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Thu, 22 Feb 2007

Amla Berry: Divine Plant, Medicinal Food, Source of High Quality Vitamin C

From the Organic Consumer's Association: "The Amla berry (Emblica officinalis) is a traditional food and medicine that inspires awe in the mind of the serious herbalist due to its many known nutritional and medicinal benefits and uses. Amla berries have the highest amount of naturally occurring Vitamin C of any ripe fruit in the world used as a traditional food. Numerous studies conducted on Amla fruit suggest that it has anti-viral properties and also functions as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent." Learn More About Amla Berry

From Mapi Ayurvedic Products Inc: Here's a very informative page about the benefits of Amla Berry from the Ayurvedic perspective. There's a lot more to it than Vitamin C! MAPI lists 18 separate benefits for Amla Berry. To name just a few: Strengthen Immunity, Enhance Food Absorption, Balance Hyperacidity, Fortify the Liver.

According to the MAPI Amla Berry Article, "Amalaki is worshipped in several Vedic festivals. In sacred texts such as the Puranas, it is referred to as divaushadhi, which means it is a divine plant, divine ayurvedic medicine. One of the properties that makes it divine is that it contains five of the six tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, astringent and pungent. The only taste missing is salty. This gives it a holistic, balancing effect on the doshas. Very few fruits have this quality. ... that is the beauty of this fruit: it is tridoshic, which means that it is pacifying to all three doshas. It is good for all seasons, all weather conditions, and all body types. This is what makes it a divine plant."