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Medicine Terminalia

Name

Medicine Terminalia

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Chebulae Fructus

Chinese Name

诃子

Category

Fruits and seeds

Medicine TerminaliaMore Info

Production Regions

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan.

Macroscopic Features

Fruit is oval or elliptical, 2.4cm long, 2~2.5cm diameter. Externally brown, slightly lustrous, with 5~6 longitudinal ridges and irregular wrinkles, 1~2 longitudinal raised projections among the ridges, thin and dense horizontal lines can be seen; base has round stem scar. Firm texture; after being cut, flesh is 2~4mm thick, yellowish-brown. Kernel is 1.5~2.5cm long, pale yellow, rough, hard, with one seed that has thin and narrow fusiform shape, 1cm long, 2~4mm diameter, membranous yellowish-brown seed coat, 2 white cotyledons twisted together. faint odor; sour and astringent taste at first, then sweet.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material is brownish-yellow, large, slightly wrinkled, and lustrous.

Properties

Bitter, sour, astringent; neutral.

Functions

Astringes the lung and intestines, downbears qi, promotes throat, clears coolness and resolves toxin. Apply to lingering diarrhea, lingering dysentery, anal prolapsed, cough and dyspnea with phlegm, aphonia due to lingering cough.

Origin

The dried mature fruit of Terminalia chebula Retz.(Combretaceae)

Medicine TerminaliaHerbs in the formula

Storax Pill

Action：Aromatically opens the orifices, moves qi and relieves pain.

Indication：Su He Xiang Wan is indicated for cold blockage. The symptoms are sudden fainting and locked jaw, unconsciousness, a white tongue coating, and a slow pulse. It is also indicated for sudden pain in the heart and abdomen as well as syncope due to cold blockage.

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Enlightened Master Viscera-Nourishing Decoction

Action：Astringes the intestines and rescues from desertion, warms and supplements the spleen and kidney.

Indication：This formula is used to treat chronic diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and kidney. Corresponding symptoms include fecal incontinence, excessive diarrhea or dysentery, abdominal pain that is relieved by pressure and warmth, fatigue, poor appetite or reduced food intake. Usually, the tongue is pale with a white coating. The pulse is deep and slow or slow and thready.

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Coughing with Blood Treating Decoction

Action：Clears liver heat and calms the lung, cools blood and stanches bleeding.

Indication：Syndrome of hemoptysis due to liver fire invading the lung marked by cough, thick bloodstained sputum, difficulty in spitting, vexation, irascibility, chest pain, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, flushed complexion, and constipation. The tongue body is red and the coating is yellow, and the pulse is wiry and rapid.

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