This product is the mature fruit of Chebula Fruit (Terminalia chebula Retz.), a deciduous tree plant of the Quisqualis Fruit family. Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Take it in autumn and winter. Dry. Use raw or simmered. If using pulp, remove the core.

[Property]

bitter, sour and astrigent, neutral. act on lung and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

astringing intestines and checking diarrhea, astringing lung and relieving cough, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx restoring voice.

[Indications]

1. It is used for chronic diarrhea, prolapse of rectum. This product is bitter and sour, which can astringing intestines and checking diarrhea. Can be used alone, such as Jingui Yaolue's Chebula Fruit powder. To treat chronic diarrhea, chronic diarrhea or prolapse of rectum due to deficiency and cold, it is often combined with Dried Ginger, Poppy Capsule, Dried Tangerine Peel of medicinals, add Lanshi Micang's Chebula Fruit peel to drink.
2. For chronic cough disease, loss of voice. Chebula Fruit can not only astringe the lungs, lowering qi and relieve cough, but also disinhibiting and benifitting the pharynx restoring voice. For the treatment of lung deficiency, chronic cough disease and loss of voice, it can be used equally with Ginseng and Schisandra Fruit; for the treatment of phlegm, heat stagnation, chronic cough disease and loss of voice. , often used together with Platycodon Root and Liquorice Root, such as the Chebula Fruit soup in "Xuanming Lun".

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

" Chebula Fruit is astringent when used with Smoked Plum and Chinese Gall, lowering qi when used with tangerine peel and Magnolia Bark, and can nourish the lungs and cure cough when used with Ginseng."

"Materia Medica Feng Yuan": "Chebula Fruit is bitter and reduces astringency. Use pure gold raw to relieve coughs, and simmer it to strengthen the spleen and relieve diarrhea."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~10g. astringing intestines and checking diarrhea, suitable for simmering, astringing lungs and clearing away heat, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx restoring voice, suitable for raw use.

[Precaution]

Avoid use if there are exterior pathogens on the outside and dampness-heat retention of food on the inside.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains a large amount of tannins (up to 20% to 40%), and its main components are Chebula Fruit acid, original Chebula Fruit acid, etc. The tannins contained in Chebula Fruit have astringent and antidiarrheal effects. The agent decocted with water has inhibitory effects on dysentery bacilli, disease caused by cold bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, etc. in test tubes.