Fruit without seed

Rejuvenation action:

• Balances all elements (Wind, Bile and Phlegm)
• Brings mind to peace
• Restores physical strength
• Strengthens eyesight
• Supports heart and balances blood pressure

Gastrointestinal system:

• Restores digestive heat
• Balances appetite
• Relieves meteorism and abdominal distension
• Clears hoarseness and relieves thirst
• Heals mouth and throat ulcers
• Stops diarrhea caused by both cold and heat
• Relieves hemorrhoids
• Balances blood sugar levels

Immune system and detoxification:

• Detoxifies body
• Clears parasites
• Purifies blood
• Pazemina holesterīna līmeni
• Relieves itching
• Expels cough
• Supports lungs

Urinary system:

• Supports kidneys
• Helps to expel water from the body
• Destroys and expels urinary bladder stones

Specific actions:

• Destroys neoplasms
• Used for gout treatment

• Anti-allergic activity – exhibits antihistamine and antispasmodic activities
• Anti-fungal activity – active against common dermatophytes which are known causative agents of tinea; as well as against Candida albicans
• Anti-bacterial activity – active against Shigella sp., Proteus sp. (commonly responsible for urinary tract infections), Klebsialla pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella sp., MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, H. pylori
• Anti-viral activity – active against cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus type 1, HIV-1
• Cardiovascular effects – increase cardiac output and have positive inotropic effect
• Gastrointestinal activity – increase GI motility
• Wound healing activity – cutaneous wounds and ulcers, including diabetic foot ulcer; gastrointestinal ulcers
• Anti-hyperlipidemic activity – reduce cholesterol, triglyceride, atherosclerotic lesions
• Antioxidant activity – exhibit protective activity agains lipid peroxidation, superoxide radical formation and free radical scavenging activities
• Anti-mutagenic activity
• Anti-aging activity – inhibit oxidative stress and age-dependent shortening of telemetric DNA length; has cytoprotective effect

• WHO monograph Fructus Chebulae
• Terminalia Chebula – Review on Pharmacological and Biochemical Studies
• Pharmacological Review on Terminalia Chebula
• The development of Terminalia chebula Retz. (Combretaceae) in clinical research
• The morphology, extractions, chemical constituents and uses of Terminalia chebula: A review