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GUDMAR BUTTI – THFC Gudmar was initially known as meshashringi in Sanskrit, which means “ram’s horn”. The plant can be described as a large, pubescent, woody climber. Gudmar has a long history of use in herbal medicine and a broad range of therapeutic properties.It blocks sweet taste sensations. Its leaves contain triterpenoid saponins, flavonols, and gurmarin. The major biologically active plant molecules are gymnemic acids, a class of triterpenoid saponins, which have the effect of suppressing the taste of sweetness on the tongue from sucrose (sugar), stevia, xylitol, and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame.GUDMAR BUTTI – MADHUNASHNI – NAGAPUSHPI – GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE Benefits:It helps us in preventing and curing the following:It forms one of the ingredients in the manufacture of all natural medication for diabetes, apart from cinnamon, chromium, zinc, biotin, banaba, huckleberry and bitter melon.Root is made into a paste or powder and applied to the wounds of snakebites.The herb controls and regulates weight, promotes healthy blood lipid levels, controls sugar craving and curbs sweet tooth.Gudmar is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dyspepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy and amenorrhea.Chewing fresh leaves of gudmar paralyzes the taste for sweet and bitter substance for some time.Other Names:Gymnema sylvestrae, Mesha-shringi, Madhunashini, Ajaballi, Avartini, Kalikardori, Vakundi, Dhuleti, Mardashingi, Podapatri, Adigam, Cherukurinja, Sannagerasehambu, Gudmar, Gurmar, Barkista, Meshsingi, Gurmar, Small Indian Ipecacuanha, Miracle Fruit, Gymnema, Ipécacuanha, Gymnema, Merasingi, Kavali, Kadhasige, Kavki, Medhaashingi, Kista, Meshshrangi, Sarpadarushtri, Gurmar Buti