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Market nameAmla
Urudu nameAmla
Arabic name /
Persian name		Amlaj / Amla
English nameEmblic Myrobalan
Original plant nameEmblica officinalis Gaertn. syn. Phyllanthus emblica Linn., Emblic Myrobalan
Family nameEuphorbiaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification fruit
Collection informationIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind, Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd.
Collection date1994/1/22
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
DescriptionFeatures:
Both dry and fresh fruits are used as drug. The dried fruit is globular, sub-hexagonal, upto 1.5cm in diameter, with a wrinkled surface of yellowish brown or greenish black colour. The fruit breaks easily, exposing a section of dried pulp and nut which contains triangular seeds of yellowish brown colour. Odour - mild an characteristic; taste - acidic and astringent.
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Amla, Emblic Myrobalan
Arabic name / Persian nameAmlaj / Amla
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Original plant nameEmblica officinalis Gaertn. syn. Phyllanthus emblica Linn.
Family nameEuphorbiaceae
Used partFruit (dry)
Distribution areaA moderate-sized, deciduous tree; native to tropical S. E. Asia and is now cultivated throughout India, and also planted in public parks. Also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh. Common in the mixed deciduous forests of India ascending 4,000 ft. on the hills.
DescriptionAmlaj is a well-known fruit. Dried fruit without kernel is called Post-amla Munqi. Amlaj is also soaked in milk and again dried then the resultant product is called Sheer amlaj (milk of emblic myrobalan). The Murabba (fruits cooked and preserved in sugar) of Amlaj is weaker (in effect) than the Murabba of Chebulic Myrobalan. According to the physician Yahudi, it is hot. According to the Indian physician Charak, Amlaj is calorific. It reduces the heat of blood.
Function and propertiesCosmetics, Ocular organs, Respiratory organs, Joints, Alimentary organs, Excretory organs.
The fruit is carminative and stomachic. Fresh fruit is refrigerant, diuretic, laxative and useful in chronic constipation. Dried fruit is stomachic, astringent, antidiarrhoeal/antidiarrheal. It is also regarded as cardiac tonic and hepatoprotective due to vitamin C contents as well as antibilious. It is good for increasing eye sight.
Specific actionsCarminative, diuretic and antiseptic.
Frequency in useAbundant.
Common usesCosmetics: It strengthens the roots of hair and darkens them. It is used by women for washing their heads.

Ocular organs: It is useful for eyes.

Respiratory organs: It strengthens and purifies the heart. It increases intellect.

Joints: It is very useful for nerves and joints.

Alimentary organs: It strengthens the stomach enabling it for better coction, satisfies the thirst, stops vomiting and increases appetite. Excretory organs: It stimulates the sexual urge. A group of physicians hold it to be a styptic drug. However, its Murabba serves as mild laxative. It is good for piles and expels the phlegm and black bile.

It is much benefit in palpitation associated with digestive complaints including flatulence, anorexia, dyspepsia etc.
Side effectOccasionally may produce constipation and colic.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentIt is cold and dry in the second degree.
Drug effectThe drug is considered useful for increasing eye sight and memory. Effective against palpitation of the heart (tachycardia), scurvy, cardiac and stomach debility, for biliousness and blood heat. Its extract is also applied in the eyes. It is tonic to stomach and liver and is an astringent.
Dosage3 to 5 gm.
Substitute Halilah Kabuli (Terminalia chebula Retz.) as stomach tonic.
Important compound preparationsJawarish Amla, Jawarish Shahi and Itrifal Aftimun.
ReferencesReference book　

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Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement
pp 106-107.

Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
p 198.

Avicenna's Tract on Cardiac Drugs and Essays on Arab Cardiotherapy, 1983. Hameed, H. A. Hamdard Foundation Press, Karachi.
p 67.

Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi.
p 55.

Dictionary of Economic Plants in India, 1996 (2nd Rep.). Singh, U; Wadhwani, A. M. and Johri B.M. Indian council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
p 78.

Al-Qanun Fil-Tibb. Avicenna. (English translation of the critical Arabic text), Book 2, 1998. Hameed, H. A. (editor), Dept. of Islamic Studies, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi.
p 44.

Al-Jamili Mufradt Al Adwiya Wal Aghziya (1197-1248 A.D.). Ibn al-Baytar. Vols. 1-3, 1985-1999. Central council for Research in Unani Medicine, Janakpuri, New Delhi.
Vol. 1, pp 129-13.

Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi.
pp 78, 85.

Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi.
pp 332-333.

RemarksNutritious - no known toxicity reported following the use of prescribed doses for recommended duration.
The fruit is considered very useful for checking bleeding gums and for tachycardia in Unani therapy.
Last renewal date2024/02/22
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