{"id":30473,"date":"2026-08-19T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30473"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:32:19","slug":"giloy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/giloy\/","title":{"rendered":"Giloy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Giloy Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Giloy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>climbing shrub<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>grows on other trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from the botanical family Menispermaceae.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Tinospora cordifolia\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giloy is also called <\/span><b>giloe, guduchi, and amrita, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among other names.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat and Distribution:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>native to India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>also found in China <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>tropical areas of Australia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows well in almost <\/span><b>all types of soils<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and under<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">varying climatic conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant is cultivated by stem cutting in the months of May-June.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s considered an essential herbal plant in<\/span><b> Ayurvedic and folk medicine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where people <\/span><b>use it as a treatment <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a wide range of health conditions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>All parts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the plant are <\/span><b>used in Ayurvedic medicine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, the <\/span><b>stem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is thought to have the <\/span><b>most beneficial compounds.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nutritional Value:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giloy contains several essential nutrients such as<\/span><b> copper, iron, manganese, zinc,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calcium, and phosphorus.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has <\/span><b>alkaloids, steroids,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> glycosides, sesquiterpenoids, <\/span><b>essential oils, fatty acids, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and aliphatic compounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally, giloy is <\/span><b>used to treat<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>fever<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">urinary problems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>asthma<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dysentery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diarrhea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>skin infections<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hansen\u2019s disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (formerly called leprosy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>diabetes<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gout<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jaundice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>anorexia<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eye conditions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/vets-turn-to-common-garden-herb-to-treat-tigress-with-deadly-viral-disease-11928117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giloy is a climbing shrub that grows on other trees, from the botanical family Menispermaceae. 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