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Terminalia
chebula
Retz. of the family Combretaceae is an important tree of pharmaceutical and
trade value. In India it is distributed in the forests of Northern India,
Eastern India and the Southern Peninsula. The fruit of the plant is rich in
tannin and commonly known as myrobalan or chebulic myrobalan. In Indian
pharmacopoeia, fruit of T. chebula is extensively used as adjuvants
to other medicines in almost all diseases e.g. jaundice, splenopathy,
hiccough, cephalagia, epilepsy, leprosy and as astringent,
anti-inflammatory, digestive, cardiotonic. T. chebula has been found
to influence dermal wound healing and shown possible inhibitory activity
against HIV-I. Besides its medicinal value the T. chebula is of
social forestry importance. |
