{"id":30473,"date":"2025-03-02T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30473"},"modified":"2025-04-10T11:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:39:18","slug":"giloy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/giloy\/","title":{"rendered":"Giloy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Giloy Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The data from PubMed, a globally recognised database for biomedical and life sciences research, reveals a staggering 376.5% increase in the number of research publications around Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) over the past decade.<\/p>\n<h2>About Giloy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is commonly known as <strong>Guduchi <\/strong>and familiar as <strong>Amrita in Sanskrit<\/strong>, which translates to the \u2018herb of immortality\u2019, because of its abundant beneficial properties<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>popular herb<\/strong> and has been used in therapeutics for a long <strong>time in Ayush systems.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is a large climber with succulent, corky and grooved stems. It is found almost throughout India.<\/li>\n<li>It grows well in almost all types of soils and under varying climatic conditions. The plant is cultivated by stem cutting in the month of May-June.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Uses Of Giloy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is commonly used in the <strong>management of fevers<\/strong>. It is one of the important herbs for the management of gouty arthritis.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The increasing number of clinical studies and laboratory research suggests that Giloy may have a <strong>significant role in cancer therapy<\/strong>, <strong>autoimmune disease management, and even inflammatory disorders<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Giloy FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is the benefits of Giloy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Giloy is an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic (that reduce fever) herb and is useful in building up the immune system and the body&#8217;s defense against infections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What is Giloy called in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> T. cordifolia is commonly known as the Guduchi, Giloy, Amrita, and heart-leaved moonseed plant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2106960#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Description: Giloy is a popular herb and has been used in therapeutics for a long time in Ayush systems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}