BIOLOGICAL MONOGRAPH: HARITAKI (TERMINALIA CHEBULA)
Journal: Matrix Science Pharma (MSP)
Letter to Editor
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ABSTRACT
India is richly endowed with a wide variety of plants of medicinal value. These plants are widely used by all sections of the society, either as folk remedies or as traditional medicines of the Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani systems. Terminalia chebula (commonly known as Black Myrobalan or Chebulic Myrobalan) is a medium
to the large deciduous tree, native to South Asia from India and Nepal east to Southwest China, and South to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam.[1] The tree yields a fruit which has an abrasive seed but a fleshy pulp. The seed, called “Harda” is also used in Indian cooking. The plant is highly regarded in Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicines. T. chebula has been extensively used in traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani) system.
| Pages | 65-67 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Volume | 4 |
