Do you know the amazing powers of Indian gooseberry for beauty ?

                                                                                 

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Hey there !

New year 2018 is just coming ahead and hope you are enjoying your holidays. However, many people are still on work.

Today, I thought to write on a super beneficial fruit that is loaded with vitamin c and iron.  Any guesses ??? Well, it is none other than Indian gooseberry or Amla.

Indian Gooseberry is beneficial
for beauty.

Indian gooseberry is also known as amla. Some people call it anwala too. The word “amla is derived from the Sanskrit word “amlaki”, which means “the sustainer” or prosperity. The Indian Gooseberry belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family which bears the scientific name Phyllanthus emblica. This tree is cultivated throughout the Indian subcontinent, but its derivative products, such as fruit and oil, have begun to spread throughout the world. Gooseberry fruit ripens in the autumn in wet, forest, hilly areas on the Indian subcontinent and is considered as a sacred tree in India. The fruit is very nourishing and is very sour in taste.

Indian gooseberry or amla has many
beauty and health benefits.

Amla shares a long list of health benefits with us. You can know more about this here. But, whether you consume it or apply it, it is very useful for beauty and benefits it keeping your skin and hair shining. It not only helps in getting rid of many beauty problems like hair problems but also enhances your beauty and can keep your skin youthful for long.

It can be used fresh, in juice form, in the form of juices, pickles, chutneys,dried form,in the form of candies or in the form of little bit salted amla.

But, the question here is how amla is beneficial for your beauty ???

May be you have heard about it at many places..but I am going to tell you here about most amazing uses and good facts about amla that how it is a super fruit for your beauty.

So, let's get started....

           BEAUTY BENEFITS OF INDIAN GOOSEBERRY FOR SKIN           

1). Cleanser -

Amla is having a very good cleansing property. It serves as a natural cleanser. It removes dirt and grime from the facial skin. It removes unwanted waste and dead skin from face.

To get the cleansing benefits of amla you can try following the following majors :

a). You can take fresh juice of amla and simply wash your face with it.
Do not wash with water. Leave it as it is and you can rinse it later with normal water.

b). You can boil amla in water. Use amla for your wonderful amla recipes and take water to wash your face.

c). You can make a face pack with amla powder. You can take a amla powder + water + olive oil. Now, you can make a thick paste by mixing all of these components. You can apply it on the face and wash it off after 10 minutes.

2). Good For Skin Health 

Indian gooseberry or Amla helps in maintaining skin health and enhancing beauty of the skin. You can make a habit of drinking amla juice daily in appropriate quantity. It is always better to make it fresh than to use bottled one. However, it is said that amla remains unspoilt for many days specially in winters. You can keep it in refrigerator too. You can mix equal proportions of fresh amla juice and aloe vera juice in appropriate proportion and drink it daily in the morning on empty stomach. Take precautions here as crossing the desirable limit can cause health problems. So, always consult to your doctor before consuming it.

Secondly, application of amla can also provide good health to your skin.

For this, try the following steps.

a). You can mash some boiled amla and apply paste to your skin. After 10-15minutes you can wash it away.

b). Grate or make a paste of fresh amla and apply it on the face. Rinse it well with normal water after 10-15minutes.

You can also add honey to these packs. Amla can make your skin dry too. So, don't forget to apply moisturiser after washing your face. Use amla packs not daily but regularly one times a week on the basis of your skin type.

3). Heals Skin Problems - 

Amla contains nutrients that makes it helpful in healing skin and treating skin disorders. This fruit has the cooling properties that makes it ideal for treating all kinds of skin problems.

4). Fights Against Free radicals -

Free radicals act as enemies for the skin. Antioxidants present in amla fights against these free radicals. This can control control acne and breakouts. The antioxidants in amla help in restricting free radical damage to the skin thus it also delays ageing and stops the onset of acne and age spots.

5). Anti-ageing - 

Indian gooseberry contains antioxidants. As described above, amla fights against free radicals that causes damage to the skin and hence, delays the ageing process. You can consume fresh amla juice to get the desirable results.

6). Natural Astringent -

Oily and pimple-prone skin can also benefit from amla. Make a face pack using amla powder, rose water and lemon juice. The astringent properties of amla and lemon will tighten the pores, giving you clear and healthy skin.

7). Treats Skin Irritation - 

Amla is very helpful in treating skin irritation and blemishes. It helps in getting relief from skin irritation.

Amla flushes out toxins from the body, reducing skin irritation and blemishes.

8). Maintains Skin Firmness -

Vitamin C is very important for your skin. Antioxidants play an important role to keep skin healthy and age spots & wrinkles at bay delaying the process.

Amla is very rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants. It contains a huge amount of both. It maintains and restores skin firmness by stimulating collagen production. This makes your skin more youthful and beautiful.

9). Brights The Skin Tone -

Indian gooseberry has anti-bacterial properties. The anti-bacterial properties of the fruit fights against infections and it has blood purifying abilities too. This helps in revealing the natural glowing complexion beneath the skin. It also revives the skin’s texture, making it smooth and supple. Consuming amla or drinking it's juice on a regular basis in desirable amount can in skin brightening.

Indian gooseberry or amla
can be consumed in various
forms. It can be eaten in chutneys,
in form of murabba, chyawanprash,
in dried form, in the form of candies
& can be consumed as juice mixed
with other juices. 

10). Calms Down The Pimples And Acne -

Amla powder is very useful for clearing pimples and acne. Oily skin is prone to pimples and acne. The amla extract is applied directly to the face to reduce pimples and oiliness. 

You can also try this :

a). You can soak Triphala Powder in water overnight. Apply this to your skin. Wash it away after 10-15minutes.

