Aegle marmelos

 English name

-   Bael Tree

 Botanical Name

-   Aegle marmelos

Sankrit name

- Bilva

 Family

-  

 Country of Origin

-   India

 Parts Used

-   Fruit, Leaf

Extraction method:

- Fortified extracts,
Solvent extracts, Whole herb extracts

About Aegle marmelos:

The tree, which is the only species in the genus Aegle, grows up to 18 meters tall and bears thorns and fragrant . It has a woody-skinned, smooth 5-15 cm in diameter. The skin of some forms of the fruit is so hard it must be cracked open with a hammer. It has numerous seeds, which are densely covered with fibrous hairs and are embedded in a thick, gluey, aromatic pulp. It is cultivated throughout India, as well as in , northern , and in the .

·         Bael leaves are extremely useful for treating Diabetes, jaundice, cholera and asthma. Bael leaves are made into a poultice and used in the treatments of ophthalmia. Bael Leaf poultice is applied to inflammations - with black pepper for edema, constipation, and jaundice - with water or honey it is good for catarrh and fever.

·          Bael roots are sweet which cures fevers caused by tridosho, stop pain in the abdomen, the palpitation of the heart, poverty of seminal fluid and all types of urinary troubles and melancholia. Bael roots and the bark of the Bael tree are used in the treatment of fever by making a decoction of them. They are also useful in the disorders of vata, pitta and kapha.

·         Bael fruits are valuable for its rich nutritive, sweet, aromatic mucilage and pectin contents very good for all kinds of stomach disorders. Bael Fruits are very useful in chronic diarrhea and dysentery, particularly in the case of patients having diarrhea, alternating with the spells of constipation. Sweet drink (sherbet) prepared from the pulp of the Bael fruits produce a soothing effect on the patients who have just recovered from bacillary dysentery.

·         The pulp from unripe Bael fruits are soaked in gingelly oil for a week and this oil is smeared over the body before bathing. The unripe and half-ripe fruits improve appetite and digestion. As per Indian Ayurvedic concept this oil is said to be useful in removing the peculiar burning sensation in the soles. Rind is used for acute and amoebic dysentery, griping pain in the loins and constipation, gas, and colic, sprue, scurvy.

·         Peoples in South India use the juice of bael leaves to get relief from wheezing and respiratory spasm. The leaf juice is mixed in warm water with a little pepper and given as a drink.

Specification: Standardized to customer Specification

Herbal Extract packing:

Ø      25 Kg. HDPE Drum.