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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.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, Whole herb.

Chemical Composition

Main chemical constitutes are chebulagic acid, chebulinic acid, corilagin, beta-sitosterol, gallic acid, ellagic acid, ethyl gallate, tannic acid, galloyl glucose & chebulaginic acid.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Arale, Halle
Hindi	Harra, Harad
Malayalam	Katukka
Tamil	kadukkaay
Telugu	Nallakaraka
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Kayastha, Jivapriya
English	Chebulic Myrobalan, Myrobalan

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Yellow	5-20	Flowers are simple or branched axillary spikes. Flowering from March-May

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Obovoid	7–10 mm	Fruiting April onwards	Oblong-ellipsoid drupe, faintly angled, glossy, glabrous	seed solitary	{{{6}}}

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

Seeds, 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^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Scattered in teak forest, mixed deciduous forest.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "chemical constituents"

[Leaf-2] "Morphology"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation Details"

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 ==Common names==
-{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
+{{Common names|kn=Arale, Halle|ml=Katukka|sa=Kayastha, Jivapriya|ta=kadukkaay|te=Nallakaraka|hi=Harra, Harad|en=Chebulic Myrobalan, Myrobalan}}
 ==Properties==