5 Benefits Of Giloy, The Queen Of Herbs

Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) is known as queen of all herbs. It is supposed to be the nectar of god Indra, that’s why, it is considered Amrita (pious liquid or nectar). It is used in the treatment and curing of many diseases and known as panacea for all the diseases and disorders. Giloy is useful in the promotion and restoration of health and make you ready for holistic well-being. It is helpful in de-stress and anxiety and having immunomodulatry effects. Besides, it has many unknown health benefits and uses. It is also very very useful in Dengue because it helps to increase the count of platelets.

# It is great for the immune system. It helps to cure infectious diseases of bones, lungs, intestines, blood disorders, intermittent fever and dysfunctions of the liver.

# When giloy is taken with ghee on empty stomach in the morning, helps to cure all types of skin diseases including, acute & chronic dermatitis, prickly heat, sunburn, pruritus associated with urticaria, all forms of cosmetic allergy, ringworm, psoriasis, leucoderma and leprosy.

# Giloy has a bacteriostatic effect on cornebacterium tuberculosis and E. coli thus helpful in gastro-intestinal disorders like dyspepsia, acid dyspepsia, gastritis, oesophagi flatulence, thirst, chronic diarrhoea, chronic dysentry, liver disorders, jaundice, biliary disorders, gastric and duodenal ulcer or in any gaster-intestinal colic.

# It stimulates the proliferation of stem cells and increases in total white blood cells and bone-marrow cells thus enhance antibody-producing cells and phagocytic activities. Giloy extract proved useful in reducing the chemotoxicity induced by free radical forming chemicals. The oral administration of rasayanas along with other indigenous herbal drugs were found to protect from Cyclophosphamide.

# The aqueous, alcoholic, acetone and petroleum ether extracts of the stem of Tinospora Cordifolia have shown anti-stress activity and Pyrrolidine isolated from the ethylacetate extract of T. Cordifolia showed central nervous system .depressant and hypoglycemic activity.

# Giloy along with piper nigum has positive impact on cardiac conditions such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, ischemic heart diseases and certain arrhythmias. It will help clear the obstruction in the arteries as well as in the heart and act as cardioprotective agent.