David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
See book keywords and concepts |  Woodcutters in Southeast Asia eat amla fruit to avoid thirst, as the fruit stimulates the flow of saliva. It is reported in India that the fruit followed by water produces a sweet and refreshing aftertaste. In both India and Thailand, buses stop along highways to let thirsty travelers go to the trees to gather the fruit. The ripe fruit has been recommended to be eaten for forty days after a fast to restore health and vitality. It is a common practice in Indian homes to cook the fruit whole with sugar and saffron and give this confection to the children each morning. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts |  Amla fruit or triphala. amla fruit from India has twenty to thirty times more vitamin C than otanges, pound for pound, and is more bioac-tive and heat stable. It is a superlative antioxidant. Chyavaptash—amla fruit jelly, containing amla fruit along with about forty other herbs—is a mainstay of herbal medicine in South Asia, used as a rejuvenating tonic for the whole family from birth to death. The jelly can be purchased here in health-food stores and eaten from a spoon or spread on toast. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
See book keywords and concepts | | It was easy to identify the sweet and sour fruit adaptogens such as schisandra berries, lycium fruit, and amla fruit. These fruits are eaten widely in many parts of the world. The sweet-tasting roots of dang shen and licorice were likewise a pleasant addition to the diet. Other adaptogens with less pleasant tastes, such as shilajit or ashwagandha, rarely would be thought of for their culinary qualities.
The most common traditional form of taking adaptogens is as a tea. Almost all adaptogens (with the exception of shilajit) can be made into a tea, either by decoction or infusion. | | In capsules, shilajit usually is mixed with other substances such as milk, honey, triphala, amla fruit, or gymnema, depending on its intended use.
Safety Issues: Good-quality shilajit is processed by mixing the raw tar with water. It then is filtered, and the water is evaporated in the sun. This process is repeated six more times. Unprocessed shilajit can be contaminated with potentially toxic fungi. Shilajit contains substantial amounts of uric acid and should not be taken by people with gout, gouty arthritis, or uric acid calculi (small uric acid kidney stones). | | It frequently is prescribed for people with fatigue, poor appetite, anemia (taken in milk with amla fruit and ashwagandha), cachexia, and chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome. Several animal studies have indicated that it may inhibit breast cancer and stimulate increased immune system response. There is a long history of this plant being used to increase milk flow in lactating women.
Because of its ability to stimulate prolactin and libido, it is likely that shatavari has a stimulatory effect on the pituitary gland. | | A second preparation, phalaghrita, combines ghee, shatavari juice, milk, amla fruit, asafoetida, beleric myrobalans, chebulic myrobalans, Indian madder root, calamus root, and a dozen other herbs. This is cooked down to form a paste. Small amounts of this paste are taken daily to cure infertility and diseases of the female genitalia as well as to increase the quantity and quality of seminal fluid.
The root infused in oil is used topically to treat skin diseases. The leaves can be infused in ghee and applied to boils and sores. | | Vasant Lad)
Amla
The fresh amla fruit is used in Turkey to cure inflammation. In Iran, the tea is used to lower fevers. In Unani-Tibb medicine, Amalaz (the Arabic name) is used to restore vigor and vitality to the brain and heart. It is used as a restorative tonic to help in convalescence after debilitating fevers.
Amla also is used traditionally with the beleric and chebulic myrob-alan fruits to make one of the most famous formulas in ayurvedic medicine—tripbala. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts | | Chyavaptash—amla fruit jelly, containing amla fruit along with about forty other herbs—is a mainstay of herbal medicine in South Asia, used as a rejuvenating tonic for the whole family from birth to death. The jelly can be purchased here in health-food stores and eaten from a spoon or spread on toast.
Triphala is the most basic, highly prized tonic of Ayurvedic medicine, and contains "three fruits" (the meaning of its name)—amla, bibitaki, and haritaki—which are dried and powdered. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
See book keywords and concepts |  Other tonics include ash-wagandha root, shilajatu, mica oxide bhasma, wild asparagus root, schisandra berries, codonopsis, Siberian ginseng root bark, maitake mushroom, ganoderma mushroom, licorice root, guduchi stem, and amla fruit.
These herbs work directly against any hidden infection and tonify depressed immune cells, including NK cells. Choose based upon the patient's signs and symptoms, of course. For example, ginseng and astragalus roots are more heating and energizing, while ashwa-gandha root and ganoderma mushroom are more calming and neutral in energy. | | The effects were equivalent to those of amla fruit, guduchi stem, ashwagandha root, long pepper, and vibhitaki fruit (Rege et al, 1999).
