Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers.
- Family: Menispermaceae
- Vernacular names: Amruthu, Chitamruthu, അമൃത്, ചിറ്റമൃത് (Malayalam), Moon creeper (English), Amrita (Sanskrit), Giloy (Hindi), Chintil (Tamil)
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
- Description: Climbers. Leaves broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 5-ribbed. Male flowers in racemes, female flowers-staminodes. Drupes sessile; seeds grooved vertically.
- Habit: Climbers/Lianas
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: January-June
- Parts used: Stem
- Properties & Uses: Thermogenic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic, antipyretic, digestive, carminative, cardio tonic and depurative. Stem is used to treat burning sensation, dyspepsia, stomachalgia, chronic fever, vomiting, cardiac debility, skin diseases, leprosy and cough.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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