| Botanical Name |
Emblica Officinalis Gaertn. |
| Common Name |
Amla |
| Family |
Tuphorbiaceae |
| Part-Used |
Fruit, seed, leaves, root, bark and flower. |
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Active Compounds :
Fruit: Tannins, Polyphenolic compound
Fruit and Leaves: Fruits and leaves, 1, 3, 6-trigalloylglucose, Terchebin, Corilagin, Ellagic, Phyllenbic acids, Alkaloids Phyllantidine and Phyllantine.
Leaves and Stem: Lupeol and beta sitosteerol.
Seeds: Seeds, Linoleic acid and it closely resembles linseed oil, Ellagic acid and lupeol from roots.
Medicinal Properties :
The fruit is rich in vitamin C and Pectin. This is an antioxidant with the free radical scavenging properties, which may be due to the presence of high levels of superoxide dismutase. The fruit exhibits hypolipidaemic and antiathero-sclerotic effects in rabbits and rats. And also hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antimutagenic, cytoprotective, antitumour & antimicrobial.
Uses :
It is effective in the treatment of peptic ulcer, dyspepsia, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, gonorrhoea, jaundice, myalgia, cough, asthma, bronchitis, cephalalgia, ophthalmopathy, dyspepsia, colic, flatulence, hyperacidity, erysipelas, skin diseaes, leprosy, haematemesis, inflammations, anaemia, emaciation, hepatopathy, strangury, dysentery, haemorrhages, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, cardiac disorders, intermittent fevers and grayness of hair.
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