Pharmacological studies in China and India have shown wild asparagus to possess various anticancer, cardioprotective, and immune stimulating effects (reported in Pandey, 1996; reported in Yeung, 1983; Thatte and Dahanukar, 1998).
Wild asparagus root also has shown a mild antacid effect on the stomach in humans and contains fat and carbohydrate digestive enzymes (Dalvi et al., 1990; Dange et al., 1969). | | Protection
Turmeric root, wheat sprouts, schisandra berries, amla fruit, beet root, and milk thistle seed are major sources of protective antioxidants for the liver cells, as are fruits that contain flavonoids, especially citrus fruits. These should be used to prevent development of inflammatory disease, or for damage protection as in the case of persons taking strong chemical drugs or undergoing chemotherapy.
Correcting Deficiency
The liver can become weakened and deficient. If this is not corrected, it can lead to liver atrophy and depletion of glycogen stores, even hepatitis. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts |  Sodhi recommends supplementing the diet with vitamin E (400 IU or more daily), selenium (200 meg daily), and vitamin C (up to 2,000 mg daily). The amla fruit is the richest food source of vitamin C and contains a wealth of bioflavonoids. Coenzyme Q10 and fish or flax oils are also important. Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry, is a powerful adaptogen, helping the body to cope with stress and maintain its natural equilibrium. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is an antioxidant with strong anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
See book keywords and concepts | | Piper chava), vidanga seeds (Embelia ribes), karipippuli (Scindaprus officinalis), trikatu, gold ore oxide (maksika bhasma), barley plant alkali (yavakshara), yavasa alkali (Alhagi mourorum), mineral salt (saindhavam), sea salt (samudram), and salt made with amla fruit.
• 4 parts each trivrit root (Operculina turpenthum), danti seeds (Baliospermum mon-tanum), patram leaves (Cinnamomum tamala), cinnamon bark (twak or C. zeylanicum), cardamom (sukshmaila or Elettaria cardamomum), and bamboo manna (vamsa or Bambusa species). | | The primary rasayana plants available include pueraria tuber (Pueraria lobata), shilajatu, licorice root, long pepper, gotu kola, guggul gum, amla fruit, vibhitaki fruit, ashwa-gandha root, guduchi stem, bala, haritaki fruit, gokshura fruit, aguru wood, punarnava
(Boerhavia diffusa), and hastikarnapalasa (Butea monosperma).
There are many classical Ayurvedic tonic formulas in widespread use in India and Nepal. Some of the best-known tonics are Chayavanaprash (Chayavana rasyayna), Amalaka rasayana, Nagabala rasayana, Shilajatu rasayana, and Guggul rasayana. |
Michael Tierra
See book keywords and concepts |  One small amla fruit has approximately twenty times the vitamin C of an orange. While this makes it one of the highest-concentrated sources of this important vitamin known, it is of even greater importance to realize that the vitamin C content of amlas are thermostable because they are bound up with certain tannins that make it nearly impervious to dissolution after drying, aging or subjection to heat. Amla is very sour and is one of the primary tonic herb foods of India. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts | | Chyavanprash, an herbal tonic jam made from amla fruit, is a sweet dietary supplement for the entire family. A noted blood cleanser, the dose for a child would be 1 teaspoon per day.
Licorice root benefits children's bones. It is sweet and quite tasty, but laxative. Small amounts should be used to bowel tolerance.
Marshmallow root is a gentle herb for bones that has a bland taste. It is also a good nourishing, soothing herb for the digestive ttact. Use 1/2 teaspoon as a powder stirred into food. | | Sometimes called Indian gooseberry, it's the world's richest known source of vitamin C and the most widely prescribed Ayurvedic medicine (it's the base of the popular tonic chyavanprash, an antioxidant fruit jelly, as well as one of the three components of the Ayurvedic tonic triphala, discussed earlier). amla fruit jelly can be eaten from a spoon or spread on toast, 1 teaspoon or more per day.
Such a valuable herb that it is considered sacred in India, holy hasil, or tulsi, increases uptake of glucose in the peripheral tissues of the body. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
See book keywords and concepts | | However, 2 weeks after amla fruit was discontinued, cholesterol levels rose again (Jacob et al., 1988). Also, all three fruits in triphala were shown to lower cholesterol significantly, although vibhitaki fruit (Terminalia beler-ica) proved slightly stronger than amla (Thakur et al., 1988).
ARJUNA BARK_
Latin: Terminalia arjuna Sanskrit: Arjuna
WHAT IT DOES: Arjuna bark is astringent in taste, cooling in action, and light and dry in property. It is an antipoison agent that tonifies, strengthens, and protects the heart and musculoskeletal system. |
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