Tinospora Cordifolia

A climbing plant, so tenacious of life that

when the stem is cut across or broken, a rootlet is speedily sent

down from above, which continues to grow until it reaches the

ground. A bitter principle, _calumbine_, pervades the plant. An

extract called galuncha is prepared from it, considered to be a

specific for the bites of poisonous insects and for ulcers. The

young shoots are used as emetics.