Amla (Phyllanthus emblica):
Amla is a deciduous tree found both wild as well as cultivated over greater part of our country. The Amla branches give out branchlets, which bear two regular rows of simple leaves giving a false appearance of pinnate compound leaf with numerous leaflets. The minute flowers occur on the same branchlet, which develop fruits. The Amla fruit is fleshy rounded and slightly six-lobed with six lines running from tip to the base. When you open out the fruit, you will find its stone which contains 6 seeds inside it. The fruit (Amla) is green in colour and later changes into yellowish or brick red.Amla fruit is very rich in vitamin C, in quantities even 20 times that in vitamin C.
Uses of Amla:
Raw fruit is mildly purgative and removes constipation.
Powdered dried fruits help in curing anaemia, jaundice and bronchitis.
Amla sherbet taken along with lemon juice cures bacillary dysentery.
Powdered amla seeds have been found treating asthma.
Amla is very good in treating scurvy.(vit.C deficiency)
Amla is a deciduous tree found both wild as well as cultivated over greater part of our country. The Amla branches give out branchlets, which bear two regular rows of simple leaves giving a false appearance of pinnate compound leaf with numerous leaflets. The minute flowers occur on the same branchlet, which develop fruits. The Amla fruit is fleshy rounded and slightly six-lobed with six lines running from tip to the base. When you open out the fruit, you will find its stone which contains 6 seeds inside it. The fruit (Amla) is green in colour and later changes into yellowish or brick red.Amla fruit is very rich in vitamin C, in quantities even 20 times that in vitamin C.
Uses of Amla:
Raw fruit is mildly purgative and removes constipation.
Powdered dried fruits help in curing anaemia, jaundice and bronchitis.
Amla sherbet taken along with lemon juice cures bacillary dysentery.
Powdered amla seeds have been found treating asthma.
Amla is very good in treating scurvy.(vit.C deficiency)
