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Amla or Indian gooseberry is single herb in the Charaka Samhita. It alleviate tridoshas and specially normalizes pitta. It has a reputation as a powerful rejuvenating herb. It is the fruit of this deciduous tree found mainly in India. It is greenish yellow in color, tastes sour and fibrous in nature. Amla contains minerals such as chromium, zinc, and copper and also used in the treatment of gastritis.

Amla is one of the widely used herbs in ayurvedic medicines. Charak and sushrut widely mention the use of amla for curative purposes. Amla due to sheet virya potency is widely used in diseases caused by pitta disorders. Well renowned ayurvedic preparations like chawanprash, triphala and amlaki rasayan possess dominance of Amla. It is very important part of most ayurvedic medicine and supplements like Triphala, chavyanprasha, Amalaki rasayana, arogyaverdhani vati etc.

Amla is a strong rejuvenates and it balances the stomach acids. It is helpful in absorption of food. Amla is an anti-oxidant, which prevents premature aging. It provides strength to lungs. It acts as a coolant. As it is a good source of vitamin C so it is used to treat eyesight. Amla prevents premature graying and falling of hair. Amla also helps in maintaining body weight due to its richness in nutrients.

Benefits of Amla:

Skin- it is very helpful in skin diseases as it has sheet virya in potency. It inhibits pitta and thus helps in getting relief from it. All the skin disorders are caused by pitta dominance. Regular use of Amla promotes glow on skin and delays wrinkles or loosening of skin. Good results have been found in eczema. Its internal use as well as its local application on scalp gives good results in hair loss as it provides nourishment to the skin on head (scalp). It stimulates hair follicles thus promoting hair growth and also improves texture of the hair.

Stomach Problems
It is highly effective in treating stomach ailments both liver and intestine related. Its regular intake helps in keeping away problems like stomach ache, gastric problems and infections. It is also a very good blood purifier hence it improves the health of liver which in turns keeps the toxins and infections away.

Improves mental stamina- Amalaki is a good brain tonic. It helps in improving the brain functioning and improve the mental concentration. It raises the grabbing power of the brain and also increases the retaining power.

Tones urinary system - it tones up the urinary tract and also helps in fading away any kind of infection that happens in the body. More over it also reduces the chances of calculus (stones) formation in the kidneys

Application and consumption of amla has an astonishing effect on hair and skin. Hair that has already gone grey can be reverted back to their original color by drinking any green vegetable juice in which 2-3 amla fruits have been crushed. Else dried amla powder mixed with water can be consumed. Amla juice also helps revive the elasticity of skin. Amla helps in regulating body metabolism, elimination and helps remove metabolic toxins from the body.

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