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Terminalia chebula Retz. var. typica

Abhaya

Section/Chapter	Herb database/Abhaya
Botanical name(s)	Terminalia chebula Retz. var. typica
Family	Combretaceae
Availability	Available
Contributors	--
Year of publication	2024
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI	Awaited

English name

Chebulic myrobalan

Therapeutic Use

Shotha (edema), Arsha (hemorrhoids), Aruchi (anorexia), Hridroga (cardiac diseases), Kasa (cough), Pandu (anemia and blood deficiency related diseases), Prameha (obstinate urinary disorders including diabetes mellitus), Udavarta, Vibandha (constipation), Jirna-jwara (chronic fever), Vishama jwara (different types of fever), Shiro-roga (diseases of head), Tamaka shwasa (bronchial asthma), Gulma (abdominal lumps), Udararoga (generalized enlargement of abdomen)

Other Varieties / Other Botanical names

• Buceras chebula (Retz.) Lyons
• Combretum argyrophyllum K.Schum.
• Myrobalanus chebula (Retz.) Gaertn.
• Myrobalanus gangetica (Roxb.) Kostel.
• Myrobalanus tomentella Kuntze
• Terminalia acutae Walp.
• Terminalia argyrophylla King & Prain
• Terminalia gangetica Roxb.
• Terminalia glandulipetiolata De Wild.
• Terminalia parviflora Thwaites
• Terminalia reticulata Roth
• Terminalia tomentella Kurz
• Terminalia zeylanica Van Heurck & Müll. Arg.

Identification Characters

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Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Haritaki, Pathya

Additional Synonyms in Bhavaprakasha Nighantu

Abhaya, Kayastha, Putana, Amruta, Haimavati, Avyatha, Chetaki, Shreyasi, Shiva, Vayastha, Vijaya, Jivanti, Rohini

Types

Bhvaprakasha Nighantu - 7

Sr.no.	Types	Characters	Utility
1	Vijaya	Oval	All diseases
2	Rohini	Round	Wound healing
3	Putana	Putana Small but with large seed	For external application
4	Amruta	Bulky	For purification
5	Abhaya	Five lines on it	Eye diseases
6	Jivanti	Yellow colored	Useful in all diseases
7	Chetaki	Three lines over it	For preparing powder

Kaiyadeva Nighantu- 3

1. Niraja
2. Vanaja
3. Parvatiya

Prashasta Haritaki (Qualities of Best Haritaki)

• Nava – new
• Snigdha – Unctuous
• Ghana – Hard
• Vritta – Round
• Gurvi – With weight
• Ambasi nimajjana – Sinks in water
• Dwikarsha – Double the weight of Bibhitaki (22 gm)

Ritu Haritaki

Sr.no.	Ritu (Season)	Anupana
1	Varsha (Rainy season)	Saindhava lavana (Rock salt)
2	Sharad (Autumn)	Sharkara (Sugar)
3	Hemanta (Early winter)	Shunthi (Ginger)
4	Shishira (Late winter)	Kana (Long pepper)
5	Vasanta (Spring)	Madhu (Honey)
6	Grishma (Summer)	Guda (Jaggery)

Actions of Haritaki on Dosha with Anupana

Sr.no.	Effect on Dosha	Anupana
1	Kaphahara	Saindhava lavana (Rock salt)
2	Pittahara	Sharkara (Sugar)
3	Vatahara	Ghrita (Ghee)
4	Tridoshahara	Guda (Jaggery)

Contra indications of Haritaki

• Adhwatikhinna – Tired of walking
• Balavarjita – weak
• Ruksha – who has dryness in body
• Krisha – lean
• Langhana karshita – Tired of observing fasting
• Pittadhikya – Excessive aggravation of Pitta
• Garbhavati – Pregnant
• Vimukta raktata – One who underwent blood letting

Haritaki Prayoga in different forms

2. Charvita – Chewed and swallowed increases Agni.
3. Peshita (Powder) – When triturated, acts as Malashodhaka (purifies faeces)
4. Swinna – When boiled acts as Sangrahi
5. Bhrishta – When fried, acts as Tridosha shamaka
6. Sahabhojana – When taken with food, Improves intellect, strength and functions of sense organs, Pacifies Tridosha

Evacuates faeces and acts as diuretic.

1. Pashchat bhojana – When taken after food, Alleviates the diseases occurred because of improper food and also alleviates Tridosha.

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties

Sr.no.	Pharmacological criteria	Properties
1	Taste (rasa)	Astringent (kashaya), Pungent (katu), Bitter (tikta), Sweet (madhura), Sour (amla)
2	Potency (veerya)	Hot (ushna)
3	Post digestion effect (vipaka)	Sweet (madhura)
4	Qualities (guna)	Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
5	Actions (karma)	Pacify vata, pitta and kapha
6	Extra ordinary effect (prabhava)	Removes all the three dosha

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities

Sr.no.	Reference in Charak Samhita	Activity
1	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 1/82	Phalini (Virechana) (Therapeutic Purgation)
2	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 2/29	Vatanulominiyavagu(gruel for flatulence).
3	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(12)	Arshoghna (anti – haemorrhoidal) mahakashay
4	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(13)	Kushthaghna (anti – dermatosis) mahakashay
5	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(24)	Virechanopag (sub – purgative) mahakashay
6	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(30)	Hikkanigrahana (reducing hiccups)mahakashay
7	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(36)	Kasahara (anti – cough) mahakashaya
8	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(39)	Jwarahara (antipyretic) mahakashaya
9	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(49)	Prajasthapana (promoting conception and implantation of embryo) mahakashaya.
10	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(50)	Vayasthapana (anti – ageing) mahakashaya
11	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 1/16	Vamanartha (for therapeutic emesis)
12	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/16	Preparations of Trivrut
13	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/30	Preparations of Trivrut
14	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/46	As an ingredient of Vyoshadi Modaka
15	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 7/50	As an ingredient of Pathyadi Modaka
16	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 9/7	As an ingredient of Tilvaka Yoga
17	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 11/7	Saptala Shankhini Yoga for purgation.
18	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 12/15	As an ingredient of Avaleha(linctus) Yoga
19	Cha.Sa.Kalpa Sthana 12/27	As an ingredient of Modaka Yoga

Dose

3-6 gm of the drug in the powder form.

Important Formulations

• Triphala Churna
• Triphaladi Taila
• Abhayarishta
• Agatsya Haritaki Rasayana
• Citraka Haritaki
• Danti Haritaki
• Dasamula Haritaki
• Brahma Rasayana
• Abhaya Lavana
• Pathyadi Lepa

Current availability

Available

• In India – Found in sub – Himalayan region. West Bengal, Assam, Madras, Mysore, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala.
• Out of India –
• South Asia – Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh
• Southeast Asia – Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
• East Asia - China

Current researches

 This article is under development ..