AYUSH Ministry clarifies on safety of Giloy, warns against similar localized products
New Delhi: Responding to the concerns raised over safety of Giloy, AYUSH Ministry has recently issued an advisory stating GILOY also known as Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) is safe.
There has been a lot of controversy around Giloy in the past few days. Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about a study that claimed the use of herb Tinospora Cordifolia (TC), commonly known as Giloy or Guduchi, resulted in liver failure in six patients in Mumbai. These claims were dismissed by the Ministry of AYUSH immediately.
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Now, the ministry has also released an Advisory in this regard
Ministry of Ayush in the advisory has notified that Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) popularly known as GILOY is safe to use but some similar-looking plants like Tinospora crispa may be harmful.
Guduchi is a popularly known herb, familiarly known as Giloy and is being used in therapeutics since long in AYUSH systems.
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