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The amla fruit may be eaten raw or cooked, and in South Asia, the fruit is often pickled with salt, oil, and spices. It is used as an ingredient in dishes including dal (a lentil preparation), and is also made into amle ka murabbah, a sweet dish made by soaking the berries in sugar syrup until they are candied. It is traditionally consumed ...
The medical ethnobotany of India is the study of Indian medicinal plants and their traditional uses. Plants have been used in the Indian subcontinent for treatment of disease and health maintenance for thousands of years, and remain important staples of health and folk medicine for millions.
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. [3]The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone.
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80 percent of the population of some Asian and African countries presently uses herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care. [15] Some prescription drugs have a basis as herbal remedies, including artemisinin, [16] digitalis, quinine and taxanes.
Amla may refer to: Indian gooseberry, called amla in Hindi and called "आवळा" in Marathi language; Hashim Amla (born 1983), South African cricketer of Indian descent; Ahmed Amla (born 1979), South African cricketer and brother of Hashim; Amla, Madhya Pradesh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India; Amla (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh
A good potential source of special fatty acids, carotenoids, tocopherols, phenol compounds and natural anti-oxidants, [140] as well as for generally improving the nutritional value of foods. [141] Tigernut oil (or nut-sedge oil) is pressed from the tuber of Cyperus esculentus. It has properties similar to soybean, sunflower and rapeseed oils. [142]
Notes Alkanet root (Hindi: Ratanjot) Amchoor: Raw unripe mango is sun-dried and then ground to fine powder. (Hindi: Amchoor आमचूर) Asafoetida: Intensely aromatic - flavor profile sometimes compared to that of truffles and garlic. Used as a tempering spice. (Hindi: Hing हिंग) Bay leaf, Indian bay leaf