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Terminalia chebula - Haritaki

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[[File:Terminalia chebula - South China Botanical Garden 2013.11.02 11-07-25.jpg|thumb|right|''Haritaki'', ''Terminalia chebula'']]
'''Terminalia chebula''' is regarded as a universal panacea in Ayurveda and in the traditional Tibetan medicine. The fruit also provides material for tanning leather and dyeing wool,silk and cotton.
This tree yields smallish==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, ribbed and nut-like fruits which are picked when still green and then pickled{{Uses|Cuts}}, boiled with a little added sugar in their own syrup or used in preserves. The seed of the fruit{{Uses|Snakebites}}, which has an elliptical shape{{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, is an abrasive seed enveloped by a fleshy and firm pulp. It is regarded as a universal panacea in Ayurveda and in the traditional Tibetan medicine. The fruit also provides material for tanning leather and dyeing wool{{Uses|Skin eruptions}},silk and cotton.{{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
Seven types of fruit are recognized (i.e. vijaya==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, rohini, putana, amrita, abhaya, jivanti, and chetaki), based on the region where the fruit is harvested, as well as the colour and shape of the fruit. Generally speaking, the vijaya variety is preferred, which is traditionally grown in the Vindhya Range of west-central India, and has a roundish as opposed to a more angular shape{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
In Ayurveda==Chemical Composition==Main chemical constitutes are chebulagic acid, Haritaki is wonder medicine and is used to cure many types of diseases.Terminalia chebula herb has astringentchebulinic acid, corilagin, beta-sitosterol, gallic acid, ellagic acid, ethyl gallate,rejuvenatingtannic acid,laxative and purgative propertiesgalloyl glucose & chebulaginic acid.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Chebulic myrobalan* '''Kannada''' Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - ಅಳಲೆಕಾಯಿTherepeutics.* '''Hindi''' - हर्रा===Dravya===
== External Links =Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===
==Habit=={{Habit|Evergreen Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers are simple or branched axillary spikes. Flowering from March-May}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Obovoid|7–10 mm|Fruiting April onwards|Oblong-ellipsoid drupe, faintly angled, glossy, glabrous|seed solitary}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==*[[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Succeeds in tropical and subtropical areas up to an elevation of 1,500 metres, exceptionally to 2,000 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean maximum and minimum annual temperatures are within the range 22 - 35°c, though it can tolerate<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Scattered in teak forest}}, {{Commonly seen|mixed deciduous forest}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px"> Gardenology.org-IMG 8014 qsbg11mar.jpg Harado (Prakrit- हरडओ) (3309176804).jpg  Hardi (Gujatati- હરડી) (3308353833).jpg  Hardi (Konkani- हरडी) (3641857568).jpg  Haritaki (Bengali- হরীতকী) (3496496138).jpg </gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.motherherbs.com/terminalia-chebula-extract.html "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://en.wikipediaindiabiodiversity.org/wikispecies/show/31838 "Morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/Terminalia_chebula cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Terminalia +chebula"Cultivation Details"]</ref></references> ==External Links==* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3631759/ The development of Terminalia chebula Retz. (Combretaceae) in clinical research]* [https://haritaki.org/cultivation-of-haritaki-myrobalans-terminalia-chebula/ Learn How to grow Haritaki]* [http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/description-leaf.php?id=149 Terminalia chebula on pitchandikulam-herbarium.org]* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/library/haritaki-terminalia-chebula Terminalia chebula on planet ayurveda]
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