| In the charak samhita, an important and prominent | | | | The tree usually grows 4500 feet above the sea |
| herb is mentioned as a rasayan. This rasayan | | | | level. The fruit of the tree is utilized. |
| component controls aging and encourages long life. | | | | The wonder herb, Amalaki, comes with many signs |
| This herb is widely and frequently used to make | | | | and suggestions. It is extensively utilized in problems |
| ayurvedic medicines as it has several outstanding | | | | related to pitta as it possesses sheet virya potency |
| properties. Doctors say that if Amalaki is used on a | | | | and is a significant part of ayurvedic medicine |
| regular basis, you will survive more than a 100 years | | | | composition. It is the chief component in |
| and remain a youth. It revives all the various systems | | | | chawanprash, triphala and amlaki rasayan. It is used |
| in the body. It also strengthens and lets the systems | | | | as an alternative for treating diseases like scurvy |
| function effectively. It enhances our immune system | | | | caused due to vitamin C deficiency. Amalaki, |
| and thus prevents diseases. | | | | however, works on all other body systems. |
| The scientific name of the Amla tree is Emblica | | | | This abounds in Vitamin C. The Amalaki juice |
| officinalis and it is called amalaki in Sanskrit. It is the | | | | comprises of almost twenty times as much Vitamin C |
| greatest and the best natural source of Vitamin C, | | | | as the juice of an orange. One tiny Amla is the same |
| lacking only the lavan rasa - all the other five rasas | | | | as two oranges when considering the amount of |
| are present in it. Amalaki possesses the property of | | | | vitamin C. This rich juice is more swiftly absorbed into |
| being effective in the cold weather - it is sheet virya. | | | | the body system in comparison to the synthetic |
| It contains guru (heavy), ruksh (dry) and sheet (cold) | | | | vitamin - clinical tests conducted on patients suffering |
| virtues. Hence it is effective in pitta disorders. | | | | from pulmonary tuberculosis reveal so. It is an |
| However it assists in subduing the three intense | | | | important constituent of several Ayurvedic medicines |
| doshas. | | | | and tonics. Unnecessary salivation, nausea, vomiting, |
| The Amla tree has a medium height - varied from 20 | | | | giddiness, spermatorrhoea, internal body heat and |
| - 25 feet. The yellow flowers bud from the month of | | | | menstrual disorders are treated by this herb. It |
| February to the month of May. The greenish yellow | | | | enhances sattwa as it cools down the system and is |
| fruit is seen from the months of October to April. | | | | also an amazing liver tonic. |