The efficacy and function of Terminalia chebula

Nowadays, our living standards are constantly improving, but our health quality is constantly declining. Unscientific diet poses a potential threat to our bodies. Many Chinese medicinal herbs can regulate and improve our bodies. Here I would like to introduce you to Terminalia chebula.

【English name】 FRUCTUS TERMINALIAE BILLERICAE

[Source] This product is a traditional Tibetan medicinal material. It is the dried mature fruit of Terminalia billerica (Gaertn.) Roxb., a plant of the Combretaceae family. The fruits are harvested when they are ripe in winter, impurities are removed and they are dried in the sun.

[Properties] This product is oval or elliptical, 2 to 3.8 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm in diameter. The surface is brown, covered with reddish-brown hairs, which are fine and dense, with 5 ridges, which are smooth or have irregular wrinkles between the ridges. Hard texture. The flesh is 2 to 5 mm thick and is dark brown or light green-yellow. The core is light brown. 1 seed, seed coat brownish yellow, seed kernel yellowish white, oily. It has a faint smell and tastes astringent and bitter.

【Identification】 (1) The powder of this product is yellow-brown in color. Vascular-like tubular cells with thick, lignified walls. Non-glandular hairs are easily visible, consisting of 2 to 3 cells and containing brown-yellow material. There are numerous calcium oxalate clusters with diameters ranging from 17 to 54 μm. The stone cells are round, oval or rectangular, with obvious pores and grooves and stratified patterns. The endocarp has thick fiber walls, is lignified, and has obvious pores and grooves. The outer cells are reticulated. Oil droplets and threaded conduit are visible.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, astringent, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, astringes and nourishes blood, and harmonizes various medicines. Used for various fevers, diarrhea, jaundice, liver and gallbladder diseases, and weakness after illness.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-9g, mostly taken in the form of pills or powder.

【Storage】 Store in a dry place to prevent moth damage.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that Terminalia chebula plays a very important role in treating some diseases. The consumption of the traditional Chinese medicine Terminalia chebula should also be determined according to one's physical condition. Remember not to take the medicine blindly.