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Strengthens anti-infective response

Revered for being one of history’s most famous adaptogens, Guduchi (Indian Tinospora/Tinospora cordifolia) supports normal immune function and the body’s natural response to daily stress.

Guduchi is part of the rasayanas (traditional rejuvenators and important daily tonics) category of Ayurvedic plants. As per the Charaka Samhita, Ayurveda’s primary text, it is a medhya rasayana  or mental rejuvenative.

The herb supports the normal function of the immune system by maintaining optimal levels of white blood cells like macrophages. The plant is also used in dyspepsia and various types of fever.

In the Philippines, the natives used a variety of the Tinsopora plant as a general body-support tonic. They called it makabuhay meaning ‘you may live’ (US Dispensatory, 1918, Remington, Wood, et al, Ed.).

Guduchi, a climber with bark that peels of easily and numerous aerial roots, is found in the Himalayas and in many parts of South India. The stem contains alkaloidal constituents, including berberine and bitter principals, including columbin, chasmanthin, palmarin, tinosporon, tinosporic acid and tinosporol. The drug is reported to possess one fifth of the analgesic effect of sodium salicylate, which is commonly used in allopathic medicine as an analgesic and an antipyretic (to combat fever).