NELLIKAAI

            Nelli kaai  has high vitamin C content. It also has other minerals and amino acids. The tissue of the fruit has concentrated protein three times and ascorbic acid a hundred and sixty times compared to that of an apple. it has higher contents of mineral and amino acids than apples. Glutamic acid, aspacratic acid, proline, lysine and alanine are the amino acids that are present in gooseberries. The pulp of the fruit when dried and removed from the nuts contains Gallic acid, tannin, sugar, gum, albumin, crude cellulose, mineral matter. The fruit itself has chromium, zinc and copper. It is used to treat peptic ulcer and dyspepsia in a more effective manner. It has hypolipiadaemic and antiatherosclerotic effects in rats and rabbits. The fruit has antimutagenic which can fight off a certain strain of salmonella. .

NELLIKAI TONIC

 Ingredients.  

Kaatu Nelli-250 gm

Panai vellam-250 gm

Chukka powder-5 pinch

Ealakai powder-2 pinch

 Method of preparation:

Take a clean dried glass bottle, make one row  of nellikai inside the bottle and place panaivellam  above nellikai  heights about  one inch. Repeat the same procedure up to the neck of the bottle ending with panaivellam, then add chukka and ealam powder. Close the bottle with lid and place it in a dark room undisturbed  for 30 days. Then  filter it and consume the nellikai tonic.

 

Medicinal uses;

It is rich in vitamin C and Iron. Uses for anemia and cough.