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Phyllanthus acidus Medicinal Uses: A potential treatment for cystic fibrosis. A decoction of roots, leaves and fruits used in snakebite. Roots purgative and toxic, root infusion taken in very small doses to alleviate asthma; root as an antidote to viper venom. Fruits astringent, used as liver tonic, stomachic. Seeds cathartic. Latex emetic and purgative, also drunk for coughs. Leaves used as a demulcent against gonorrhea, poultice on sciatica, lumbago or rheumatism. Leaves decoction are given as a sudorific. Bark are poisonous. Common Names: in English : country gooseberry, gooseberry, gooseberry tree, Indian gooseberry, Malay gooseberry, Otaheite gooseberry, star gooseberry, West India gooseberry in Burma (Myanmar): thinbozi-hpyoo, thinbozihpyoo in Cambodia : kântouot srôk, kântûët in India : amalakam, amalam, are nelli, arenelli, ari, arinelli, arinellikka, arinellimaram, aru-nelli, arunelli, catakam, catatakamaram, catataram, catataran, chalmeri, cirunelli, harfarauri, ha...

Phyllanthus emblica is commonly known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, emblic myrobalan tree, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree and myrobalan. It is also known as Cicca emblica (L.) Kurz Diasperus emblica (L.) Kuntze, Dichelactina nodicaulis Hance, Emblica arborea Raf., Emblica officinalis Gaertn., Phyllanthus mairei H.Lév., Phyllanthus mimosifolius Salisb. and Phyllanthus taxifolius D.Don. Phyllanthus glomeratus Roxb. ex Wall. is an invalid/wrong name for Phyllanthus emblica. Phyllanthus emblica contains : (+)-Catechin, (+)-Dihydrokaempferol, (-)-Epicatechin, (-)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate, (-)-Epigallocatechin, (2S)-5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxyflavanone 7-(6-galloylglucoside), (2S)-5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxyflavanone 7-(6-p-coumaroylglucoside), (2S)-Eriodictyol 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, 1,2,3,6-Tetra-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, 1,2,4,6-Tetra-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, 1,6-Di-O-galloyl-beta-glucose, 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid, 4'-Hydroxyphyllaemblicin B, Afzelin, Chebulag...