Indian Gooseberry, Emblic myrobalan Fresh fruit is refrigerant, diuretic and laxative. Green fruit is exceedingly acid. Fruit is also carminative and stomachic. Dried fruit is sour and astringent. Flowers are cooling and aperient. Bark is astringent. The herb is also aphrodisiac, hemostatic, nutritive tonic, rejuvenative (for Pitta). It increases red blood cell count. It is one of the highest natural source of Vitamin C (3,000 mg per fruit) Amla fruit paste is a major ingredient of Chavyanprash, a popular Ayurvedic tonic. Amla is known as amritphala in Sanskrit, which literally means the fruit of heaven or nectar fruit. It is so called because it is rich in many desirable properties. It was described in a 7th century Ayurvedic medical text. According to several scholars, the sage Chyawan is reputed to have restored his vitality with this fruit. It is a deciduous tree about 10-18 meters tall found and cultivated throughout India. It can grow on plains and slopes upto a height of 200 meters above the sea level. The bark of the tree is thin, grey, exfoliating in thin irregular flakes. Leaves are light green, simple, many and closely set among the branches. Flowers are greenish yellow with male and female flowers separate, but on the same tree. The ratio of male : female flowers is higher. Fruits are round, fleshy, pale yellow in colour with six obscure vertical furrows. Properties And Uses a. Root Bark The root bark is astringent and is useful in stomach ulcers. b. Bark The bark is useful in gonorrhea, jaundice and diarrhea. c. Leaves The leaves are useful in curing conjunctivtis , inflammation, indigestion, diarrhea and dysentery. d. Fruits The fruits are sour, astringent, bitter, sweet, cooling, digestive, laxative, anti pyretic, diuretic and tonic. Amala fruit aids digestion, cures flatulence, helps correct body functions and metabolism. It has a wide usage – diabetes, cough, asthma, bronchitis, headaches, colic, hyperacidity, peptic ulcers, skin diseases, inflammations, anemia, jaundice, dysentery, diarrhoea, cardiac disorders, intermittent fevers. It is also very good tonic for the hair and is used to correct greyness of hair and finds extensive usage in hair oils. As a tonic, it is one of the main ingredients of chyavanprash.

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