11). Reduces Skin Pigmentation -

The high levels of Vitamin C content in amla flushes out the toxins and metals from the body. It also helps in digestion. Amla helps to reduce skin blemishes and pigmentation.

12). Natural Anti-viral -

Indian gooseberry has anti-viral properties. These properties of amla makes it protect the skin from harmful pathogenic diseases.

          BEAUTY BENEFITS OF INDIAN GOOSEBERRY FOR HAIR           

1). Promotes Hair Growth :-

Amla promotes hair growth. Even beauty experts also recommend use of amla. Consumption and applying amla extracts can give beautiful long hair.

Amla strengthens the hair roots, promoting hair growth. The nutrients present in amla penetrate into the follicles. It makes the hair softer, shinier and voluminous. It also conditions the hair, making it less prone to breakage. It works greater than chemical based hair products in the market.

2). Expediates The Hair Growth :-

Indian gooseberry has effective amount of essential fatty acids that help in accelerating the hair growth. It expediates the hair growth.

Amla oil works as magic in hair growth. There are many products available in the market that amla extracts. Amla oil also maintains the black color of hair. I have a relative in our family who has more black hairs in the age of 72 years in comparison to others of the same age or younger. The magic behind that is he has always used amla oil on his scalp. He never replaced it with any other oil. Secondly, he had eaten "Amla Murabba"  empty stomach for long years.

You can massage your scalp with amla oil to get thick, long and shiny hair. For surprising benefits of amla oil, visit here.

You can also make your pure amla hair oil at home. Here is the recipe and steps.

India gooseberry or amla fruit (or powder) and extra virgin coconut oil are the main ingredients in pure amla oil. There are a number of recipes for making your own amla oil at home, including the use of amla powder, differing amounts of oil, as well as dried or fresh fruit or fresh fruit juice. However, I am telling you the simple recipes that will yield pure amla oil and which I prefer to use. There it is -

Ingredients  are :

You can take
fresh amla fruit (grated) or amla slices or fresh amla juice.
Take extra virgin coconut oil.

Step 1 – Squeeze out the juice from the grated amla fruit or take fresh amla juice.

Step 2 – Now you can add the coconut oil to the pure amla juice.

Step 3 – You can mix these two ingredients thoroughly.

Step 4 – Heat this mixture to a low flame. Always take precaution as it contains oil.

Step 5 – Now, allow to cool.

You can pply this oil to the hair and scalp in roots following the right procedure of hair oiling. Else you can also keep it bottle. Sieve it before pouring into the bottle if you want for further use.

                          OR,
Step - 1 You can take amla slices of gratings in an iron pan. Now, you can add coconut oil or any oil into it. If you don't have any other oil, you can also add good quality of vegetable oil too.

Step - 2 Now put it on low flame heat. After sometime put off the flame and let it cool.

You can simply put amla and oil in iron container in sun heat too. But it will take long if it's winters. Also amla tends to absorb oil. However, it also works well.

Step - 3 Now, take out the oil leaving solid particles and pour it into a clean bottle to use it whenever you want.

3). Natural Hair Dye/Color :-

Amla maintains the black color of oil.

It also adds color black to your hair.

A mixture of amla and shikakai powder can be used to color the hair naturally. A mixture of henna, amla, shikakai powder is also used to dye hairs naturally. Some herbs are also added to it to give more shine.

                                              

                         

4). Prevents Premature Hair Greying :-

Amla is capable of preventing premature hair graying.

The antioxidants present in amla helps in maintaing color of hair and enrich the pigmentation of the hair. Topical application of gooseberry in the form of powder or paste nourishes the scalp and prevents premature greying.

However, it depends on the person. The reason why I am saying this is that greying of hair occurs due to loss of melanin. In this case, you can try it but it is not guaranteed that it will work. You can consult doctor in the treatment to stop premature greying of hair then. Because it is really hard to stop this. I had researched and observed many people even children too.

If you are a teenager having grey hairs or you are suffering from premature hair greying then you can use amla to color your hair. I am telling you all this honestly because it matters.

5). Treats Severe Hair Fall :-

Indian gooseberry contains high levels of Vitamin C. It is very important for hair health too along with skin and eye health. It's deficiency can lead to severe hair fall when we talk particularly about hair health.

Amla provides sufficient amount of vitamin c preventing it's deficiency.

6). Treats Scalp Problems :-

Indian gooseberry is antibacterial in nature. It prevents the scalp problems  like eczema and dandruff. It clears the build-up from the scalp, reducing itchiness of the scalp.

7). Treats Dandruff :-

Amla is helpful in treating oil. You can apply amla oil or pack to treat dandruff. But, amla alone can make hairs drier too. So, use in desirable way.

You can use this recipe of amla shampoo or cleanser that is used from many years are is recommended by our grandmas.

Follow these steps :
You can take dried amla and boil it with reetha and shikakai in water for 10 minutes. Now, leave this solution overnight, drain and use it for washing your hair. And your natural amla shampoo is ready.

Interestingly enough, amla and it's juice is useful for hair health in many different ways, and it can be both consumed and topically applied. Drinking amla juice supplies minerals, antioxidants, and nutrients that promote hair.

However, if you topically apply this juice to your scalp, you can also help to soothe inflammation, stimulate the health of hair follicles and prevent dandruff. Finally, many people choose to mix amla juice with their hair products or organic hair washes, as this can help to improve shine and luster, particularly for those with brittle hair or split ends.


     

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Disclaimer - This blog is not intended to any prescription or expert advice. Always consult your doctor before consuming anything. Always check for your allergies. Always do patch test or allergy test before using or applying any product or any ingredient. Results may vary person to person. It depends on your skin type and health conditions too. Use info. on your own wisdom.

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