Herbal medicines have a long therapeutic history and are still serving many of the health needs large population world. However, quality control assurance remains challenge because high variability chemical components involved. T. cordifolia is commonly referred to as Amrita or Guduchi. All parts plant immensely useful due presence different secondary metabolites. We aimed investigate qualitati...

Tinospora cordifolia (TC) a traditional plant used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine widely. Different parts of this such as stem, roots, leaves are for treatment and control various health issues well an ingredient functional foods. It possesses many promoting protecting properties. The present article is critical review providing comprehensive discussion on therapeutic application significance TC....

Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage (PTBD) is performed in surgical jaundice to decompress the biliary tree and improve hepatic functions. However, the risk of sepsis is high in these patients due to immunosuppression and surgical outcome remains poor. This raises a question--can we do away with PTBD? To answer this query a study was carried out in 4 groups of patients bearing in mind th...

Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi) is an important drug of Ayurvedic system of medicine.It is widely grown at Western ghatts. It is used in diseases like jaundice, edema, gout, diabetes, swine flu (H1N1), hepatitis, hyper acidity, dyspepsia, fever, urinary and skin diseases. This plant contains Shicmic acid, which is isolated from plant parts and Tamiflu tablets are prepared at industrial level. To...