Emblica ribes

Name: Embelia ribes

Botanical name : Embelia ribes

Family : Myrsinaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS: Vidanga, Vilanga, Vella, Krimighna, Krimiripu

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Katu, Kashaya

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

Vipaka : Katu

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Wawrung, Embilia

Hindi : Vayavidanga

Malayalam : Vizhal, Vizhalari

Distribution – Throughout India, growing naturally in hilly areas.

PLANT DESCRIPTION : A large semi climber shrub with long drooping branches. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, entire, upper surface shiny; flowers greenish white seen in terminal or axillary lax panicled racemes; fruits grayish berries, become dark brown when ripe, containing single, globose seed.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, intestinal worms, skin diseases, nervine weakness, flatulence, colic, constipation, cough, asthma, bronchitis, migraine, fever and general weakness.

Useful part : Root, Leaves, Fruits.