Herbs from India.?!
Question:
Herbs from India.?
Does anyone know how I can obtain some 'Dried Black Himej'? A friend gave me a few to help with a stomach problem and now I want to order some and don't know how.
Answers:
Try this site from India and write to them for
details.http://www.parker.co.in/index.htm...
The Indian name for terminalia chebula is HARITAKI.
Myrobalan fruits are the important source of tannin.
The tannin of Myrobalan are pyrogallol type (hydrolysable tannin)
Choplogic acid, chebulinic acid and corilagin are the hydrolysable
Tannin while cherubic acid, ellagic acid and gallic acid are the other
Contents. It is also contain glucose, orbital, gentiobiose and other
Sugar in traces.
Uses:1) Myrobalan is used mainly as an astringent, laxative, stomach chic and tonic.
2) It is used industrially in the dyeing and tannin industries.
Pharmacological Action: alterative, decongestant, laxative, anti-allergen, diuretic, analgesic, purgative, astringent.
Indications (Uses): diabetes, cough, worms, edema, skin conditions, yeast infection, bronchitis, hepatitis, spleenomegaly, kidney stones, eczema, hemorrhoids, gulma, hiccough, detox the GI tract, fevers, cough, asthma, urinary diseases, piles, worms, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, flatulence, vomiting, colic, enlarged spleen and liver. Infusion as gargle insore mouth and stomatitis, spongy and ulcerted gums.
Contraindications (Cautions): pregnancy, diarrhea
Constituents: Fruits have about 30% astringent substance due to chebulinic acid; also tannic acid, gallic acid, resin, and purgative anthraquinone.
Active Substances: Chebulagic and chebulinic acid and corilagin.
Hope you find this information useful.