SUW).

Dosages (Gulancha) :
20–60 ml (1:20) infusion (HHB); 2–4 ml (1:5) tincture (HHB); 1–3 g powder (KAP); 1–2 g extract (KAP). Kapoor has very high dosage, methinks; 56–112 ml plant juice, with long pepper and honey, for cough, gonorrhea, and fever.

Extracts (Gulancha) :
Bitter principles in stem and bark are antiinflammatory, antipyretic, and antispasmodic (WOI). Alcoholic extracts are active against Escherichia. Drug seems to favor endogenous insulin secretion, glucose uptake, and inhibition of peripheral glucose release.