HARITAKI - USES IN GYNAECOLOGY

It is known as Hirada in Marathi ,Harad in Hindi ,Haritaki in sanskrit & Chebilulic myrobalan in English.

Latin Name - Terminalia chebula

Family - Combrataceae                       

Properties -

Rasa -  all  five except Lavana & mainly Kashaya

Virya - Ushna

Vipaka - Madhur

Guna - Laghu , ruksha 

Prabhava - Tridoshhara

Chemical Constituents - Chebulnic acid ,tanin

Parts Used - fruit

USES -

🌱Prajasthapan  (helps to conceive) -

   Due to Kashaya rasa , it relieves Garbhashay-shaithilya ( weakness of uterine muscles) and works as Prajasthapak.

🌱Shweta Pradara - ( Leucorrhoea)-

It heals Garbhashay mukha vrana (cervical erosions) & decreases the infected secretions.

🌱Haritaki + Gokshur + Pashanbhed kwatha + Honey - is used in daha ( burning sensation) & painful micturition.

🌱Mutraashmari ( renal stones) & saksht mutrapravrutti ( difficulty in micturition) - Milk siddha with haritaki beeja is used.

❌Contra-indications - Pregnancy.

If used in pregnant women , it decreases the growth of foetus due to ruksha guna.

Note - this post is for educational purposes only.

ref - Ayurveda textbooks.