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Aegle marmelos - Bilva

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Bilva

Bilva consists of pulp of entire, unripe or half ripe fruits of Aegle marmelos Carr. (Fam. Rutaceae), a tree, attaining a height of 12 m growing wild and also cultivated throughout the country, rind of fruit is removed and pulp is bruised and dried[1]

Uses

Fever, Nasal bleeding, Diarrhoea, Skin disease, Intestinal worms, Cough, Diabetes, Vomiting, Cough, Stomachache, Infection in intestine.

Parts Used

Seeds, leaves.

Chemical Composition

Marmalosin, tannins, mucilage, fatty oil and sugar.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Bilva
Hindi Bela, Sriphal, Bel
Malayalam Koovalam
Tamil Vilvam
Telugu Maredu
Marathi Bel, Baela
Gujarathi Bill, Bilum, Bilvaphal
Punjabi Bil
Kashmiri Bel
Sanskrit Shreephala
English Bengal Quince, Bael fruit


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Katu (Pungent), Tikta, Kashaya

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Balya, Deepana, Grahya, Paacana

Prabhava

Habit

[[:Category:Habit - |]]

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pink Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
oblong pod Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled seeds upto 5 Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

tropical, Caribbean Islands, subtropical, pinelands, hammocks.

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References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 35.
  2. [THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 35."Chemistry"]
  3. [ "Morphology"]
  4. [ "Cultivation detail"]

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