{"id":357,"date":"2012-10-23T01:16:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T01:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=357"},"modified":"2013-02-13T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:38:18","slug":"bilwa-leaf-aegle-marmelos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Bilwa Leaf ~ Aegle marmelos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Bilwa<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bilva-Leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-541\" title=\"Bilva-Leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bilva-Leaves.jpg\" alt=\"Bilwa Leaf ~ Aegle marmelos\" width=\"200\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bilwa Leaf ~ Aegle marmelos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Aegle marmelos<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Rutaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: Fruit, root-bark, leaves, rind, flowers<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: found throughout India to the sub-Himalayan forests and Burma<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: bitter principle, volatile oils, pectin and tannin<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: &#8211;<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> ripeness &amp; unripe fruit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">hypoglycemic for diabetes (leaf),<\/span> <\/strong>antiparasitic, astringent; digestive stimulant, laxative, nutritive, stomachic, stimulant, tonic;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ripe fruit:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>sweet, aromatic, cooling, alterative and nutritive;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">fresh fruit:<\/span><\/strong> laxative<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">unripe fruit:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>astringent, digestive, stomachic, constipative;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">pulp:<\/span><\/strong> stimulant, antipyretic antiscorbutic;<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">fresh juice:<\/span><\/strong> bitter, pungent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: febrifuge, hemostatic, antipyretic<\/p>\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Main medicinal uses:<\/span> <\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>habitual constipation, dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, heart disease<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: dysentery, diabetes<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: tincture: \u00c2\u00bd -2 drachms qd; decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water qd-tid<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.botanical.com\/botanical\/mgmh\/b\/bael&#8211;01.html; http:\/\/www.holistic-online.com\/Herbal-Med\/_Herbs\/h134.htm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilwa Latin name: Aegle marmelos Family: Rutaceae Part used: Fruit, root-bark, leaves, rind, flowers Habitat: found throughout India to the sub-Himalayan forests and Burma Main constituents: bitter principle, volatile oils, pectin and tannin Energetics: &#8211; ripeness &amp; unripe fruit Main herbal actions: hypoglycemic for diabetes (leaf), antiparasitic, astringent; digestive stimulant, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,4,81,176,87,49,139,114,119,43,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiparasitic","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-astringent","category-digestive","category-hypoglycemic","category-laxative","category-nutritive-properties","category-parasiticide","category-stimulant","category-stomachic","category-tonic","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}