| Botanical Name (Latin):
Terminalia bellerica
Sanskrit
Name:
Bibhitaki
Common Name (English):
Beleric Myrobalan
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: + Pitta: -
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): kashaya
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, ruksa
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
longevity of cellularlife
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
respiratorypassaes, pancreas
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
tonic, laxative, astringent, digestive/appetizer, lekhana, tridosha hara, sothahara, rakta stamvana, dipana, anulomana, krmighana, kapha nasaka, vajikarana, dhatu bardhaka, cekacusya (good for eyes), astringent, tonic, expectorant, laxative
Indications
(Uses):
asthma, couigh, sore throat, laryngitis, bronchitis, stones, chronic diarrhea, dysentry, K = fruit for cough, hoarseness, and eye diseases. As part of triphala used in liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Oil from the kernel used as dressing for hair, externally fro rhreumatism. Unripe fruit is purgative. Dried ripe fruit is astringent and used in dropsy, piles, and diarrheaparasites, eye and skin diseases, hiccoughs
Contraindications
(Cautions):
acute diarrhea
Constituents:
K= fruit contains about 17% tannin; heartwood, bark and fruits contain ellagic acid; seed ocat of the fruit contains a gallic acid. Seeds contain about 20-25% yellow oil.
Active
Substances:
Plant Part
Used:
fruit
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