Apakah khasiat Amla?
Amla dapat merawat banyak penyakit seperti selsema dan demam. Ianya juga berfungsi sebagai diuretik, julap, tonik hati, penyejuk, perut, pemulihan, alteratif, antipiretik, anti-radang, tonik rambut; untuk mencegah ulser peptik dan dispepsia, dan sebagai penghadaman
Amla sering digunakan dalam ubat Ayurveda kerana sifat antioksidannya yang tinggi. Ia membantu mengawal diabetes dengan mengurangkan tekanan oksidatif dan mempengaruhi hormon yang berkaitan
Khasiat tumbuhan ini telah di buktikan dengan kajian saintifik
Apa itu Emblica officinalis
Emblica officinalis Gaertn. atau Phyllanthus emblica Linn, biasanya dikenali sebagai Gooseberry India atau Amla, boleh dikatakan tumbuhan herba ini yang paling penting dalam sistem perubatan tradisional India, Ayurveda. Kebanyakan bahagian tumbuhan ini digunakan untuk merawat pelbagai penyakit, akan tetapi yang paling utama ialah buahnya.
Ciri-ciri Emblica officinalis
KOMPOSISI KIMIA
Ascorbic Acid,Phenols, Ellagic Acid, Gallic Acid, Quercetin, Kaempferol, Corilagin, Geraniin, Furosin, Gallotanins, Emblicanins, Flavonoids, Glycosides, and Proanthocyanidins
AKTIVITI FARMAKOLOGI
Anti-radang
Antioksidan
Antimutagenik
Aktiviti imunomodulator
Antidiabetik
Antipiretik
Analgesik
Antitusif
Antiaterogenik
Adaptogenik
Kardioprotektif
Gastroprotektif
Antianemia
Anti Hiperkolesterolemia
Penyembuhan luka
Antidiarrheal
Antiatherosclerotic
Hepatoprotektif
Nefroprotektif
Sifat Neuroprotektif
KAWASAN
Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, China, dan Malaysia
Rujukan
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