AMALAKÌ (Dried fruit)

Amalak¢ consists of pericarp of dried mature fruits of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. Syn. Phyllanthus emblica Linn. (Fam. Euphorbiaceae); mostly collected in winter season after ripening and in Kashmir in summer, a small or medium sized tree, found both in natural state in mixed deciduous forests of the country ascending to 1300 m on hills; cultivated in gardens, home yards or grown as a road side tree.

SYNONYMS

• Sanskrit : Am¤taphala, Amalaka, Dhatriphala
• Assamese : Amlakhi, Amlakhu, Amlaku
• Bengali : Amla, Dhatri
• English : Emblic Myrobalan
• Gujrati : Ambala, Amala
• Hindi : Amla, Aonla
• Kannada : Nellikayi, Bela nelli, pottadenollikayi
• Kashmiri : Amli, Embali
• Malayalam : Nellikka
• Marathi : Anvala, Avalkathi
• Oriya : Ainla, Anala
• Punjabi : Aula, amla
• Tamil : Nellikkai, nelli
• Telugu : Usirika
• Urdu : Amla, Amlaj

PROPERTIES AND ACTION

• Rasa : Madhura, Amla, Katu, Tikta, Kashaya
• Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
• Virya : Sheeta
• Vipaka : Madhura
• Karma : Chkshusya, Rasayana, Tridoshajit, Vrishya

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS -  Dhatri Lauha, Dhatryadi Ghrita,Triphala churna.

THERAPEUTIC USES - Raktapitta, Amlapitta, Premeha, Daha

DOSE - 3-6 g of the drug in powder form.

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