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Botanical Name : Engenia Jambolana

English/Common Name : Jambul, Syzygium Cumini, Java Plum, Syzygium Jambolana

Ayurvedic Name : Jaman, Jambu

Parts used : Fruits, dried seeds and bark

Habitat and Botany : A tree 20-30 ft. high with long, narrow, peach-like Leaves. Flowers, green-yellow in terminal bunches, blooming in July. Fruit red to black. Seeds oval 0.25 -0.5 inches long and 1/5 inch round. It is found throughout the planes from the Himalayas to South India.

Principal Constituents : Seeds contain a Glucoside Jamboline, a Phenolic substance called ellagic acid, a trace of pale yellow essential oil, chlorophyll, fat, resin, gallic acid, albumen, etc.

Action and Uses

In India Jambul has long been used as a carminative, in diarrhea, stomachache, astringent and diuretic and anti diabetic. The fresh seeds are most effective in diabetes as they quickly reduce sugar in the urine. Glucoside Jamboline is said to have the power of checking the pathological conversion of starch into sugar in cases of increased production of glucose. It diminishes the quantity of sugar in urine and allays the unquenchable thirst in diabetes. Also in enlargement of spleen and as a diuretic in scantly or suppressed urine.

Jambul in the Products

Jambul in Gluco Health

Side Effects : No significant side effects information is available so far. According to Ayurveda, herbs are taken in combination with other herbs to neutralize the toxicity of one herb with the opposing effect of the other or to enhance the particular effect of one herb with the help of other.

Caution : According to Ayurveda, Herbs are taken in combination with other herbs to neutralize the toxicity of one herb with the opposing effect of the other or to enhance the particular effect of one herb with the help of other.

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