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Gymnema Leaf

Gymnema is a common herb of Monsoon forests. It is a large woody climber. The herb is much branched and young stem is densely pubescent. Leaves are opposite, ovate, elliptic with rounded or cordate base. Flowers are in Cymes. Fruits are lanceolate, generally single. In Chattisgarh, the flowering time is April to May.

	2 oz	4 oz	8 oz	1 lb
Gymnema Leaf c/s	$4.83	$8.46	$15.10	$25.37
Gymnema Leaf Powder	$2.88	$5.04	$9.00	$15.12

Properties/Uses - In Ayurveda this herb is mentioned as bitter, acrid, cooling, tonic, alterative, anthelmintic, alexiteric and useful in respiratory troubles, heart - diseases, piles, leucoderma and urinary discharges. The plant is stomachic, stimulant, laxative, diuretic and useful in cough. The active glucose lowering components of the plant are the gymnemic acids. These compounds also have been found to increase fecal excretion of cholesterol, but further studies will be required to prove whether this effect will have any clinical significance in treating hypercholesterolemia (high serum cholesterol). Other uses for gymnema leaf extract include its ability to act as a laxative, diuretic, and cough suppressant. These other actions would be considered adverse reactions when gymnema is used for its glucose lowering effect in diabetes. Gymnema leaf extract, notably the peptide Gurmarin component, has been found to interfere with the ability of the taste buds on the tongue to taste sweet and bitter. Gymnemic acid has a similar effect. It is believed that by inhibiting the ability to taste sweetness, people taking it will not eat as much sweetened foods, and this activity may be partially responsible for its hypoglycemic effect.

Botanical Name - Gymnema sylvetris

Part Used - Leaf

Common Names/Synonyms - Gudmar, Medhasingi.

Cautions - Drug interactions with gymnema extract are unknown, but it is likely that it will be additive to other antidiabetic medications the person is taking. Whether this interaction will require a dosage adjustment of current medications will require further study. And whether the laxative effect will also have an effect on the absorption and therapeutic response of other drugs being taken concurrently is unknown.

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