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Sunday, 02 July 2006

Herbal remedy for Anaemia, Jaundice and Dyspepsia Sans.----Dhatti; Amraphalam; Amalakam; Sriphalam. Eng.----Emblic Myrobalan; Indian gooseberry. Ger.----Gebrau-chlicher Amlabaum. Fr.----Phyllanthe Emblic. Hind----Aunla: Amlika; Anvurah. Ben,----Amlak; Amla. Mah.----Avala, (seed) Avalkati. Tel----Nelli; Usarikayi; Amalakamu-Jam.----Toppi-Mal. & Can.----Nellikay. Cing.----Nelli; Nellika. Burm.----Ziphiyu-si; Shabju. Punj.----Ambli Ambul, Guz.----Ambala. Cask.----Aonla. Arab.----Amlaj. Pets.----Amala. Habitat----The Deccan, the sea-coast districts and Cashmere. Parts Used.----The dried fruit, the nut or seed, leaves, root, bark and flowers. Constituents----Gallic acid, tannic acid, gum, sugar, albumen, cellulose and mineral matter. Action,----Fresh fruit is refrigerant, diuretic and laxative. The dried fruit is astringent. The flowers are cooling and aperient. The bark is astringent. Preparations----Decoction and Infusion of leaves and seeds a liquor, a fixed and an essential oil; confection; powder; paste and pickles. An astringent extract equal to catechu is prepared from the root by decoction and evaporation. Uses----The fresh fruit is used in Tnrkeystan in inflammations of the lungs and of the eyes as a collyrium-In Persia it is used as a vermifuge; the juice of the fruit is used; it is generally given with honey; the dose is from 1 to 3 drachms. The fruits are made into pickles to stimulate appetite. A paste of the fruit alotifi or with nilotphala (Nelumbium Speciosams, Kesar (Saffron) and rose water is a useful application over the pubic region in irritability of the bladder, in retention of urine and to the forehead in cephalalgia. An infusion of the seeds is given as a febrifuge and in diabetes; it is also used as a collyrium and applied with benefit to reoent inflammations of the conjunctiva and other eye complaints. The juice or extract of the fruit with honey and pipli added is given to stop hiccup and in painful respiration. The dried fruit immersed in water in a new earthen vessel a whole night yields a decoction which is used as a collyrium in ophthalmia. It may be applied cold or warm. The dried fruit is useful in haemorrhage, diarrhea and dysentery; with iron it is a valuable remedy in an‘mia, jaundice and dyspepsia. A fermented liquor prepared from the root is used in jaundice, dyspepsia, eough, etc. The juice of the fresh fruit and ghee mixed together is a good restorative tonic. A sherbat prepared from the fresh fruit with or without raisins and honey it a favourite? cooling drink which is said to have a diuretic effect. A decoction made by boiling 4 drachms each of the powder of emblio and chebulic myrobalans and one drachm of rhubarb powder in a pint of water is a laxative as well as diuretic, given in 2 ounce-doses to sick people. The juice of the bark combined with honey and turmuric is a remedy for gonorrhoea. The root bark rubbed with honey is used in aphthous stomatitis. A decoction of the leaves is also useful as a mouth.wash in aphthae. A mixture of the fruit juice and sugar relieves burning in the vagina. The leaves are used as infusion with fenugreek seeds in chronic dysentery and as a bitter tonic. For loss of taste after fevers a decoction of the emblic seed, dried grapes and sugar is used for gargling. A. decoction of the enablic seed, Chitrak root, chebulic my-robalan and pipli is given in fevers; so also a compound powder made of equal parts of the emblic seed, chitrak root, chebulic myrobalan, pipli and saindhava is used similarly, A powder of the emblic seed and red sandal is given with honey to stop nausea and vomiting. The seed fried in ghee and ground in conjee is applied as Lep to the forehead to stop bleeding from the nose. The seed burnt, powdered and mixed in oil is a useful application for scabies or itch. One tola of the seeds soaked in a tinned vessel during the night, and ground next morning, with cows milk and taken in 7 tolas or ^ seer of milk is a good remedy for biliousness. A powder made of the equal quantity of emblic seed and asvagandha (root of Withania Somnifera) given with ghee and honey is a restorative invigorator, especially in winter days. Half a drachm each of the emblic seed and gokhru powdered and mixed with 15 grains of essence of Gidancha and given early morning in ghee and sugar is an equally nutrient tonic. For diarrhea of children, a compound