Amaltash Guda - अमलताश गूदा - Pudding Pipe - Cassia Fistula

Introduction:

          Pudding Pipe tree is very big, which height is 25-30 feet high. Its bark is dusty and with some redness. Mostly, its tree is found on everywhere. It is also planted in gardens, homes and other places for decoration. It is found in field area and forests of Dehradun (Name of city) in enough quantity. Its leaves are about one foot long, smooth and like blackberry leaves. Its leaves are fallen down in March-April months. Its flower are one and half to two and half (1.5-2.5) inches diameter and bright and yellow in color. Its flowers increase beauty of the tree. Flowers have no any smell. Flower’s bud is two feet long and in roll shape. Its raw buds are green and ripe are black in color, which hang on the tree in the morning for whole year. Bud has 25 to 100 seeds, which are flat and light yellow. The seeds have black pulp, which is used for medicine. Its bark is used for coloring of leather and making rope after dyeing and removing silk.  

Name In Different Languages:

English                  -         Pudding Pipe Tree

Hindi                     -         Amaltaas, Dhanbahera

Sanskrit                 -        Aargwadh, Rajverksh, Nerpdrum, Hempushp

Marathi                  -        Baahwa

Gujarati                 -        Garmalo

Bengali                  -        Sondal, Sonalu

Punjabi                  -        Amaltaas, Nirdnalee

Telugu                   -        Relchattoo

Kannada                -        Kakkemar

Arabic                    -        Khiyarshambar

Dravidi                   -        Konnebhar, Shakkone

Assami                   -        Sonas

Latin                      -        Cassia Fistula

Qualities:

          Its juice is sweet and delicious in taste, cool in nature, heavy in digest and smooth and brings out phlegm. It clears the stomach and is useful for the treatment of fever, inflammation,heart diseases, blood disorders caused by bile, gas disorders, pain, stomach gas, spermtorrhoea, urine disorders, rheumatism, throat problems, intestinal pain, blood warmth andeye diseases

Useful in various diseases :

1. Throat problems:

• Boil ten grams root of pudding pipe with 200 milliliters water until it remains fourth parts then filter it. After that, take 1 spoon this decoction thrice a day to get relief in swelling, pain and tonsils of the throat quickly.
• Swelling of the throat and throat pipe is ends by gargling with decoction of bark of pudding pipe tree.

2. Skin diseases:

• Make a paste by grinding leaves of pudding pipe with vinegar and coat it on the affected part, it cures ringworm, itching, scabies, ulcer, pimples, etc. skin diseases. This process should be used minimum one week. Grind panchang (Leaf, root, flowers, fruit and flower) with water and make a paste from it. After that, coat this paste on the affected part to cure all the types of skin diseases.
• Grind equal quantity of leaves of pudding pipe, oleander and garden night shade with whey and thereafter coat it on the affected part to cure the skin diseases.

3. Loose-motion:

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Courtesy : AyurvedShala