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Tinospora Cordifolia is a climbing shrub belongs to family Menispermaceae. It is commonly known as Giloy, Guduchi, Amrita, Gurach, Tinospora. It is a large, glabrous deciduous climbing shrub. The stems are rather succulent with long filiform fleshy aerial roots form the branches. The bark is gray brown and watery. The leaves are membranous and cordate. The flowers small and greenish yellow. This herb is found throughout tropical asia ascending to a height of 300 mts. Chemical Constituents The plant mainly contains alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, sesquiterpenoid, aliphatic compound, essential oils, mixture of fatty acids and polysaccharides. The alkaloids include berberine, bitter gilonin, non-glycoside gilonin gilosterol. The major phytoconstituent in Tinospora cordifolia include tinosporine, tinosporide, tinosporaside, cordifolide, cordifol, heptacosanol, clerodane furano diterpene, diterpenoid furanolactone tinosporidine, columbin and b-sitosterol. Berberine, Palmati...

The use of medicinal herbs and herbal medicines is an age-old tradition and the recent progress in modern therapeutics has stimulated the use of natural product worldwide for diverse ailments and diseases. Purslane or popularly called Purslane is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae extending from North Africa and Southern Europe through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malaysia and Australasia.                        It is a warm-climate, herbaceous succulent annual plant. It is eaten extensively as a potherb and added in soups and salads around the Mediterranean and tropical Asian countries and has been used as a folk medicine in many countries . Diverse compounds have been isolated from Portulaca oleracea, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, polysaccharides, fatty acids, terpenoids, sterols, proteins vitamins and minerals . Purslane possesses a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties such as neuro...

Jamun also known as Black plum,  jambolan,  Java plum . it is basically belong to Indian subcontinent, it is spread Overseas from India by emigrant, Jamun is an evergreen plant which is found in both wild as well as in cultivated form, mostly it is found everywhere like forest,  Garden, Bonsai.  It have oval green and one and half inch long fruits which turns purplish when ripen and dark blue when fully mature. It  has 1- 2 cm long seed inside, which taste bitter. plant  bears flowers in April - June and develops into fruit in June - July. Nutritional value per 100 gram Energy 51 k j, carbohydrate 14 g, dietary fibre 0.6 g, fat 0.23 g, protein 0.995 g,  thiamine (B1) 0.019 mg, riboflavin (B2) 0.009 mg,  niacin (B3) 0.245 mg,  Vitamin B6 0.038 mg,  Vitamin C 11.85 mg,  calcium 11.65 mg, iron 1.41 mg,  magnesium 35 mg, Phosphorus 15.6 mg, potassium 55 mg, sodium 26.2 mg. Therapeutic effects of jamun  Enti...

What is constipation? Constipation means having a hard, dry bowel motion (faeces) that is difficult to pass. It may cause straining, pain and discomfort. There may be slight bleeding from a small tear in the back passage.                                   Constipation is common, affecting one in five people. Everyone has different toilet habits. Some people use their bowels a couple of times a day to once every three days.                  As we get older most of us can expect to go less frequently. You are not constipated unless your bowel habits change.  What causes constipation? There are some common causes of constipation. • Not drinking enough water.  • A diet low in fibre (roughage). • A lack of exercise.  • Waiting too long to go to the toilet.  • Pregnancy. • Older age. • Me...