HERBAL GARDEN
Vivek college of Ayurvedic Sciences & Hospital Bijnor UP
आमलकी
Classification
चरक- Vayasthapana , Virechanopaga, Kashhar, Kusthahar
सुश्रुत- Triphala, Parushkadi gana
भावप्रकाश-
Synoyms
Amrita- If it consumed, untimely death does not occur.
Amalki- It is totally filled with the properties of rasayana.
Dhatri- It is mainly consumed by people who desire the rasayana properties etc.
Vayastha- It acts as rejuvenate.
Sheetphalam- Its veerya is sheeta.
Vrishya- It is useds as Vrushya.
Habit
A small to medium sized deciduous tree, 8-18m in height with thin light grey bark exfoliating in small thin irregular flakes.
Habitat
It is wieldy found in forest and cultivated in all over india.
Morphology
- Stem - Straight and branched.
- Leaves- subsessile distichous, closely arranged, oblong 1-1.5 * 0.3-0.6 cm, light green.
- Flowers- Male & female in axillary fascicles together, greenish yellow.
- Fruits (फल) - Fleshy, drupe, globose, with obscure vertical furrow, greenish yellow. Often splitting into three 2 seeded bony cocci.
- Seeds- dark reddish brown, trigonous, hard.
Chemical Composition
Guna-Karma
Rasa- lavan rahit panchras
Guna- गुरु,Ruksh ,
Virya- शीत
Vipaka- मधुर
Karma- Rasayan
Doshakarma- Tridosh शामक
Medicinal uses
Useful Part
Fruit
Doses
Juice-10-20 ml
Powder 3-6 gm
Important Formulation
Chawanpras,
dhatri lauh,
dhatri nisha,
amalki rasayan
Hindi Name
आंवले
English Name
Indian gooseberry, Emblic myrobalan
Botanical Name
Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
Family
Euphorbiaceae