Steinmetz:Tinospora

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Tinospora cordifolia

Also known as (or relevant to) Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora crispa (tuberculata) Cocculus cordifolius (crispus) Menispermum cordifolium Family Menispermaceae English Names Heart-leaved Moonseed shrub Natural Habitat India Ceylon Indian Archipelago Philippines China Part(s) Used Caulis Tinosporae Radix Tinosporae

Constituent(s) bitter principle starch and a trace of berberine Action sedative diuretic febrifuge antiperiodic bitter tonic stomachic hepatic stimulant aphrodisiac; in large doses the root is a powerful emetic