giloy ek bahut hi chamatkari aushdhi hai. ise amrita, gurch ya chinnaruha bhi kahte hain kyonki yah atma tak ko kanpkanpa dene vale maleriya ko bhi chinna-bhinn kar deti hai. tridoshnashak, tikt, katu aur ras yukt vali yah amrita sare uttar bharat men lagabhag sabhi jagah pai jati hai. giloy bahuvarshiya lata hoti hai. iske patte pan ke patton ki tarah hote hain.
giloy ka vaigyanik nam hai- tinosposh kardi foliya. shriramchandra dvara ravan ke sanhar uprant jab sabhi devta atyant prasann the, tab indradev ne yuddh men mare gaye vanron ko punarjivit karne ke lie amrit ki varsha ki. jo banude vanron par pari ve jivit ho gaye, jo dharti par pari unse hi is pavitra aur amrit rupi giloe bel ki utpaÿia hui. yah aushdhi oj vardhak, raktashodhak, shodhnashak (sujan kam karta hai), hridyrog nashak, livar tonik aur pratirakshan pranali ko prabal karne vali hai. hamare sharir men jyadatar rog tin doshon - vat, pitt aur kaf ke asantulan se hote hain. pitt ke asantulan se piliya, pet ke rog, jvar adi; kaf ke asantulan se sine men jakaran, shvas rog adi; vat ke asantulan se gais, joron ke dard, sharir ka tutna, asamay burhapa jaise rog hote hain.
vat rogon ke lie giloy ka panch gram churn ghi ke sath len. pitt rogon ke lie giloy ka char gram churn chini ya gur ke sath len. kaf rogon ke lie giloy ka chah gram churn shahad ke sath lene se labh hota hai. kisi bhi prakar ke roganuon, jivanuon adi se paida hone vali bimariyon jaise dengu, svain flu, maleriya adi; rakt ke pradushit hone se purane bukhar evan yakrit ki kamjori ke lie giloy ramban ki tarah kam karti hai. purane tayfaid, kshay rog, purani khansi, madhumeh (shugr), kushth rog tatha piliya men iske prayog se tunrat labh milta hai. varsha ke sath dengu ka khatra bhi kai guna barh jata hai. rakt men sankraman hone se panch chah din ke andar yah bukhar apna asar dikhana shuru karta hai.
dengu men sharir ke rakt men teji se pletlets ka star kam hota hai. giloy dengu se bachav evan upchar ke lie chamatkari aushdhi hai. giloy aur sat tulsi ke patton ka ras pine se sharir ki rog pratirodhak kshamata barhti hai. yah rakt ke pletlets ka star bhi barhata hai. iski karvahat ko kam karne ke lie ise kisi anya jus men milakar pina chahie. iska prayog dengu ke ilaj men safltapurvak kiya ja chuka hai.