powder of the emblic seed, Chitrak root, chebulic my-robalan, pipli and padelone is given in suitable doses according to age, in warm water twice daily, morning and at bed time. The milky juice of the leaves is a good application to offensive sores. A fixed oil obtained from the berries strengthen and promote the growth of hair. The essential oil distilled from the leaves is largely employed in perfumery. The tender shoots given in buttermilk cure indigestion and diarrhea; green fresh leaves combined with curds have also similar effect. The flowers combined with other articles are used in the form of an electuary. The fruit is preserved, or made into confection. It is prepared thus:----The berries are first soaked in water for 12 hours; strain and throw away the water; boil the berries in fresh water for a couple of hours so that they may become soft; then grind them into a paste and add three times their quantity of sugar and make into confection; it is given in doses of 1 to 2 drachms. It is a pleasant purgative, useful in habitual constipation; it is employed by Hakims with much benefit in palpitation of the heart and in various complaints connected with digestive organs, such as biliousness, anorexia or dyspepsia etc. Other preparations recommended in Ayurveda are:----Dhatri Leha----Take of powdered emblic myrobalan 64 tolas, prepared iron 32 tolas, liquorice powder 16 tolas, mix them together and soak in the juice of gulancha for seven times, successively. This is given in doses of 20 to 40 grains in anaemia, jaundice and dyspepsia. Dhatri Arista or fermented liquor of emblic nayrobalans:----Take the fresh juice of two thousand emblic myrobalans, honey in quantity equal to one-eighth of the juice, powdered long pepper 16 tolas, sugar six seers and a quarter; mix them together, boil for a while and leave the mixture to ferment in an earthen jar. This liquor is used in jaundice, dyspepsia, indigestion, sough, etc-AJcsirul-ul-Imraz recommends the following mixture for leucorrhoea:----Take of Tuhhm Amla 5 parts and sugar-candy 2 parts. Mix and take for 14 days. An ointment made of the dried emblic myrobalans 4 parts, Camphor 1, Nux-vomica seed 4, Sulphur 4, Copper sulphate 1, Red oxide of mercury 2 parts and ghee, is a useful application in obstinate itch, prurigo etc, Chya/oanaprasa, an Ayurvedic preparation so familiar among the people is composed of the following drugs:----Barks of Aegle marmelos, Premna serratifolia, Bignonia indica, Gmelina arborea, Bignonia suaveolens, the roots of Sida cordifolia, Hedysarum gangeticum, Doodia or Uraria lagopoides, Phaseolus trilobus, Glycine debilis, the piper longum, Tribulus languinosus, Solanum zanthocar-pum, Ehus suocedanea, Phyllanthus niruri, Grapes, Cae-logyne ovalis, Aplotaxis auriculata, Aquilaria agallocha, Chebulic myrobalans, Tinospora cordifolia, Rid?hi (not) being obtainable, Bala or Sida cordifolia is used), Jivak (Not being obtainable, Tinospora cordifolia is used), Rishabhaka (Bhumi kushmanda or Bamboo Manna is used), Curcuma zerumbet, the tubers of Cyperus rotundus, Boerhavia diffusa, Meda ^Withania somnifera; not being obtainable Cassia fistula is used), Blettaria eardamomum, Nymphae stellata, Red sandal wood, convolvulus paniculatus, the roots of Justicia adhatoda, the root called Kakoli, & Leea hirta. Take one pala of each of these. Take also 500 fruits of Phyllanthus Eiublica and tie them loosely in a piece of cloth. Boil all these together in 64 seers of water down to 16 seers and strain the decoction. Throw out the seeds of the myrobalans and taking the remnants of the fruits, fry them in 6 palas of ghee and 6 palas of sesamum oil mixed together. The fried product is then to be reduced to a paste on curry stone. After this boil the decoction and this paste, with 50 palas of sugar candy. When the boiled matter assumes some degree of consistency, throw into it bamboo manna 4 palas, the powder of Piper longum 2 palas, that of the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum 2 tolas, that of the leaves of Cinnaoaomum tamala 2 tolas, that of Cardamoms 2 tolas, and that of the flowers of Mesua ferrea 2 tolas, and stir the contents When cooled, add 6 palas of ghee and keep the compound in a jar long in use for storing ghee. Dose « to 2 tolas, vehicle being goats milk. This is a nutritive tonic, useful in phthisis, and improves all conditions of debility.

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