Gudmar

Description:

Gudmar was initially known as meshashringi in Sanskrit, which means “ram’s horn”. The plant can be described as a large, pubescent, woody climber. its leaves are elliptic, opposite or ovate. The small flowers are yellow and in umbellate cymes. The follicles are terete, lanceolate and up to 3 inches in length. The plant is native to the tropical forests of southern and central India. It is known as gurmar and merasingi in Hindi and   meshashringi, vishani and madhunashini in Sanskrit. The medicinally active parts of the plant are the leaves and the roots. It came to be known as "destroyer of sugar" in ancient times. 

                                    

Details:

Botanical Name : Gymnema Sylvestre

English Name : Suger destroyer, Periploca of the the wood
Common Name : Periploca of the woods, Gudmar,Gurmari, Gurmarbooti

Bengal Name : Merasingi

Gujarati Name : Dhubli, Mardashingi

Kannada Name : Sannagerasehambu

Marathi Name  : Kavali, Kalikadori, Vakundi

Sanskrit Name : Meshashringi, Medhunashini

Tamil Name    : Adigam, Cherukurinja

Telugu Name   : Podapatri
French Name : Ipécacuanha
German Name : Gymnema, Merasingi
Persian Name : Kista
Urdu Name : Gurmar Buti
Chinese Name :  Chi geng teng
Malyalam Name : Shiru kuranja

Family Name : Asclepiadaceae

Part Used : Whole plant, Leave

Medicinal Uses : 

• The plant is acrid, anti-inflammatory, anodyne, liver tonic,emetic and diuretic. It is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dypepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy and amenorrhoea.
• The fresh leaves when chewed have the remarkable property of paralysing the sense of taste for sweet and bitter substance for some time.
• It lowers blood sugar level and is good for the treatment both types of diabetes.
• The herb is useful for stimulating the heart; it increases urine secretion.
• This plant is also used for controlling obesity in the form of gymnema tea.
• Powder of the leaves is used in diabetes.
• When used for an extended time period, gudmar reduces blood sugar levels.
• It forms one of the ingredients in the manufacture of all natural medication for diabetes, apart from cinnamon, chromium, zinc, biotin, banaba, huckleberry and bitter melon.
• Extracts of the herb are believed to treat problems like hyperglycemia, obesity, high cholesterol levels, anemia and digestion.
• Gudmar suppresses the taste of sweet foods and consequently reduces the desire to eat.
• Its root is made into a paste or powder and applied to the wounds of snakebites.
• The herb controls and regulates weight, promotes healthy blood lipid levels, controls sugar craving and curbs sweet tooth.
• Gudmar is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dyspepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy and amenorrhoea.
• Chewing fresh leaves of gudmar paralyzes the taste for sweet and bitter substance for some time.

                                     

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