Gymnema Sylvestre

Family Name : ASCLEPIADACEAE

Botanical Name : GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE

Common Name : PERIPLOCA OF THE WOODS, GUDMAR

Part Used : WHOLE PLANT, LEAVES

Uses : The plant is acrid, antiinflammatory, anodyne, liver tonic, emetic, diuretic. It is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dypepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy, amenorrhoea. The fresh leaves when chewed have the remarkable property of paralysing the sense of taste for sweet and bitter substance for some time.