ABSTRACT
Emblica officinalis (EO: Indian gooseberry or Amla) has extended appraisal in an old and wise system of medicinal system. The plant has significant amounts of polyphenols, such as: gallic acid, ellagic acid and terpenoids, which act as therapeutic agents in different chronic peptic ulcer (PU). The fruit extract of amla is an anti-ulcer agent and pain reducing therapy. This book chapter covers its ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies focusing on the use of the plant in PU. This chapter provides information on ethnopharmacology, chemistry, clinical and preclinical studies of Amla in Peptic ulcer disease.
