AEGLE MARMELOS


BOTANICAL NAME—Aegle marmelos ( Linn. ) Cor.
FAMILY—Rutaceae
COMMON NAMES—English-Bengal quince; Hindi-Bael; Malayalam- Koovalam; Telegu-Bilvamu; Tamil—Vivam.
DESCRIPTION—A small or medium sized  deciduous tree armed with straight sharp auxillary thorns which are 2.5 cm long. Leaves alternate, three foliate, but sometimes five foliate, leaflets ovate lanceolate, entire or crenate. Flowers in short lateral panicles, greenish white and sweet scented. Fruit a berry, 7.5-20 cm in diameter, globose, smooth, grey, yellowish or greenish, rind woody, pulp sweet and aromatic.
DISTRIBUTION—Grows wild in sub-Himalayan tract ascending to 1200 m and also in western Himalaya, central and south India. It is often planted all over India.
PART USED—Fresh pulp of fresh or half ripe fruit.
HOMOEOPATHIC USES
DYSENTERY and DIARRHEA-—For amoebic and bacillary dysentery. Most commonly associated with indigestion. Abdominal colic. Water brash from  mouth. Flatulence , wind comes out with  loud noises, worse in the afternoon.
DROPSY—Dropsy of any part of the body. Upper part of the eyelid swollen.  Dropsical swelling due to heart disease. Urine decreases considerably. Patient feels slight pain in the back and lumbar region, worse in the afternoon.  Excellent medicine in beri-beri.
BLEEDING PILES—Bleeding piles with constipation. Disorder of stomach. Indigestion. Flatulent. No desire for food.
FEVER—Influenza, when fever is a continued type. Chronic fever associated with hepatic and spleenic disorders.
IMPOTENCY—A remedy for impotency.
POTENCY-Mother tincture, 3x, 6, 30, 200

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