Highly beneficial Goose Berry (or AMLA)

Hope you would’ve read my previous post about the benefits and uses of dry ginger. Now I have taken the health usage of the very good wonder natural fruit AMLA. All Indian medicines give importance for this little beautiful fruit and use it as an herb because it contains valuable medicinal properties. Amla is often used ingredient in Ayurvedha or Siddha medicines. These small sized wonder is also called Indian GooseBerry.

Amla is nature’s richest source of natural vitamin C. No doubt that most of us

Indian Gooseberries (Amla or Nellikkai)

are using this fruit often in the form of raw, dry or juice (or atleast Pickles, mainly in south India). But to give you some information of its medicinal properties and health benefits I have taken this as subject in this post so that you may try to use this more and in your daily life to prevent many diseases.

Amla contains so much of vitamin C, vitamin B complex and also contains polyphenols and minerals like iron, zinc, etc. This fruit is rich in fibre, hence helps to maintain cholesterol levels. It helps to reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol and increases HDL (good cholesterol) thereby preventing heart problems

For diabetes also it helps. How? Because it contains polyphenols, which helps to keep sugar levels under control. It is widely used in Indian medicines to treat type II diabetes

Because of its anti-oxidant properties it even helps to prevent cancer.

Amlaincreases the Haemoglobin in blood and purifies blood.

It reduces the risk of gall stone formation.

In ayurvedha medicines, Amla is used in the famous Chavanaprash. This is a very ancient medicine, mentioned in old books and is a very famous one also (about 400 Crore or 80 mil USD market). Check out this wikipedia page on Chyawanprash.

Chinese vendor
selling Gooseberry

Gooseberry is also very much used in China. It is often used to cure throat inflammation. Here is a picture of a Chinese vendor selling Gooseberry.

Amla helps to cure sore throat. To get vitamin C to our body, consume one raw Amla daily.

It will also solve the constipation problem because it is rich in fiber. Daily or often the consumption of Amla will keep the balances of acids in stomach and improve digestion.

For mouth ulcer take some water add little Amla juice and gargle.  Amla is considered one of the best rejuvenating herbs in Ayurveda. It helps to improve immune system.

This herb is also used widely in many hair tonics since it enriches hair growth and hair pigmentation. It strengthens roots of the hair. Amla hair oil is very popular in India.

Note: For some persons, eating Amla first time might cause sore throat. Try it out first with small portion and then make use of it.

Hope you will make use of this wonder fruit more after seeing the above.  

I have mentioned here only few medicinal benefits of this wonder fruit. Have you used this or heard of any other benefits or uses of this Amla or gooseberry? Please share your information or experiences.

Health benefits of Lemon

Before discussing about Lemon, let us see what is Naturopathy? Naturopathy is a form of alternative medicine that focuses on natural remedies to stimulate and support the body’s own healing. Naturopathy follows and utilizes the healing power of nature.

In my previous posts I have given views about Honey, Sunflower seeds, Insulin plant, Turmeric etc., Now I would like to share views about the medicinal benefits of the small yellow fruit - Lemon. This beautiful yellow fruit is smallest among other citrus fruits and contains more health benefits.

This small ball shaped yellow juicy fruit is native to Asia

Photo Author: Elena Chochkova

and has been used in cooking and also for medicines for several years in almost all the countries. Lemon contains 5 to 6 per cent of citric acid. This acid naturally helps for easy digestion and is one of the reasons that Lemon is used in Indian traditional medicines.

Lemon contains most of the vitamins and minerals. It has got wonderful healing power. It has got rich vitamins like Vitamins A,B, C and B1 and also some iron, calcium, potassium etc., it is low in calories say 29 per 100 grams. Lemon is rich in dietary fiber and is also one of the very low glycaemic fruit

Medicinal Benefits

Accumulated toxins can be flushed out if we use lemon. It is considered as a Detoxification. Lemon juice is an excellent natural hair cooler. Juice of this fruit is used to treat disorders of throat and to prevent common cold and fever because it contains vitamin C.

By consuming lemon the immune system of body is boosted. Since it contains vitamin C, it enables to improve body’s resistance at all levels. Lemon acts as a tonic for liver and pancreas. This juice will improve appetite. It is an excellent remedy for Flu.

Drinking lemon juice is the remedy for rheumatic fever with pain in joints. Lemon tea will relieve head aches and heartburns also. As is commonly known, it is a wonderful simple remedy for nausea, vomiting and travel sickness.

Elderly people require more vitamin C than youngsters. Since lemon contains vitamin C it helps to strengthen the capillaries in certain vascular diseases. Lemon is used to relieve from constipation also.

Since lemon contains potassium which helps to control blood pressure. Lemon helps to control heart rate also.

Even for Uninary related infections and problems, lemon can be used. Lemon is a diuretic which prevents accumulation of fluids in the body. Its antibacterial property helps in reducing urinary infections.

Check out the Nutritional values of Lemon in this wiki page here.

If you are having acidity problems consult your doctor and before using Lemon regularly.  

Let me know your feedback about this topic. I will cover the usage of Lemon in next post.  

CAUSTICUM for Pains, Sore Throat and Urinary problems

In the last post, we saw about Bryonica Alba (BRY) which is an excellent medicine for Glaucoma, Constipation etc.

CAUSTICUM is prepared from blending of slaked lime and sulphate of potash. It is mainly used as first aid remedy to cure burn injuries, and all pains with burning feeling.

This medicine can also be used mainly to cure chronic Rheumatic, Arthritic and Paralytic problems indicted with tearing, drawing pains in the muscular and Fibrous tissues. It can also be used as cure for Restlessness at night with tearing pain in the joints and bones.

In the case of Head, main indications are Head feeling the sensation of an empty space between the forehead and brain.

Regarding Throat, CAUSTICUM is very useful remedy for Sore throat with dryness and pain and also to treat Stiffness and pain in the neck, throat, and back.

In the case of chest, this medicine can be used to cure the chest pain with palpitations.

This medicine can be used to cure patients with Sufferings due to dull and tearing pain in the hands and arms and also Feeling heaviness and weakness over the body.

Especially CAUSTICUM is a very good remedy in case of Urinary problems – e.g. when patient is Passing urine involuntary while coughing or sneezing, Urine is expelled slowly with loss of sensibility during urination, Retention of urine after urination and Feeling bladder full of urine but no desire to pass. This is also excellent medicine for getting relief from Bladder infection and Feeling urgency to pass urine.

For pain with burning feeling or burning injuries immediately choose this remedy CAUSTICUM. And also don’t forget to use for the urinary problems with the above mentioned symptoms

Dosage: Adult dosage is 4….4….4. For children 2….2….2. It will work with 30th to 200th potency