Dhanvantari Vatika धन्वन्तरि वाटिका

Botanical Name :- Tinospora cordifolia

Common Name :- Giloya

Family :- Menispermaceae (Guduchi Kul)

Habit :- A perennials weak plants.

Properties:-

Property – Heavyness, oilyness

Taste – Bitter, astringent

Potency – Heating

Metabolic Property – Sweety

Specific Property – Tridosh shamak

*Rejuvenator * Astringent *Health promotive *Stomachic & digestive

Part Used :- Stem

Dosage :- Powder – 3 - 5 gms.

Decoction – 50 - 100 ml.

Extract – 1 - 2 gms.

Uses :-

1. As Rasayana – Juice of mandukoparni, powder of yastimadhu, Juice of Guduchi (Root & flowers) & paste of shankhpushpi should be used with milk.

2. In Chronic fever – Decoction of Guduchi added with pippali powder destroys chronic fever.

3. In Prameha – Juice of Guduchi mixed with honey is useful.

4. In Jaundice – One suffering from jaundice should take the paste of Guduchi leaves with buttermilk.

5. In Vatarakta – Oil cooked with Guduchi decoction & milk alleviates Vatarakta.

6. In Splenomegaly – In take of the root of Guduchi with rice water alleviates Splenomegaly.