🔘 AMALAKI

*AMALAKI:-* 

👉🏻Basonym of Drug:-

- Which protects the body by subsiding the aggravated doshas or the fruit is mainly sour to taste.

 

👉🏻Synonyms:-

- Vrutaphala:-Fruit is globose

- Kolama:- Fruit weights 6g

- Tishyaphala:- Fruiting season in pusya masa or the fruit are auspicious

- Amala:-Purifies the body

- Amrutaphalam:- Fruit is rejuvenating as Amrita

- Amruta:- Rejuvenating as Amritha

- Dhatri:-Fruit juice promote Dhatu and has similar properties as stanya

- Vayashya:- Promotes longevity 

- Vrushya:-Improve sukra dhatu

- Shivam :-Always beneficial

👉🏻 Regional Name:-

• English: Indian goose Berry 

• Hindi: Avala 

• Gujarati: Ambala

• Kannada: Nellikai 

• Malayalam: Nelli

• Marathi:Avale 

👉🏻 Botanical Name:- Emblica officinalis

👉🏻Family:Euphorbiaceae

👉🏻Classification Of Dravya:-

• Charaka:- Kusthaghna varga , kasahara varga , virecanopaga varga , jwarahara varga , vayasthapana varga 

• Sushruta:- Parusakadi gana , Amalakyadi gana , Triphala 

• Bhavaprakasa:- Nighantu : Haritakyadi varga 

👉🏻 Kula : Eranda

👉🏻 External Morphology:-

      

1. Root : Tap root

2. Leaf :

a. Type: Compound

b. Phyllotaxy: Opposite

c. Shape: Narrowly linear

d. Tip: Obtuse 

e. Margin: Entire 

f. Surface: Glabrous 

3. Inflorescence: Axillary racemose

4. Flower : Greenish yellow , complete , bisexual

5. Seed : 6 Trigonous , 3 celled nut containing , 2 seeds in each cell

6. Fruit : Fleshy globose

👉🏻 Types:-

• According to Raja Nighantu – 1. Vanya – small- hard  , 2. Gramya – big , soft , fleshy

• According to Cultivates – 1. Krishna , 2. Amrit , 3. Neelam , 4. Kanchan

👉🏻 Useful Parts : Fruit 

👉🏻 Important Phytoconstituents:-

- Fruit – Ellagic  acid , Amlaic acid , Phyllantine , Phyllantidine , Zeatin , Zeatin nucleotide , Zeatin riboside , Benzenoid , Chebulic acid ,  Chebulinic acid  , Gallic acid  , Ethyl galate 

- Bark – Tannin (10-20%)

- Leaves – Tannin (22%)

Rich source of Vit . C – 600mg/100g

👉🏻Rasa Panchaka:-

1. Rasa : Almaprabhan lavana varjit pancharasa 

2. Guna : Ruks ,Laghu , Sara

3. Virya : Sita

4. Vipaka : Madhura

5. Dosha karma : Tridoshahara

👉🏻Karma:- Rasayana , Pramehaghna , Jwaraghan , Vrsy ,Dahahara , Chardighana, Sophaghan , Ruchya , Medohara , Bhagana , Keshya , Caksusya , Kusthagha. 

👉🏻 Prayogartha Vyadhi [Therapeutic Indications]:-

- As a Rasayana , Prameha , Jwara , Rakta[itta , Pandu , Kamala , Sukra dourbalya , Daha , Chardi, Bhgana ,Sopha. 

👉🏻 Amayika Prayoga [Therapeutic Administratiom]:-

- In Prameha Fresh amalaki juice mixed Haridra taken everyday will cheek the Prameha .

 

- Jwara Juice extracted from Amalaki fruit fried with ghee is very useful in Jwara .

- In Pandu Amalaki curna  mixed with honey is effective in Pandu rota .

- Kamal Juice of Amalaki and grapes may be used in Kamal .

- In Raktapitta Amalaki curna mixef with more quantity of Madhu and Sarkara given as a Virechaka very useful in Raktapitta. 

👉🏻 Matra [Dose] :-

- Phala curna – 3-10 g , 

- Kasaya – 30-100ml , 

- Sarada – 10-20ml

👉🏻 Vishishta Yoga [Name Of Important Formulation] :-

- Amalaki kasaya

- Amalaki rasayana 

- Amalakyadi kwatha

- Bhrngamalakadi taila

- Triphala kwatha

- Triphala ghrta