KP Phyto’s Newsletter
08 February 2024
NEWSLETTER
The Adaptogenic Vitamin C
Amla (aka. Indian Gooseberry, Emblic; Emblica officinalis,
syn. Phyllanthes emblica) is a small to medium sized tree
from East Asia, growing to about 26 feet in height and
producing simple close-set leaves along their branches.
The plant is useful in Agroforestry for cutting the branches
as a green manure, as well as in reforestation projects, as
they are a fast-growing pioneer species that can attract
wildlife.
The Amla fruit is a light greenish-yellow and sour, bitter,
astringent and fibrous in taste. Despite this, it has been
long valued for both food and medicine!
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The fruits are a very high source of Vitamin C, giving the
sourness of the fruit, with a high density of ellagitannins,
giving it bitterness as well. It is thought that its content of
tannins work to help give stability to the Vitamin C through
processing of the fruit and in formulation.
Amla in Ayurveda
Amla is popular in the traditional medicine of several
regions, such as in India, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Sri
Lanka, and Malaysia for thousands of years. In Ayurveda
Amla is considered to be balancing to all three doshas,
despite its very sour taste. In fact, it is considered to have
five out of the six rasas (tastes), except for salt, making it very
balancing. It is also thought to promote digestion and be a
rasayana herb as well, having rejuvenating and nourishing
properties for the whole body. In fact, another name for
Amla in India is Amalaki, a Sanskrit name meaning “mother”
or “immortality”.
In the Indian medicinal system it is used for promoting blood
sugar balance, healthy blood lipids, cognition and
neuroprotective properties. It is also one of the three herbs
in the famous Ayurvedic formula, Triphala. Other primary
traditional uses include for eye health, cardiovascular health,
joint health, and menstruation.
In Cuisine
Although the Amla fruits have a strong sour flavor, there are
numerous recipes which take advantage of this fact to make
delicious tangy dishes.
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ingredient quality. We also
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Full of Bioactives
Amla contains a range of phenolic compounds, including
tannins, phenolic acids and flavonoids, as well as other
interesting bioactives, such as alkaloids, phytosterols,
terpenoids, organic acids and amino acids.
Many parts of the plant are also used as a source of tannins,
the leaves used as a dye, and the fruits to produce a black
ink and hair dye. It is also used in shampoos and hair care
products. Amla seeds are also under investigation for their
antioxidant and cytokine balancing properties.
Amla is often steeped in salt water with chili powder to
make them more palatable, or they are eaten raw or
cooked in a number of dishes. Other common
presentations for Amla fruit are pickled with salt, oil and
spices, or soaked in sugar syrup to make a candied treat.
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Beautiful Science
Through scientific investigation, Amla has been found to
exhibit numerous activities, including antioxidant, blood
sugar balance, immune health, liver health, chemoprotective,
cytokine balance, cardioprotective, anti-aging, and blood
lipid balance.
In clinical studies, Amla has indicated promise for its wide
application of health benefits, including for its antioxidant
role, for cardiovascular health, blood sugar balance, joint
health, cognitive and digestive health. In a systematic review
of clinical studies, Amla was found to be beneficial for
promoting healthy blood lipids and metabolic health.
Unlike many of the other herbs considered “adaptogens”
(herbs that help the body and mind adapt to stress), the
existing science has not yet linked Amla’s adaptogenic
effects to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
However, we do know it has a strong and long tradition used
for rejuvenation of the mind and body and has a number of
bioactives which likely contribute to this action. Beyond just
being a source of Vitamin C, Amla has bitter components
that would stimulate the important bitter receptors of the
digestive tract, which play such an important role in
digestion, blood sugar balance and immunity.
Amla is also the adaptogen that has the most relevance to
personal care, as it has a number of traditional uses for this,
but also a food-based source of vitamin C and polyphenols.
Beyond its antioxidant function, studies have also found that
Amla extract can stimulate pro-collagen (a precursor to
collagen) when applied to skin, as well as promoting cell
turnover.
As the science continues to mount, it is easy to see how this
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Kerry Hughes, MSc., The Ethnobotanical Explorer,
Kerry Hughes, MSc.,The Ethnobotanical Explorer & principal
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Herbalist, with a 20-year record of success in natural product
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fascinating medicinal fruit also mythologically said to be
from the first tree to appear on earth—can form a
rejuvenating foundation for both our inner- and outer-
beauty and overall wellness.