Amla (Amalaki) – Botanical Name: Emblica Officinalis
Amalaki is one of the most commonly used and an important herb in Ayurvedic Medicine. Though all sour substances are said to enhance Pitta, Amalaki is an exception being Pitta shamaka.
It is a large deciduous tree with greenish grey or red bar. Fruits are berry, depressed globus, and flowers are densly fasciled along the branchlets .It is cultivated throughout tropical India. Amla is eaten raw or cooked into various dishes e.g. in making sweet dish like Amla Murrabha,to make pickles, chutney etc. Many use Amla powder for washing hairs since it acts as conditioner and keeps hair silky as well as healthy.
Amla also have many medicinal uses:
Dried seed powder 5gm twice daily for 4 weeks reduces the symptoms of Acidity. Dry powdered pulp of the fruit 1.0g/kg reduces the levels of serum cholesterol. Amla juice with turmeric powder is useful in Diabetes. Amla juice along with sugarcane juice helps in urinary problems like difficulty during micturation. In eye disorders the juice is found to be extremely helpful. In Asthma patients Amla juice is given with pippali powder and honey. A mixture of Amla pulp + teel + milk is useful as application for various skin disorders. Amla oil is used in hairfall, as it improves the texture of hairs. Amla powder acts as purgative so given in patients of constipation.
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